A Month of Mars

A Month of Mars

Three upcoming missions and related UD research aim to expand knowledge of the red planet Mars, the reddish planet you can often see just by looking up into the night sky, is in relatively close proximity to Earth’s orbit in the next month or so — a flyby that happens...
Robotics on the Rise

Robotics on the Rise

Center for Autonomous and Robotic Systems to galvanize robotics research at UD The University of Delaware is becoming a leading destination for cutting-edge robotics and autonomy research, thanks in part to the new Center for Autonomous and Robotics Systems (CARS),...
TuFF Materials

TuFF Materials

Strong, lightweight material invented at UD could be industry disruptor When airplanes and automobiles were newfangled inventions a century ago, they contained parts crafted from wood or metal. Today, aircraft and automobile manufacturers increasingly use components...
Newly Tenured and Promoted Faculty

Newly Tenured and Promoted Faculty

The College of Engineering is proud to announce that the following faculty have received promotions and/or tenure, effective September 1, 2020. Promotion from Associate Professor to Professor: LaShanda Korley, Materials Science and Engineering/Chemical and...
Building Better Benchmarks

Building Better Benchmarks

UD computer scientists on team measuring the true performance of supercomputers Imagine that you’re shopping for a computer — not a laptop or a desktop for your home office, but a supercomputer that can perform as many as a quintillion calculations per second. How...
Student Team Builds Mini Self-Driving Cars

Student Team Builds Mini Self-Driving Cars

Through their Senior Design project, electrical engineers flex their skills A team of electrical engineering students created a workable miniature self-driving vehicle that stays in lane while driving around a track, avoids obstacles placed in the lane, and stops for...