http://epscor-dev.dbi.udel.edu Delaware EPSCoR: Exploring Complex Ecosystems and Environmental Health en-us Wed, 23 May 2007 17:06:15 MST bchajes@udel.edu db@udel.edu http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2007/may/epscor052307.html The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded scientists at the University of Delaware and Delaware State University nearly $1 million for research on blast-resistant materials and wall-penetrating radar. Tracey Bryant Science Wed, 23 May 2007 17:06:15 MST http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2007/may/epps050807.html Thomas H. Epps III, assistant professor of chemical engineering at the University of Delaware, is the recipient of the 2007 Lloyd Ferguson Young Scientist Award from the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE). Tracey Bryant Science Tue, 08 May 2007 16:52:00 MST http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2007/apr/nsf041307.html Thomas H. Epps III, assistant professor of chemical engineering at the University of Delaware, is the recipient of a prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Tracey Bryant Science Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:21:00 MST http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2007/apr/nsf041107.html Xinqiao Jia will never forget a visitor to her professor's lab at Fudan University in Shanghai, China, when she was working on her master's degree in polymer chemistry and physics. The lab was working to synthesize polymers for carrying cancer-fighting drugs in the human body. Tracey Bryant Science Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:36:00 MST http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2007/apr/board041007.html An advisory board of distinguished scientists and policymakers from across the United States--including two members of the National Academy of Sciences and leaders from academia, national labs, state agencies and industry--has been appointed to help guide Delaware's Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) and the Center for Critical Zone Research. Both programs are administered by the University of Delaware through the Delaware Biotechnology Institute. Tracey Bryant Science Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:19:00 MST http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2007/mar/solar031607.html Gabriela Stoleru, UD assistant professor of materials science and engineering, has received a grant from the Department of Energy (DOE) to research nanostructured solar cells. The grant, $449,223 over a three-year period, allows Stoleru and her collaborators to theoretically and experimentally investigate the excitation, recombination, and transport properties on which advanced-concept nanostructured solar cells rely.

Stoleru was eligible to apply for the grant because UD is a member of the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), a program started by the National Science Foundation in 1979 to develop a more equitable distribution of federal research and development funds. DOE's solicitation for proposals was for establishment of partnerships between EPSCoR state universities and DOE national laboratories. Science Tue, 20 Mar 2007 10:39:15 MST http://www.dbi.udel.edu/2007calendar/eventpdfs/CCZRSeminarSeries.pdf The final presentation in the new seminar series launched this semester by the recently formed Center for Critical Zone Research will take place on May 15, 2007, in room 102 of the Delaware Biotechnology Institute.

Brad Tebo of the Department of Environmental and Biomolecular Systems at Oregon Health and Science University will speak at 12:00 noon on "Changing the Manganese Paradigm: New Insights from Mechanistic Studies of Bacterial Manganese Oxidation." Science Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:19:00 MST http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2007/feb/viruses022607.html University of Delaware researchers have developed an inexpensive, nonchlorine-based technology that can remove harmful microorganisms, including viruses, from drinking water. UD's patented technology, developed jointly by researchers in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and the College of Engineering, incorporates highly reactive iron in the filtering process to deliver a chemical “knock-out punch” to a host of notorious pathogens, from E. coli to rotavirus. Tracey Bryant Science Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:21:00 MST http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2007/feb/epscor020107.html "If we're going to be successful in this country, it has to be based on science, innovation and technology," Delaware Lt. Gov. John Carney told the more than 100 scientists, graduate students and outreach specialists at the annual meeting of the statewide Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), held Jan. 23, at the Delaware Biotechnology Institute in Newark. Science Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:37:00 MST http://www.epscor.dbi.udel.edu/outreach/ethics/article.php?id=22 This panel discussion on the ethical issues involved in immigration includes Elaine Archangelo, Director of the Delaware Divison of Social Services; Jeanne Cashman, Executive Director, Sojourner's Place; Madeline Welch, Attorney, Community Legal Aid Society; and Louisa Terrell, Deputy Chief of Staff for U.S. Senator Joseph R. Biden. The forum will take place on Wednesday, January 24, 2007, at 7:00 p.m. at the Longwood Auditorium, School of Management Building, Delaware State University, Dover. The forum is free and open to the public. Science Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:03:30 MST