College of Engineering's Kristi Kiick selected as AIMBE Fellow
Kristi Kiick, deputy dean of engineering and professor of materials science and engineering and biomedical engineering at the University of Delaware, has been inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows, Class of 2012.
This elite appointment distinguishes Kiick among the top two percent of her peers. AIMBE College Fellows include the top 1,000 outstanding bioengineers in academia, industry and government. She was among 94 new AIMBE Fellows inducted during the AIMBE 21st annual meeting in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 20. Read more...
UD's Darrin Pochan named fellow of the American Physical Society
Darrin Pochan, professor of materials science and engineering at the University of Delaware, has been named a fellow of the American Physical Society (APS).
The fellowship recognizes individuals who help advance physics through original and independent research. Membership as an APS Fellow distinguishes Pochan among the top one-half percent of all APS members.
“Darrin is an excellent scholar and educator and his scientific impact has been extensive and highly admired,” remarked David C. Martin, Karl W. and Renate Böer Professor and chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSEG), who nominated Pochan. Read more...
LAOS Rheology Day: January 13, 2012, Colburn Laboratory, University of Delaware
LAOS rheology day participants gathered in Colburn Laboratory at the University of Delaware from around the US to discuss recent advances in the use of large amplitude oscillatory shear to interrogate material properties. The participants included many industrial scientists from DOW, DuPont, ExxonMobil and TA Instruments as well as students and faculty from four institutions. Talks focused on three broad classes of materials- shear thickening colloidal dispersions, shear ordering and melting of block copolymer micelles, and shear banding wormlike micelles, as well as new advances in LAOS rheology, including: large amplitude microrheology, time resolved SANS (small angle neutron scattering) measurements of microstructure during LAOS, flow velocimetry during LAOS, and stress versus strain controlled LAOS measurements. New theoretical predictions for shear banding wormlike micelles, yield stress fluids, and active microrheology of colloidal dispersions were also presented and discussed. The talks were followed by lively discussion.
UD Chemical Engineer Guest Authors PNAS Commentary on Directing Colloidal Assembly
The University of Delaware's Eric M. Furst authored a commentary in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) advance online edition Dec. 19.
The annotation, entitled “Directing Colloidal Assembly at Fluid Interfaces,” reflects on work done by Kathleen Stebe, the Richer and Elizabeth Goodwin Professor of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania. Specifically, Furst comments on the use of directing fields to control the assembly of colloidal particles as a promising route to new nano- and microstructured functional materials. Read more...
