May 30, 2020 | Feature Story, Undergrad Students
After campus closed due to COVID-19, Blue Hens who work as volunteer firefighters stayed behind to serve their community With college campuses closed during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, you might expect to find undergraduates mourning the loss of academic and...
May 30, 2020 | Design, Engineering, Feature Story
UD makers partner with industry to donate 30,000 face masks to at-risk individuals The University of Delaware has partnered with major domestic manufacturers and community organizations to manufacture and distribute 30,000 of their unique HensNest Face Masks to...
May 26, 2020 | Biomechanical, Faculty, Feature Story, Research
UD engineer uses mechanical resistance to detect damage to red blood cells According to the National Kidney Foundation, more than 37 million people are living with kidney disease. The kidneys play an important role in the body, from removing waste products to...
May 26, 2020 | Faculty, Feature Story
Mechanical engineering, materials science and engineering chairs to serve another two years The University of Delaware College of Engineering is pleased to announce the two-year extension of Ajay Prasad’s appointment as chair of the Department of Mechanical...
May 18, 2020 | Feature Story, News, Research
UD research on connected and automated vehicles yields promising results Imagine merging into busy traffic without ever looking over your shoulder nor accelerating or braking too hard, irritating the driver in the next lane over. Connected and automated vehicles that...
May 11, 2020 | Feature Story, Grad Students, Honors
Rebecca Davis, who is enrolled in UD’s doctoral program in mechanical engineering, plans to conduct research on quantifying muscle fatigue and assess its relationship to injury risk in baseball pitchers. Read more here:...
May 11, 2020 | Feature Story, Honors, Undergrad Students
UD Alumni Association honors two seniors for academic achievement and community service The University of Delaware Alumni Association (UDAA) announced the 2020 recipients of the Emalea Pusey Warner and Alexander J. Taylor Sr. Outstanding Senior Awards, honoring two of...
Apr 17, 2020 | Engineering, Faculty, Feature Story, Outreach
Campus responds to crisis with creativity, compassion While the coronavirus pandemic has upended our lives in many ways, the pandemic cannot stop the compassion and creativity of the University of Delaware community. In mid-March, research labs and health clinics...
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...
