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Make a difference with a degree from UD’s College of Engineering.

At UD you will get hands-on classroom and laboratory experiences, innovative research, internship and study abroad opportunities, and teaching and mentoring from world-class faculty. A degree from UD’s College of Engineering will empower you to pursue your passions in sustainability, health, energy, transportation or cybersecurity!

Around the world this winter

UD students expand academic and cultural horizons through immersive Winter Session study abroad programs

Eighteen undergraduates spent their winter term based in Siena, a city in Italy’s central Tuscany region, learning how medical imaging works, how embedded computers and sensors control devices and collect data, and how computational engineering helps solve complex problems.

Around the world this winter

UD students expand academic and cultural horizons through immersive Winter Session study abroad programs

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Kristi Kiick

IN MEMORIAM

KRISTI KIICK

Blue and Gold Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Materials Science and Engineering

Kristi Kiick, Blue and Gold Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Materials Science and Engineering, died on Jan. 2, 2026. Dr. Kiick joined the UD faculty in 2001, rising to the rank of professor in 2011 and being named the Blue and Gold Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering in 2017. An internationally recognized leader in biomaterials research and a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, she was known for her innovative work on protein, peptide and self-assembled materials with the potential to advance medicine.

Memorial Service:

Wednesday, February 25, 2026 | 4:30–7:30 p.m.
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Dean Pam Norris

The University of Delaware’s College of Engineering is turning up the heat on innovation. Under the leadership of Pamela Norris — an expert in nanoscale heat transfer — we are creating an environment where everyone has the support to thrive, pioneering solutions to today’s most urgent challenges, and preparing the next generation of engineers to lead the way.