Apr 13, 2020 | Education, Faculty, Feature Story
University-wide team effort brings all but two of 6,422 course sections online in just two weeks The coronavirus COVID-19 health crisis forced universities to adjust and adapt quickly to an unprecedented situation. One of the biggest questions was how fast, and how...
Apr 8, 2020 | Feature Story, News, Research
In February, before the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic hit and prompted the need for social distancing, former Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx visited the Biden Institute and toured UD’s Scaled Smart City, led by Andreas Malikopoulos, Terri Connor Kelly and...
Mar 19, 2020 | Feature Story, News
Self-healing materials innovator recognized for her influence Materials scientists and engineers have developed materials with the ability to heal themselves from damage by closing up tiny cracks before they become deep fissures. These materials can be used to protect...
Dec 11, 2019 | Design, Faculty, Feature Story, News
ERIC RUTH, AS93 It seems like the right idea, at the right time, in the right place: Bring together a handful of UD’s top researchers, get the ideas percolating, and come up with “smart wearables.” It’s called HensWEAR, and in its relatively brief existence,...
Feb 6, 2019 | Feature Story, Honors, News
The University of Delaware has been ranked among the Best Online Master’s in Mechanical Engineering Programs for 2019 by TheBestSchools.org. UD’s Online Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (MSME Online) program was selected based on the quality of program and...
Oct 25, 2018 | Faculty, Feature Story, Honors, Robotics
Herbert Tanner named Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Today, you can walk into a car dealership and purchase a car that parallel parks itself, thanks to carefully designed algorithms and strategically placed sensors. Engineers like Herbert “Bert”...