Building Security With Resilience
International 'Resilience Week' Conference puts focus on cybersecurity, controls, grids, human dynamics You remember those roly-poly dolls -- Weebles were a popular type some years back -- designed with a center of gravity that keeps them bouncing back no matter how...
From Steam Engines to Cybersecurity
Departments of mechanical and electrical & computer engineering celebrate 125-year anniversaries The year is 1891, and America is marching resolutely along the path laid by the Industrial Revolution. In a small wood-framed building in a quiet corner of a growing...
Summit For Computer Science Education
Event attracts state leaders, teachers, administrators, industry partners More than 75 teachers, administrators, business partners and state leaders convened at the University of Delaware on Thursday, March 23, for a daylong conference on computer science education....
Talent Article
Epps team highlights work on tuning block polymers for nanostructured systems
NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Twelve UD students, alumni win prestigious research support A dozen University of Delaware students (undergraduate and graduate) and alumni have won National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships as the prestigious competition marks its 65th year. Fourteen...
Feser wins NSF Career Award
Feser’s research to focus on engineering of materials with improved thermal properties At a microscopic level, heat flow in many materials occurs through random vibrations, called phonons, that transport energy in a wave-like manner. Recently, Joe Feser, assistant...
Cybersecurity Briefing ‘Phenomenal’
Army general gets 'phenomenal' briefing on UD research, cybersecurity work U.S. Army Gen. John Baker was on a mission, of course. As commander of the Army's Network Enterprise Technology division and its 16,000 troops, he is in frequent motion around the world,...
Sparking Innovation For 125 Years
Electrical and Computer Engineering plans weekend of celebration to mark anniversary The University of Delaware’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is celebrating its 125th anniversary in 2017. The milestone will be marked by a celebration weekend...
Building Better Batteries
Researchers report new approach to improving lithium-sulfur batteries Rechargeable lithium-ion batteries are the power behind most modern portable electronics, including cell phones, tablets, laptops, fitness trackers, and smart watches. However, their energy density...
Art Meets Engineering
Collaboration showcases Engineers Without Borders projects Although Megan Safranek and Michael Johnson had never met in person, their lives had intersected through a photo and a painting. Last summer, Safranek, a senior environmental engineering major at the...
From Carbon Dioxide to Fuel
UD’s Feng Jiao wins DOE funding to produce alcohols from CO2 flue gas Modern society’s extensive use of fossil fuels has led to unprecedented atmospheric carbon dioxide levels with widespread climate impacts. Carbon dioxide capture and sequestration is one of the...
Industry Partners Day
Gore CEO Terri Kelly shares lessons learned during successful career Terri Kelly, president and CEO of W.L. Gore and Associates, shared some of her three decades of career wisdom with an audience of more than 150 students, faculty, alumni, and representatives of...