When Cars Talk
In the future, self-driving cars will communicate to save fuel, improve safety There’s a beautiful physics to the synchronized movement of a flock of birds, or school of fish, travelling with...
View ArticleUD Trustees Extend President Dennis Assanis’ Contract
Appointment extended to 2026 The University of Delaware Board of Trustees announced today that the contract for President Dennis Assanis will be extended to 2026. Assanis joined the University in 2016....
View ArticleWindow Science
How a UD professor brought science projects back to preschool When children are learning, things can sometimes get a little messy. Like on a sunny spring morning in the preschool classrooms at the...
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UD Esports Teams Start Playoffs
Teams adjusted to competing from home because of the coronavirus pandemic Two University of Delaware esports teams are advancing to the national championships. Boasting a stunning 15-1 season, and...
View ArticleUD Ranked Among ‘Best Value Colleges’
Princeton Review, Money cite UD for return on investment The University of Delaware is among 209 higher education institutions cited by The Princeton Review for having the highest ROI (return on...
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RISE and Shine
49-year-old program gives UD’s young Black engineers crucial strength and support Every college freshman can tell you a bit about mental stress. They all feel those early episodes of aching loneliness....
View ArticleAlumna, NASA Engineer Featured on TODAY Show
Mechanical engineering alumna Erin Rezich shows Al Roker lunar research Erin Rezich, who graduated from the University of Delaware mechanical engineering program in 2019, is now a lead test engineer at...
View ArticleBingqing Wei Admitted As a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Bingqing Wei, professor of mechanical engineering, has been admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. Membership as a fellow is reserved for individuals with more than five years in a...
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Crossing the Finish Line
Mechanical engineering student Rory van der Steur spent junior year as rookie race car driver The automobile is a feat of engineering, and for Rory van der Steur, a junior studying mechanical...
View ArticleCareer-Advancing Credentials
Online certificate and master’s degree help engineer climb the ladder. T. Jordan Berry was working as a manufacturing engineer in California when his manager told him about a certificate program that...
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UD a Partner in Regional Innovation Hub
Collaboration to accelerate tech, broaden diversity in entrepreneurship The University of Delaware is a partner in a new regional innovation network, established with a $15 million grant from the...
View ArticleLiyun Wang elected to American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
Liyun Wang, professor of mechanical engineering, has been elected to the 2021 class of fellows of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR). A member of the UD faculty since 2005, she...
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Robotic Masters
UD students conduct research with robot boats for industry partner For students interested in a career in the robotics industry, it is important to have something unique on their resumes to help them...
View ArticleWind Energy Conference
UD hosts North American Wind Energy Academy’s international conference With a wind turbine at the Hugh R. Sharp Campus in Lewes — which has been in operation since 2010 and supplies all of the energy...
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Global Engineering
UD engineering students travel abroad to understand the complexities of solving international challenges For the first time since early 2020, University of Delaware engineering students flew across the...
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Beyond the Speed of Sound
UD Professor Joe Kuehl seeks solutions to hypersonic travel challenges Imagine heading to the Philadelphia International Airport, hopping on a plane and landing in London 45 minutes later. In theory,...
View ArticleThe Quest for Miniaturization
UD mechanical engineer reports capacitor advance, which could help electronic device components In the 1960s, mainframe computers took up entire rooms. By the 1980s, there were individual workstations...
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Prof. Thomas Buchanan to Present Francis Alison Lecture
Engineering educator to speak Dec. 8 on using biomechanics to understand disease Thomas Buchanan, recipient of the University of Delaware’s 2022 Francis Alison Award, will present his Francis Alison...
View ArticleThe TuFF Age
UD researchers tackle new task in making complex material more viable for building aircraft TuFF — Tailored Universal Feedstock for Forming — is a strong, highly aligned, short-fiber composite material...
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The Future of Testing Self-Driving Cars
UD Prof. Andreas Malikopoulos’ ‘Scaled Smart City’ bridges the gap between driving simulations and real-world tests On the second floor of the University of Delaware’s Spencer Lab, a 20×20 foot model...
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