Congratulations to Professor Mary Watson (MP Watson Lab) on winning the ACS Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award and to Professor Norm Wagner (Wagner Lab @ UDel) on winning the ACS Award in Colloid Chemistry!!

We are excited to announce CPI's new research thrusts/directions for the next 4 years. We appreciate the continued support from DOE! #Renewal DOE Office of Science

The Center for Plastics Innovation at the University of Delaware receives $14.5 million renewal 🎉 🌎 ♻ udel.edu/udaily/2024/se…

How did #plastics become so ubiquitous in modern society — found in everything from packaging to automobiles? Hear leading experts @rebecca_altman and Tim Long discuss the past, current state, and future of plastics at our September 12 webinar: ow.ly/VRI150Tk4C6

A comprehensive approach to track polymer chain evolution during deconstruction was developed and revealed the influence of deconstruction method and polymer architecture on product distributions NEW #ASAP by Epps Group LaShanda Korley & team Read it here: go.acs.org/aNF

Papers: Patrick McCauley and PI Bayles’s manuscript on 3D printing nozzle innovations was featured in the inaugural Rising Stars in Chemical Engineering issue of ACS Engineering Au. Read it here: doi.org/10.1021/acseng…

Check out UD CRiSP's Fall 2024 Newsletter - mailchi.mp/3b93803d7442/u…

Want to learn about graduate programs in the College of Engineering at UD? Join this info session: events.zoom.us/ev/ArEksxVp34O…

Drop in to learn more about the soft matter and polymers research at UD from UD_CRiSP, Center for Hybrid, Active, & Responsive Materials and Center for Plastics Innovation (CPI)!

The UD research team featured on the latest cover of ACS Central Science looked at pathways to valorize polyethylene waste into valuable small molecules and developed a method to track the polymer chain transformations during deconstruction. ➡️ pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Join us tomorrow at 9:30 AM EST to hear LaShanda Korley and Thomas Epps's webinar "Advances in lignin-derived polymers: enhancing toughness and creating sustainable thermosets," hosted by Chemistry World and sponsored by Waters Corporation

At the AIChE 2024 Meeting, LaShanda Korley, CPI Director, will be part of an amazing lineup at the first-ever Topical Conference by Area 08A, focusing on sustainable, nature-inspired materials for energy, environment, and biomedical applications. #AIChE2024 #Sustainability

📢Check out the latest pub from our newest CRiSP faculty member Ulf Schiller. This study in Soft Matter investigates stabilization of "bijels" by magnetic ellipsoidal particles. pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Welcome to UD @VictoriaGMuir! Looking forward to learning more about what you and your students are working on in #biomaterials!

🔍New research alert: the latest article from Chelsea Davis in collaboration with the Air Force Research Lab - AFRL utilizes spirolactam-based mechanophores to measure interfacial failures between polymers and inorganic substrates. pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

📅 Here is the schedule of talks and posters for CRiSP faculty and students at #AIChE2024 on Sunday 10/27!

From plastic waste to high-performance electronics! 🚀 Laure Kayser and Materials Science at UD are engineering a way to transform trash, like styrofoam into electronic materials as effective as those on the market. ♻️ #Innovation #SustainableTech #USFOE2023 #AlumniImpact

🗓️ Here is the schedule of talks and posters at the AIChE - American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting for Monday 10/28: 🔊 Check out talks from Subhash Kalidindi, PhD starting at 8:15! 📃 Stop by posters from Alex H. Balzer, Ph.D. and Joaquina Somma! #AIChE2024

Interested in bioinspired hydrogels, coated membranes, flow based devices, TFF, cell therapies, scalable biomanufacturing …? 🤔Check out this collaborative work supported by NIIMBL #ViewsMilestone onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ad…

Please participate and share our survey on #mentalhealth literacy for faculty in #STEM (with Prof. Sarah Schäfer at TU Braunschweig). The survey is available for faculty in the US (bit.ly/4fyt4J9) and Germany (bit.ly/4fhccqH). Materials Science at UD UD Engineering