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Congratulations to CRiSP's Associate Director LaShanda Korley and CRiSP faculty member Mary Watson for being included in this year's honorees! Read More

Congratulations to CRiSP faculty member Catherine Fromen (CBE) for being promoted to the rank of associate professor with tenure at the University of Delaware's Board of Trustees semiannual meeting on May 16, 2023.  Read more here.

Millicent Sullivan was honored by the University of Delaware Board of Trustees with the named professorship: Alvin B. and Julie O. Styles Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.

UD’s Epps honored with Percy Julian award for science excellence In 2007, the popular science television program NOVA premiered a biopic on Percy Julian titled “Forgotten Genius.” A chemist, Julian is known for pioneering research that led to the development of...

Engineer, inventor, mentor named 2020 Francis Alison winner Wagner’s lifelong curiosity and delight in science, research and collaborative problem-solving have fueled an inventive career that has inspired many a colleague and student, drawn international recognition...

UD student Alice Amitrano researches plant-powered replacements for plastics Alice Amitrano is a chemical engineering major from Rome, Italy. She also is working on a minor in chemistry and a minor in material science. Amitrano is on track to graduate from UD in...

UD wins federal grant to establish Center for Plastics Innovation Every year millions of tons of plastic bottles, coffee cups, grocery bags and other waste enter our environment, from landfills to vast garbage patches in the ocean. These plastics can persist for...

Federally-funded center to advance materials research Jul. 7, 2020--A new center at the University of Delaware will advance research to transform the way materials are made. The UD Center for Hybrid, Active, and Responsive Materials (UD CHARM) will drive fundamental...

UD technology feeds new athletic wear, flies outside International Space Station May 1, 2020--It expands, it contracts, it gets stronger, it lets up — it reacts to changing conditions in formidable and comfortable ways. And the adventures of shear-thickening fluid,...

Professor named Fellow of American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering Apr. 16, 2020--LaShanda Korley’s lab at the University of Delaware has an unofficial motto: The Korley Lab — where unicorns are real. The fanciful motto represents an undeniable truth....

Early-stage startups awarded FastPass funding to scale innovations Dec. 17, 2019–Extrave Bioscience and Lignolix have been named as winners of the 2019 University of Delaware FastPass competition. This program, run by the Delaware Innovation Space, will award both...

Kiick honored by National Academy of Inventors Dec. 3, 2019–Kristi Kiick, Blue and Gold Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Delaware, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), the organization...