Jun 25, 2015 | Energy, Engineering
Study investigates use of solar on hybrid fuel cell shuttle buses Solar panels are popping up everywhere from rooftops and roads to highway signs and even cars. At the University of Delaware, a team of researchers has begun to investigate the use of solar power on the...
Jun 8, 2015 | Design, Engineering, Students
Event provides forum for undergraduates to demonstrate design skills More than 300 undergraduates participated in the fourth annual Design Expo at the University of Delaware on Monday, May 18. The event was held in the Design Studio, a “maker space” in Spencer...
May 26, 2015 | Composites, Engineering, Faculty, Students
Research team explores a novel way to fabricate preforms for composites In the 1967 movie The Graduate, young Benjamin Braddock gets a now-famous one-word piece of advice about the future from a family friend: plastics. At about the same time, the University of...
May 11, 2015 | Design, Students
UD student team takes first place at national medical devices competition An interdisciplinary team of students from the University of Delaware recently took first place at the 14th annual Design of Medical Devices Conference. Held at the University of Minnesota from...
Apr 17, 2015 | Engineering, Honors
Annual mechanical engineering event celebrates career success, student awards The University of Delaware’s Clayton Hall was the place to be April 10 for mechanical engineering upperclassmen, alumni, faculty, parents and industry friends as they networked at one of the...
Mar 26, 2015 | Composites, Honors
UD’s Advani named Society of Plastics Engineers’ Composites Educator of Year Engineering students of the University of Delaware’s Suresh Advani who wonder what happens when polymers are mixed with fibers to make a composite can read his textbook, model the...
Jan 7, 2015 | Design, Students
Interdisciplinary projects yield new engineering designs for better diagnostics, treatment Dr. Freeze Grips, Playskin Air, Smart Boot and Active Hoof sound like the stuff of science fiction, but they’re actually the work of interdisciplinary senior design teams at...
Nov 19, 2014 | Engineering, Honors
Healthcare Theatre device selected as first-place technology innovation winner The University of Delaware’s Healthcare Theatre Program went high tech earlier this year when a group of engineering students designed and fabricated SimuTrach, a device that provides...
