Biochar, microbes and dirt — oh my!

Biochar, microbes and dirt — oh my!

Michael Rechsteiner researches biochar and how it can help sustain our environment Michael Rechsteiner is a senior environmental engineering major from Middletown, Delaware. Q: What is your research focus? Rechsteiner: Biochar is a carbon-rich cousin of charcoal that...

Helping Pea Patch Island stand up to waves

Rachel Schaefer explores how vegetation can reduce erosion of Delaware River island Rachel Schaefer is a senior, majoring in civil engineering, from West Windsor, New Jersey. Q. What are you studying, where and with whom? Schaefer: I’m studying the effects of marsh...
Start-Up Wins Grant from New Castle County

Start-Up Wins Grant from New Castle County

The Delaware county launched NCC Innovates by awarding grant to start-up launched at UD On July 12, 2018, at the 2018 Delaware Entrepreneurial Summit, New Castle County Executive Matt Meyer presented local start-up D150 Fueling with the county’s Entrepreneurial...
UD Hosts Civil Engineering Student Conference

UD Hosts Civil Engineering Student Conference

ASCE Mid-Atlantic Student Conference draws from 11 universities The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Student Conference was held at the University of Delaware on April 7-8. Approximately 250 students from 11 universities in the region attended the...
New Engineering Major

New Engineering Major

Undergraduate program in construction engineering and management The University of Delaware Faculty Senate has approved the establishment of an undergraduate major in construction engineering and management beginning in the fall 2017 semester. The program, which will...
All about the microbes

All about the microbes

Researchers compare notes on amazing world of bacteria, fungi, viruses, protozoa They’re out there for better or for worse, a teeming universe of microbes that influences everything that lives and breathes in this world. They have ominous-sounding names –...