Srikanth Pilla named SPE Fellow

Srikanth Pilla named SPE Fellow

Srikanth Pilla, engineering professor and director of the Center for Composite Materials, has been named a 2024 Fellow of the Society of Plastic Engineers (SPE). A prolific scholar and pioneer in composites and sustainability with an h-index of 44, Pilla’s research...
Graduate Engineering Students Win Prestigious Fellowship

Graduate Engineering Students Win Prestigious Fellowship

University of Delaware Ph.D. candidates Hannah Sinigaglio and Eric Herrmann were each awarded a graduate fellowship from the Koerner Family Foundation, an organization dedicated to training and retaining U.S. engineers. Singaglio and Herrmann are the third and fourth...
Prof. Kayser appointed to IUPAC’s Young Observers program

Prof. Kayser appointed to IUPAC’s Young Observers program

Laure Kayser, assistant professor in the College of Engineering’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering  is a member of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) 2023 class of Young Observers. IUPAC is an international organization...
Srikanth Pilla Named Director of Center for Composite Materials

Srikanth Pilla Named Director of Center for Composite Materials

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,...
Activating fine-touch sensation

Activating fine-touch sensation

UD Engineering’s Laure Kayser received a Beckman Young Investigator award to support her research on assistive soft robotics and tactile displays.