Finding New Uses for Waste Tires

Finding New Uses for Waste Tires

UD and Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control collaborate Tires catapult our cars and trucks down the highway at speeds greater than 70 miles per hour, typically for at least 50,000 miles. They must grip the road even in wet and icy conditions. No...
Sensing Change

Sensing Change

UD coastal engineer Jack Puleo helps develop technology to find sunken munitions More than 70 years after the end of World War II, there are still thousands of tons of unexploded bombs across Europe. Some are underwater, like the one that detonated earlier this fall,...
Robotics on the Rise

Robotics on the Rise

Center for Autonomous and Robotic Systems to galvanize robotics research at UD The University of Delaware is becoming a leading destination for cutting-edge robotics and autonomy research, thanks in part to the new Center for Autonomous and Robotics Systems (CARS),...
Data Boost to Battle Floods

Data Boost to Battle Floods

UD team partners with national research group dedicated to addressing America’s flood risk Thanks to the work of core faculty in its Disaster Research Center, the University of Delaware has become one of the leading research universities on issues such as coastal...
Tiny Technology Cleans Dirty Water

Tiny Technology Cleans Dirty Water

Professors, alumnus develop method to destroy explosives in wastewater An activated carbon filter — found in many household filtration systems—can purify your drinking water, but it’s no match for wastewater that contains military-grade explosives. To clean wastewater...
‘Super Reviewer’

‘Super Reviewer’

Yu-Ping (Yo) Chin honored for contributions to Environmental Science & Technology Environmental Science & Technology, a journal published by the American Chemical Society, has named University of Delaware civil and environmental engineering professor Yu-Ping...