High Performance Computing

High Performance Computing

New HPC cluster named for former UD IT director Jane Caviness The University of Delaware’s newest high performance computing (HPC) community cluster, named Caviness, puts vast computational power at researchers’ disposal. Named for Jane Caviness, a former UD employee...
Materials Of The Future

Materials Of The Future

At UD, materials science and engineering has a storied past and bright future The Materials Science and Engineering Department at the University of Delaware celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2018 by announcing a keystone of its future: a new undergraduate major in...
Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers

Cathy Wu, Craig Brown and Anderson Janotti make list of top influencers Engineers at the University of Delaware do research that garners attention from scientists and engineers around the world, and three faculty members in the College of Engineering were recently...
Faster-Charging, Safer Batteries

Faster-Charging, Safer Batteries

UD invention aims to improve battery performance Imagine a world where cell phones and laptops can be charged in a matter of minutes instead of hours, rolled up and stored in your pocket, or dropped without sustaining any damage. It is possible, according to...
In Memoriam: Jerold (Jerry) Schultz

In Memoriam: Jerold (Jerry) Schultz

Jerold (Jerry) M. Schultz, emeritus C. Ernest Birchenall Professor of Chemical Engineering with a joint appointment in materials science and engineering at the University of Delaware, died on October 20, 2018. He was born in 1935 in San Francisco and attended the...
UD Engineering’s Next Era

UD Engineering’s Next Era

Levi T. Thompson shares vision as new dean of College of Engineering Levi T. Thompson joined the University of Delaware in early October as dean of the College of Engineering. It’s a homecoming for Thompson, who received a bachelor’s degree in chemical...