Oct 4, 2022 | Dept-ME, Engineering, Feature Story, Featured, News
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 for the campus — as well as being home to the Center for Research in...
Sep 1, 2022 | Dept-ME, Design, Engineering, Feature Story, Featured, News, Students, Undergraduate Students
UD engineering students develop zero-gravity turbulence experiment bound for the ISS The International Space Station isn’t just for astronauts exploring the great beyond. It also offers an opportunity for scientists of all ages and disciplines to test the limits of...
Jul 26, 2022 | Dept-ME, Engineering, Feature Story, Featured, Research
Researchers report new material that could enable ultra-low-power electronic devices University of Delaware mechanical engineer Bingqing Wei and an international team of colleagues have discovered a promising new material they say could pave the way for...
Jul 14, 2021 | Engineering, Feature Story, News, Students
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 engineering at the University of Delaware, his interests in engineering and...
Apr 13, 2021 | Engineering, Feature Story, News
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. “I know I speak for the entire UD Board of Trustees when I say how...
Mar 10, 2021 | Dept-ME, Dept-MSEG, Engineering, Feature Story, News, Research
Uses for UD-developed material to include flying taxis Believe it or not, fighter jets, flying cars, natural gas pipelines and plastic bottles may be more alike than you think. So, what’s the common thread? They might one day be made with TuFF — a high-performance...
