Sep 15, 2010 | & Honors, Uncategorized
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Xinqiao Jia, assistant professor of materials science and engineering, has been awarded a 2010 Du Pont Young Professor Award. Jia’s primary focus is on the synthesis of functional biomaterials for drug delivery and tissue engineering applications. Her work on the development of elastin mimetic hybrid polymers for vocal fold repair and regeneration was highlighted in Chemical and Engineering News in September 2008. Jia was named Outstanding Junior Faculty in UD’s College of Engineering in 2010.>>Read More |
Aug 15, 2010 | & Honors, Uncategorized
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Xin Ma, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and member of the Women in Engineering (WIE) graduate steering committee, has won the spring 2010 ECE Outstanding TA Award. >>Read More |
Jan 20, 2010 | & Honors, Uncategorized
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Rachel Davidson, associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Delaware, has been elected president of the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA). The office is a three-year commitment, with the cycle beginning in December 2009. As president-elect during the first year, Davidson will be responsible for planning the society’s 2010 annual meeting. As president during the second year, she will run council meetings and lead the organization, and as past-president the final year, she will head the awards committee. >>Read More |
Jan 20, 2010 | & Honors, Uncategorized
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Rachel Davidson, associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Delaware, has been elected president of the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA). The office is a three-year commitment, with the cycle beginning in December 2009. As president-elect during the first year, Davidson will be responsible for planning the society’s 2010 annual meeting. As president during the second year, she will run council meetings and lead the organization, and as past-president the final year, she will head the awards committee. >>Read More |
Sep 17, 2009 | & Honors, Uncategorized
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ADVANCE member Anette M. Karlsson has been named chairperson of the University of Delaware’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, effective Sept. 1, 2009. She had served as interim chairperson since September 2008.Karlsson’s research interests fall primarily in the areas of thermomechanical properties and response of advanced and traditional materials. Her current research includes composite structures, polymer fuel cells, thermal barrier systems, ultralight structures, and instrumented indentation. >>Read More |
Sep 15, 2008 | & Honors, Uncategorized
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The University of Delaware has received a PAID (Partnerships for Adaptation, Implementation, and Dissemination) award through the National Science Foundation’s ADVANCE program. UD’s $307,936 PAID grant will help to transform the culture for women faculty in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields at the University of Delaware by educating faculty and administrators in best practices for recruitment and retention. Pictured here are PI Dean Michael Chajes (right) with co-PIs (from left to right) Provost Tom Apple, Associate Dean Pam Cook, and Professor Kathryn Scantlebury.
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