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OPTIMIZING SUCCESS

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

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

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

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

AN ESSENTIAL CONNECTOR

The Delaware Small Business Development Center (SBDC) has been helping Delaware’s technology-based businesses grow and thrive since 1984.

FACE MASK FIT MATTERS

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

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

AN HONORED INVENTOR

National Academy of Inventors elects UD’s Terry Papoutsakis to 2020 Fellows class

NEW AAAS FELLOWS

NEW AAAS FELLOWS

UD Professors Kristi Kiick, Eric Furst honored for scientific contributions

HIGHLY CITED RESEARCHERS

HIGHLY CITED RESEARCHERS

Seven University of Delaware professors have been named to the 2020 Highly Cited Researchers list from Clarivate, the global analytics company.

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