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Engineering for Impact
POSTED: December 11, 2025
Biomedical engineering graduate student Mikayla Jackson received 2025 Laird Fellowship
National Academy of Inventors Fellow
POSTED: December 11, 2025
UD’s David Martin recognized for academic research that drives real-world change
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NSF CAREER Award
POSTED: December 10, 2025
Microbiologist Molly Sutherland studies essential protein with National Science Foundation funding
Advancing underwater robotics at UD
POSTED: December 10, 2025
Renowned explorers donate OTIS remotely operated vehicle to help train next generation
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Predicting Alzheimer’s earlier
POSTED: December 9, 2025
UD’s DementiaBank outshines global competitors, driving machine-learning advances in early dementia prediction
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Advancing Heart Health
POSTED: December 8, 2025
Undergraduate students explore cardiovascular research to improve patient care
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Soft electronics that shape-shift
POSTED: December 5, 2025
UD researchers develop a first-of-its-kind conductive hydrogel that can switch between liquid and solid states
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Building trust in medical AI
POSTED: December 3, 2025
UD computer scientist earns NSF CAREER award to improve health care AI
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Ecosystem Engineers
POSTED: December 2, 2025
UD graduate student Rileigh Hudock investigates different oyster strains to gauge their effectiveness on living shorelines
Finding the right balance
POSTED: December 1, 2025
UD, Brown researchers’ study aims to inform national blood pressure guidelines for aging adults
Volume 8.2
From the Vice President for Research, Scholarship and Innovation: Moving Forward
The UD research community continues to navigate COVID-19, with health and safety the highest priority. In spite of hardships, we’re facing the pandemic with vigilance and resilience.
News Briefs
Check out our COVID-19 research, a virtual visit with the editor-in-chief of Science, and undergrads at work on the Frontiers of Discovery.
Honors: Celebrating Excellence
UD faculty and students have won major recognition for their expertise and contributions.
Guess Who’s Powering Up UD’s Research Engine?
This issue of the University of Delaware Research magazine introduces you to a critical creative force at UD — our graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. Their ingenuity is lighting new routes to discovery and solutions.
Front Edge of Discovery: Strengthening democracy for a better world
It all began with a Joseph Conrad novel. Doctoral student Pablo McConnie-Saad discusses his journey to better understand democracy, as the first Whittington Graduate Fellow at the Biden Institute.
Front Edge of Discovery: Developing resilient Black girls
Doctoral student and Graduate Scholar Nefetaria Yates is examining school discipline and the tactics Black girls have developed for dealing with the pressures they face. Her ultimate goal is to elevate voices that have been silenced.
Front Edge of Discovery: Helping children move
Entrepreneur Ahad Behboodi wants to see kids with cerebral palsy move more freely. He plans to commercialize a robotic foot device with the power to help them.
Front Edge of Discovery: A clinical science approach
Lexie Tabachnick, in her fifth year of doctoral studies, helps to mentor other grad students and undergraduates while she studies the powerful impact a UD-developed family intervention program is having on vulnerable kids.