News
Technology and Teachers
Technology can be a cost-effective means to improve education in developing countries. But how it’s used really matters, UD researchers have found. That’s an idea you’ll find in a study published in the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, by UD’s DSI Affiliated Faculty member Adrienne Lucas and Sabrin Beg.
A Career Path Paved with Data
A variety of computational resources are available to students in the new predoctoral training program in data science at UD. Program director and DSI Affiliated Faculty member Shawn Polson (left) describes the Biomix computational cluster while giving a tour of the data center at the Ammon Pinizzotto Biopharmaceutical Innovation Center. Biomix is hosted with support from Delaware INBRE and the Delaware Biotechnology Institute.
Food Insecurity in the Bahamas
Through a recent Fulbright Award, DSI Faculty Council member, Allison Karpyn, co-director of the Center for Education Research and Social Policy (CRESP) is studying food insecurity and agro-tourism in the Bahamas. Karpyn is an associate professor in the Department of the Human Development and Family Sciences within the College of Education and Human Development.
Expanding DENIN’s Reach
The Delaware Environmental Institute (DENIN) has selected UD professor and DSI Affiliated Faculty Nina David to be a 2023-25 Faculty Fellow.
A Champion for Zero Waste
DSI Faculty Council member, Saleem Ali, Blue and Gold Distinguished Professor of Energy and the Environment at the University of Delaware, has been appointed by United Nations Secretary General Antonio Gutteres to the Advisory Board of Eminent Persons on Zero Waste.
Yeast In Space
UD’s Mark Blenner, DSI Affiliated Faculty member, is a co-principal investigator of B-SURE (Biomanufacturing: Survival, Utility and Reliability beyond Earth), a research program funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency that will bioengineer microbes for experiments on the International Space Station.
Crop switching
UD Professor and DSI Resident Faculty Kyle Davis has studied crops, crop rotation and national farming policies as the world struggles to feed its burgeoning population and use resources smartly amid climate change.
Mapping migration
Avian research often focuses on forests as breeding habitats, but scientists are now working to understand the vital role that small forest patches play in migration. For the first time, a team of researchers from Princeton University and the University of Delaware, including DSI Faculty Council member Jeff Buler, has created a comprehensive map of migratory pathways and stopover locations in the Eastern United States.
In the News
Congratulations to LaShanda Korley, DSI Affiliated Faculty, who has been elected as a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), the society’s highest grade of membership. Nominated by their peers and elected by the Board of Directors, AIChE fellows must have significant chemical engineering experience (generally 25 years), have demonstrated significant service to the profession and have been a member of AIChE for at least 10 years. Korley is a Distinguished Professor in the departments of Materials Science and Engineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Her group takes inspiration from nature to design new polymers using innovative molecular-level design strategies and manufacturing approaches. She is the director of the CPI, co-director of CHARM and the associate director of CRiSP.
New dean appointed
DSI Affiliated Faculty, Fabrice Veron, interim dean of University of Delaware’s College of Earth, Ocean and Environment (CEOE), has been named dean of the college, effective immediately.
