Srikanth Pilla, one of the world’s leading experts in advanced lightweighting and sustainable composites, has joined the University of Delaware as the Director of the Center for Composite Materials (CCM) as of August 1, 2023. Pilla comes to UD from Clemson University,...
UD Professor Laure Kayser received an NSF CAREER award to further her group’s materials science research Whether it’s a smartwatch that can detect irregular heartbeats or a continuous glucose monitor, electronics that can interface with biology have already started to...
UD researchers tackle new task in making complex material more viable for building aircraft TuFF — Tailored Universal Feedstock for Forming — is a strong, highly aligned, short-fiber composite material that can be made from many fiber and resin combinations. Created...
UD’s Charles Dhong gets $1.9 million to develop new tactile aids Bumps and lines make up touch-based technology such as Braille. But the human sense of touch is keen enough to detect differences that are much smaller. Research by Charles Dhong and his group at the...
Manipulating molecules is tricky business, but two University of Delaware professors have earned international recognition for “outstanding scientific and technical contributions” to their respective science and engineering fields by being named 2021 AVS Fellows. The...
UD scientists and collaborators issue urgent call to action on plastics pollution People lived without plastic until the last century or so, but most of us would find it hard to imagine how. Plastics now are everywhere in our lives, providing low-cost convenience and...
