Dec 9, 2021
How engineering principals support plant science When Tropical Storm Isaias pummeled the East Coast in summer 2020, it created life-threatening tornadoes and weather conditions that ruined homes and flattened farm fields across Delaware. But in Newark, in a small...
Oct 28, 2019
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...
Sep 25, 2018
$1.99 million NSF grant supports disaster research project at UD Katrina. Sandy. Maria. These and other hurricanes have devastated countless Americans. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts that in 2018, between four and seven hurricanes will...
Sep 2, 2015
Davidson participating in national leadership program for women in STEM Rachel Davidson, professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Delaware, is one of 31 women nationwide selected for the Executive Leadership in Academic Technology and...
Aug 21, 2015
Bacteria may be harbingers of invisible damage in concrete A small “garden” of concrete cylinders shares space with the colorful sedum, chives and crocus on Colburn Lab’s green roof at the University of Delaware. Although the cylinders themselves aren’t alive,...
May 11, 2015
McNeil elected distinguished member of American Society of Civil Engineers Engineering projects don’t happen in a vacuum, and the University of Delaware’s Sue McNeil makes sure her students are aware of the social, psychological, political and economic factors that...
