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EXPANDING HORIZONS FOR SHEAR-THICKENING FLUID
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...
ENGINEERING HONOR FOR LASHANDA KORLEY
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...
ACCELERATING TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION
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....
Kristi Kiick Honored for Inventions
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...
LASHANDA KORLEY RECOGNIZED FOR RESEARCH
Professor receives award from NOBCChE Nov. 22, 2019–LaShanda Korley, Distinguished Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the...
BUNDLEMERS
New polymer units created by UD, Penn researchers could enable materials breakthroughs Oct. 30, 2019–From tires to clothes to shampoo, many ubiquitous products are made with polymers, large...
April Kloxin Wins NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
Engineering professor April Kloxin receives grant to accelerate the study of lung fibrosis Oct. 1, 2019–University of Delaware Professor April Kloxin has been awarded a National Institutes of Health...
A NEW SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT FOR THE NATION
UD tapped to lead development of world-class neutron research instrument Sep. 27, 2019–The University of Delaware has been tapped to lead the development of a world-class neutron spin echo...
INNOVATION IN MOTION
UD researchers partner with Reebok to build a better sports bra Sep. 26, 2019–It is well established that amazing things sometimes happen in laboratories and other research spaces. But no one ever...
Faculty Selected for U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
National Academy of Engineering event recognizes bright young engineers
International Scholarship in Materials
Engineering’s Kristi Kiick receives Leverhulme Visiting Professorship, Fulbright Award to study in the UK Aug. 30, 2019–For nearly two decades, Kristi Kiick, the Blue and Gold Distinguished...
BIO-INSPIRED MATERIALS
Korley group draws inspiration from natural marvels to make new materials Aug. 16, 2019–A tiny bristle worm, wriggling around the ocean, can extend its jaw outside its mouth to ensnare its prey. The...