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...
Jun 14, 2018 | Clean Energy-Environment, Energy, Research
Mechanical Engineering Professor Bingqing Wei leads team to curb formation of harmful dendrites in lithium metal batteries From smartphones to electric vehicles, many of today’s technologies run on lithium ion batteries. That means that consumers have to keep their...
Jun 6, 2018 | Biomechanical, Research
UD research team solves mathematical discrepancy in biomechanics Every engineer knows that the two sides of any equation should be equal. But when you are dealing with experimental data, sometimes the numbers don’t match up. When Anahid Ebrahimi, who recently earned a...
Mar 1, 2018 | Design, Students
UD engineering students build, fly a radio-controlled aircraft Kyle Panariello, a senior mechanical engineering student at the University of Delaware, was in the middle of a final exam in December when he saw a sign pressed against the door that read: WE’RE FLYING....
