Sep 25, 2018
$1.99 million NSF grant supports disaster research project at UD Katrina. Sandy. Maria. These and other hurricanes have devastated countless Americans. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts that in 2018, between four and seven hurricanes will...
Aug 29, 2018
UD team aims to commercialize structural health monitoring systems An entrepreneurial team based at the University of Delaware is working to commercialize a system that could make infrastructure such as bridges and pipelines safer. The team, called Smartenius,...
Aug 16, 2018
Michael Rechsteiner researches biochar and how it can help sustain our environment Michael Rechsteiner is a senior environmental engineering major from Middletown, Delaware. Q: What is your research focus? Rechsteiner: Biochar is a carbon-rich cousin of charcoal that...
Aug 9, 2018
Rachel Schaefer explores how vegetation can reduce erosion of Delaware River island Rachel Schaefer is a senior, majoring in civil engineering, from West Windsor, New Jersey. Q. What are you studying, where and with whom? Schaefer: I’m studying the effects of marsh...
Jul 3, 2018
Research illuminates how Chesapeake Bay bacteria snack on sunlight The Chesapeake Bay is known for its blue crabs, but those crustaceans are far outnumbered by much tinier residents: bacteria. Every milliliter of bay water is home to thousands to millions of these...
Feb 9, 2018
Gillespie is director of UD’s world-renowned Center for Composite Materials The University of Delaware’s John W. (Jack) Gillespie Jr. has been named a Fellow of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE). Since 1984, just 334 of the society’s 22,500-plus members have...
