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Chemical engineering professor awarded two grants to investigate directed self-assembly

Eric Furst, associate professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Delaware, has received two grants totaling $727,000 for his work on directed self-assembly of soft materials.

UD alumni to receive 2009 Presidential Citation

University of Delaware alumn has been awarded the 2009 Presidential Citation for Outstanding Achievement, which honors graduates of the past 20 years who exhibit great promise in their professional careers and/or public service activities and also recognizes the honorees' continued engagement with the University.

Exchange program brings engineering students to UD

A unique exchange program between the University of Delaware and National Taiwan University (NTU) is enabling engineering students from each institution to spend one or two semesters at the other campus.

UD honors 2009 Presidential Citation recipients

The University of Delaware honored the special achievements of five alumni during its annual Presidential Citation for Outstanding Achievement recognition ceremony held Friday, Oct. 30, in the Roselle Center for the Arts. Engineering alumni, David Bullock, CEO of White Bullock Group, a business development firm with a focus on social media was one of the honorees.

Two UD faculty members win Air Force Young Investigator awards

Two young faculty members at the University of Delaware are among 37 scientists and engineers nationwide selected to receive grants totaling more than $650,000 over three years through the Air Force's Young Investigator Research Program (YIP). The program is open to scientists and engineers at research institutions across the United States who have received Ph.D. or equivalent degrees in the last five years and show exceptional ability and promise for conducting basic research.

NSF funds high-performance computing cluster for computational chemistry

A University of Delaware research team has been awarded a $451,051 grant from the National Science Foundation's Major Research Instrumentation program to acquire a high-performance computing cluster for use in the rapidly expanding field of computational chemistry.

UD teams awarded NSF Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation grants

Two faculty teams at the University of Delaware have been selected to receive grants through the National Science Foundation's Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation (CDI) program. The awards, which total $1.1 million over three years, will both support the creation of simulations to streamline the development of new materials with properties tailored for specific functionality.

Chemical engineering student awarded Air Products Graduate Fellowship

Maeva Tureau, a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in chemical engineering at the University of Delaware, has been selected to receive the Air Products Graduate Fellowship for the 2009-10 academic year. The fellowship is supported through an annual gift to the University by the Air Products Foundation. Tureau is advised by Thomas H. Epps, III, assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering.

UD ranks among top institutions in study abroad

The University of Delaware now ranks third among all public and private doctorate research institutions in the United States in the number of undergraduates participating in short-term study-abroad programs, according to the Institute of International Education (IIE).

UD's second hydrogen fuel cell bus carries special guests

The University of Delaware's newest bus, a 22-foot, 22-seat vehicle that runs on hydrogen, tooled around downtown Wilmington on Monday, Nov. 16, carrying some very important riders. U.S. Sen. Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.), U.S. Rep. Michael N. Castle (R-Del.) and Wilmington Mayor James Baker sat inside chatting about various options for transport in the region.

UD's second hydrogen fuel cell bus carries special guests

The University of Delaware's newest bus, a 22-foot, 22-seat vehicle that runs on hydrogen, tooled around downtown Wilmington on Monday, Nov. 16, carrying some very important riders. U.S. Sen. Thomas R. Carper (D-Del.), U.S. Rep. Michael N. Castle (R-Del.) and Wilmington Mayor James Baker sat inside chatting about various options for transport in the region.

Chemical engineering student modifies car to run on cooking oil

Colin Sweeney, a junior chemical engineering major, shows off his 1986 Mercedes SDL, which he has converted to run on cooking oil. Sweeney commutes to campus from Townsend, Del., every day, a 60-mile round-trip. The price of gas motivated him to initiate the project, but it was his passion for working on engines and his knowledge of fluid mechanics and heat transfer that enabled him to carry it out.

UD hosts annual Delaware Space Grant Research Symposium

The Delaware Space Grant Consortium (DESGC) held its annual symposium to highlight research work that has occurred as a result of funding support from the NASA Space Grant program on Thursday, Nov. 12, at the University of Delaware.

Vaughan elected interim president of national education organization

Michael L. Vaughan, senior assistant dean in the College of Engineering at the University of Delaware, has been elected interim board president of the National GEM Consortium. He also serves as treasurer of the Alexandria, Va.-based organization.