UD researchers explore methods to turn biomass into sunscreens, shoe soles and more Lignin is a major waste product of the pulp and paper industry that can be converted into chemical building blocks to create other materials. It comes from trees, grasses and other...
UD’s ‘Words For Nerds’ helps grad students bring complex research to the masses Maybe you, dear graduate student, will discover the biochemical key that locks cancer out forever. Maybe you will find a way to turn down the global thermostat so Planet Earth doesn’t...
UD engineering professor honored by National Academy of Inventors 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...
New polymer units created by UD, Penn researchers could enable materials breakthroughs From tires to clothes to shampoo, many ubiquitous products are made with polymers, large chain-like molecules made of smaller subunits called monomers, bonded together. Now, a team...
She receives the 2019 Peter Mark Memorial Award Stephanie Law, assistant professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Delaware, has received the Peter Mark Memorial Award from the American Vacuum Society. This award was established in 1979 in...
Engineering professor April Kloxin receives grant to accelerate the study of lung fibrosis University of Delaware Professor April Kloxin has been awarded a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s New Innovator Award from the NIH Common Fund’s High-Risk,...
