Facts and Figures
University of Delaware
- Founded as a small private academy in 1743; now a land-grant, sea-grant, space-grant university; Carnegie Research University; state-assisted, privately controlled
- Over 17,500 undergraduates; more than 3,700 graduate students
- Strategically located within the northeast corridor of the U.S. along I-95
- President – Dennis Assanis
- Provost – Robin Morgan
UD College of Engineering
- One of seven UD colleges
- Research expenditures exceeding $50 million
- Approximately 2,243 undergraduates and 881 graduate students
- Seven departments, thirteen college-based research centers, eight university-based research centers
- Facilities—six buildings with more than 280,000 square feet
- Dean – Levi Thompson
UD Center for Composite Materials
- Founded in 1974
- Internationally recognized excellence
- Mission-conduct basic and applied research, educate scientists and engineers, and develop and transition technology
- Annual expenditures over $9.7 million
- Over 150 people
– 52 affiliated visiting faculty
– 30 research professionals
– 20 graduate students
– 14 visiting scholars
– 25 undergraduate research assistants
– 9 lab technicians
– 6-member administrative team
- Host to 6 NSF/DoD Centers of Excellence since 1986
- 57 members of the University-Industry Consortium
- More than 3,500 small, medium, and large companies have benefited from affiliation with CCM
- More than 2,000 alumni worldwide