Sep 20, 2018 | News, Students
Students design and build toys, pitch to Melissa and Doug representatives Engineering students at the University of Delaware recently pitched their own inventions to representatives from a major toy company. A trio of professionals from Melissa and Doug, a toymaker...
Aug 29, 2018 | News, Research
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 28, 2018 | News, Research, Robotics, Students
Student helps tackle traffic challenges for autonomous vehicles Yiming Wan is a senior majoring in mechanical engineering from Yangzhou, China Q: What is your research focus at UD? Wan: I study the use of connected and automated vehicles, known in the industry as...
Aug 16, 2018 | Composites, Engineering, Nanotechnology, News, Research
UD engineers use carbon nanotube composite coatings A team of engineers at the University of Delaware is developing next-generation smart textiles by creating flexible carbon nanotube composite coatings on a wide range of fibers, including cotton, nylon and wool....
Aug 7, 2018 | Engineering, News, Students
University of Delaware Formula SAE team captures highest finish yet If you dream of building or driving a race car, you can do it at the University of Delaware—all while earning an engineering degree. Just ask Sean Nelan. The recent graduate, who earned a degree...
Jul 30, 2018 | Composites, Engineering, Faculty, News
Two mechanical engineering professors from the University of Delaware had starring roles at the 18thEuropean Conference on Composite Materials, which was held in June in Athens, Greece. UD’s Tsu-Wei Chou, Unidel Pierre S. du Pont Chair of Mechanical Engineering, gave...
Jul 24, 2018 | Events, Faculty, Research
The 15th International Conference for Mesoscopic Methods in Engineering and Science (ICMMES 2018) was held at the University of Delaware from Monday, July 9, 2018 to Friday, July 13, 2018. Local organizers of this year’s conference were Lian-Ping Wang, a professor...
Jun 14, 2018 | Engineering, Research, Students
Blue Hen Racing team heads to DC festival with UD-built Formula car As a little kid, maybe 2 or 3 years old, Sean Nelan carried a socket wrench wherever he went. Cars were his thing. So when he was a high school student touring the University of Delaware campus and...