Computer Science Honors
Hagit Shatkay elected to appointments with international organizations The University of Delaware’s Hagit Shatkay has been elected to the board of directors of the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB). An associate professor in UD’s Department of...
Go Away Greenhouse Gas
NSF Career Award to focus on electrochemical reduction of atmospheric carbon dioxide The University of Delaware’s Bingjun Xu has received a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award to address electrochemical reduction of the greenhouse gas...
Alumni Honors
Rakesh Agrawal has won the 2016 American Chemical Society Award in Separations Science and Technology. Rakesh Agrawal, who earned a master’s degree in chemical engineering in 1977, has won the 2016 American Chemical Society Award in Separations Science and Technology....
Alumni Honor
Michael Strano elected to the National Academy of Engineering. February 10, 2017 - Michael Strano, who earned his doctorate at the University of Delaware in 2001, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Currently the Carbon P. Dubbs Professor of...
Shared-Use Superhighway
NSF Career Award to support enhanced access to radio spectrum Rui Zhang, assistant professor of computer science at the University of Delaware, has received a prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award, “Secure Database-Driven...
UDRF Awards Funding
Four receive University of Delaware Research Foundation funding The University of Delaware Research Foundation (UDRF) has funded four UD projects that will shed light on pressing topics in health and the environment, from exploring ocean organisms for new drugs to...
Lifetime Achievement Award
Huang honored for contributions to environmental engineering education and research Chin-Pao Huang, Donald C. Philips Professor and Francis Alison Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Delaware, has been teaching and...
Defects That Matter
NSF Career Award to support development of computational models of defects in complex materials The University of Delaware’s Anderson Janotti has won a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Award to develop computational models of defects in...
Old Enzyme, New Role
Nature Communications paper reports new role for enzyme involved in bacterial metabolism A team of researchers at the University of Delaware has discovered a new function for an enzyme that has long been known to have a central role in bacterial metabolism. Maciek...
College Pitch Philly Winners
Two UD student startup teams compete in College Pitch Philly. University of Delaware teams placed first and fourth in the College Pitch Philly competition at the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship’s (USASBE) annual conference on...
Cabinet Appointment
Dr. Kara Odom Walker chosen to run the state’s Department of Health and Social Services. Dr. Kara Odom Walker, an honors graduate with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, has been chosen by Delaware governor-elect John Carney to run the state’s Department of...
Wu named Highly Cited Researcher
UD’s Cathy Wu ranked among top one percent in Web of Knowledge The University of Delaware’s Cathy Wu has been named a 2016 Highly Cited Researcher by Thomson Reuters. The designation, which she also received in 2014 and 2015, places her among the top one percent of...