Aug 25, 2016 | Engineering, Events
Department plans year-long celebration to mark anniversary The Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Delaware will launch a year-long celebration of its 125th anniversary during Welcome Weekend, Aug. 27 and 28, with a reception in the Design Studio...
Apr 15, 2016 | Engineering, Faculty, Research
NSF grant supports design of attack-resilient micro aerial vehicles Drones are seeing increased use in a wide array of applications, including delivery and inspection services, aerial photography, mapping and surveying, and search and rescue missions. Integrating...
Jan 27, 2016 | Education, Engineering
Project Lead The Way conference emphasizes the ‘E’ in STEM Pam Lottero-Perdue worked briefly as a process engineer after earning a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Delaware in 1995, but she couldn’t silence the voice in her head that...
Jan 11, 2016 | Design, Engineering, Research
Interactive robot to promote rehabilitation for children with special needs NAO, a humanoid robot described by his creators as a “little character with a unique combination of hardware and software,” can read your moods, recognize your family members, and learn your...
Sep 30, 2015 | Composites, Engineering, Faculty, Honors
American Society for Composites honors Advani for outstanding research One of Suresh Advani’s favorite quotes is “If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” That philosophy worked well as he launched his academic career in the area of...
Aug 24, 2015 | Engineering, Faculty, Research
Research sheds light on friction, lubrication and wear in cartilage Osteoarthritis, which affects some 27 million people in the U.S. alone, occurs when the protective cartilage on the ends of bones wears down over time. The availability of artificial cartilage would...
