SAFEGUARDING OUR WATER SUPPLY

SAFEGUARDING OUR WATER SUPPLY

Article by Karen B. Roberts | Photo by Evan Krape UD-invented technology selectively filters perchlorate from water Click here to watch video. In June, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a request for public comment on a proposed rule for regulating...
ALUMS ON ‘SHARK TANK’

ALUMS ON ‘SHARK TANK’

Article by Andrea Boyle | Tippett Photos by Evan Krape Hen Hatch winners will appear on Sunday’s episode of entrepreneurial reality show Entrepreneur Markevis Gideon strode into ABC Television’s Shark Tank undaunted by the notoriously brutal environment, where small...
Learning to Build Roads and Highways

Learning to Build Roads and Highways

Transportation internships benefit students, cities and beyond Thursdays aren’t just regular class days for Stefan Floeter, a senior majoring in civil engineering at the University of Delaware. He spent a recent Thursday morning at a construction site along Route 301...
Building The Future

Building The Future

The next generation of construction industry leaders is being trained at UD There’s a lot of construction underway at the University of Delaware. The future home of the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL) and the Chemours...
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...
Keeping Food Out of Landfills

Keeping Food Out of Landfills

UD engineers partner with Delaware Solid Waste Authority to reduce food waste in landfills You probably throw out more food than you realize. Food waste makes up 21.6 percent of municipal waste, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. “This is not a good use...