Department News
OPTIMIZING SUCCESS
Ever since she completed a research project in high school looking at ways to shorten the extraction time of chemical warfare agents in soils, University of Delaware senior Afsa Simpson was drawn to chemical engineering.
INSPIRING INNOVATION
As we celebrate National Innovation Day on Tuesday, Feb. 16, UDaily asked several University of Delaware researchers who are fellows of the National Academy of Inventors to share their successes, stumbling blocks and suggestions on what it takes to innovate, invent and inspire new solutions to challenges facing society and the world.
INNOVATION ENGINE
As the nation celebrates National Innovation Day on Tuesday, Feb. 16, UD leadership recognized the innovation and commercialization efforts of 232 inventors hailing from all corners of our campus community — faculty, researchers and students.
KELLY, THOMPSON ELECTED TO NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING
Two University of Delaware alumni and current leaders — Terri L. Kelly (left), vice chair of the UD Board of Trustees and Levi T. Thompson, dean of the College of Engineering — have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Election to NAE is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer.
AN ESSENTIAL CONNECTOR
The Delaware Small Business Development Center (SBDC) has been helping Delaware’s technology-based businesses grow and thrive since 1984.
UD ONLINE GRADUATE PROGRAMS AMONG TOP IN NATION
Three University of Delaware online graduate programs are ranked among the best in the nation by U.S. News & World Report in its 2021 U.S. News Best Online Programs.
FACE MASK FIT MATTERS
When you wear a mask in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19), you protect others around you by keeping your exhalations, known as aerosols, and many of the potentially infectious particles within them, to yourself.
SOFT MATTER FOR ALL
The University of Delaware and Princeton University recently hosted a symposium to bring together a diverse group of scientists to discuss soft matter research.
AN HONORED INVENTOR
National Academy of Inventors elects UD’s Terry Papoutsakis to 2020 Fellows class
NEW AAAS FELLOWS
UD Professors Kristi Kiick, Eric Furst honored for scientific contributions
$11 MILLION FROM NIH FOR RESEARCH
UD’s COBRE Center to add five investigators with five-year grant extension
HIGHLY CITED RESEARCHERS
Seven University of Delaware professors have been named to the 2020 Highly Cited Researchers list from Clarivate, the global analytics company.