Alumni Spotlight: Nancy Sottos

Alumni Spotlight: Nancy Sottos

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...
First Annual Henswear Symposium

First Annual Henswear Symposium

Henswear, a cross-campus collaboration to develop smart wearables, is hosting its first annual Henswear Symposium on February 21, 2020 in the STAR Campus Health Science Complex North Atrium at the University of Delaware. The event will feature keynote speaker Lucy...
FROM THE MINDS OF HENSWEAR

FROM THE MINDS OF HENSWEAR

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,...
Giving Smart Vehicles Their Sense of Direction

Giving Smart Vehicles Their Sense of Direction

Engineering professor develops algorithms for simultaneous localization and mapping Scientists around the world are racing to develop self-driving vehicles, but a few essential components have yet to be perfected. One is localization — the vehicle’s ability to...
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