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Forecasting Urbanization
DSI Resident Faculty, Jing Gao explains how data science drives new maps to predict the growth of cities over next century
Putting the Pandemic in Perspective
DSI Affiliated Faculty and UD Epidemiologist Jennifer Horney explains social distancing, testing rates and more to a global audience.
COVID-19 Research Underway
DSI affiliated faculty members, Juan Perilla and Jodi Hadden-Perilla, both assistant professors in UD’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, are leading a research team that is investigating the structure of the novel coronavirus that has caused the current global pandemic.
Treating Asthma with Data Analytics
Research from DSI Affiliated Faculty, Junbo Son could transform the future of asthma management.
Expert Insight on Coronavirus
Before the first positive case had been reported in Delaware, on Wednesday, March 4 the University of Delaware hosted a 90-minute panel discussion to bring the UD community and the public up to speed on COVID-19. Included on the panel was DSI affiliated faculty, Prof. Jennifer Horney of UD’s Disaster Research Center and founder of the University’s program in epidemiology.
Crops for Cows
DSI Resident Faculty and Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences and the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Kyle Davis performed the crop water-use estimates for the study that shows water scarcity driven by beef production in the Western United States.
Harnessing Exotic Genetics
A multi-institutional team led by University of Delaware plant geneticist and DSI Affiliated Faculty, Randy Wisser, decoded the genetic map for how corn from tropical environments can be adapted to the temperate U.S. summer growing season.
Cracking the Code
Dion Vlachos, Director of the Delaware Energy Institute and the Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation and DSI Faculty Council Member is co-PI on a $3.69 million grant from the National Science Foundation. Dr. Vlachos along with other University of Delaware researchers are working to unlock new routes to sustainably develop materials from lignin.
New IEEE Fellows
Rudi Eigenmann, Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering and DSI Faculty Council Member, DiCos Core Director and Chair, DSI Infrastructure Working Group has been named a Fellow of IEEE (formerly known as The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers). Professor Eigenmann was named a Fellow for contributions to compilers for high-performance computing.
Mapping Soil Moisture in High Definition
Rodrigo Vargas, Associate Professor of Ecosystem Ecology and Environmental Change and DSI Faculty Council Member, and doctoral student Mario Guevara have developed a new, more accurate way to map predicted soil moisture, even in areas where no data have been available.
