The University of Delaware (colloquially "UD") is the largest university in Delaware. The main campus is in Newark, with satellite campuses in Dover, Wilmington, Lewes, and Georgetown. It is medium-sized – approximately 18,500 undergraduate and 4,500 graduate students. UD is a privately governed university which receives public funding for being a land-grant, sea-grant, space-grant and urban-grant state-supported research institution.
Energy & Green Tech
A new University of Delaware study examined the attitudes of people who live in close proximity to wind power projects to see if they prefer those projects to energy alternatives, such as a central power plant— fueled by ...
Mar 19, 2019
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Engineering
Someday we won't need curtains or blinds on our windows, and we will be able to block out light—or let it in—with just the press of a button. At least that's what Keith Goossen, associate professor of electrical and computer ...
Mar 7, 2018
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Business
Over the next decade, quantum computers are expected to have a transformative impact on numerous industry sectors, as they surpass the computational capabilities of classical computers. In finance, for example, quantum computing ...
Mar 12, 2024
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Hi Tech & Innovation
Imagine merging into busy traffic without ever looking over your shoulder nor accelerating or braking too hard, irritating the driver in the next lane over. Connected and automated vehicles that communicate to coordinate ...
May 19, 2020
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Other
Saleem Ali is the University of Delaware's Blue and Gold Distinguished Professor of Energy and the Environment and the founding director of the Minerals, Materials and Society (MMS) Program. Ali recently produced a short, ...
May 4, 2021
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Machine learning & AI
As artificial intelligence gets better at giving humans what they want, it also could get better at giving malicious humans what they want.
Apr 10, 2024
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Machine learning & AI
For decades, Hollywood has made millions off of our fears that artificial intelligences such as HAL in 2001: A Space Odyssey and Skynet in The Terminator could one day control us or even wipe out humanity.
Aug 17, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
With the United States being pummeled over the last couple of years with several high-category, high-damage hurricanes, the University of Delaware's Cristina Archer recently published a paper that discovered an unexpected ...
Oct 17, 2018
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Engineering
If you have a smart phone with facial recognition, you may have wondered: How does your device learn to recognize your face as opposed to, say, your spouse's face?
Oct 11, 2019
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Robotics
Scientists around the world are racing to develop self-driving vehicles, but a few essential components have yet to be perfected. One is localization—the vehicle's ability to determine its place and motion. Another is mapping—the ...
Aug 28, 2019
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