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 18,618 undergraduates; more than 4,285 graduate students
• Strategically located within the northeast corridor of the U.S. along I-95
• President – Dennis Assanis
• Provost – Laura Carlson

UD College of Engineering

• One of seven UD colleges
• Research expenditures exceeding $50 million
• Approximately 2,465 undergraduates and 1,045 graduate students
• Eight 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 interdisciplinary center of ecvellence for composites education and research excellence
• Mission-conduct basic and applied research, educate scientists and engineers, and develop and transition technology
• Annual expenditures over $14.9 million
• Over 165 Research/Staff/Students

–   57 affiliated visiting faculty
–   38 research professionals
–   51 graduate students
–   44 undergraduate research assistants
–   7 lab technicians
–   6 member administrative team

• Host to 6 NSF/DoD Centers of Excellence since 1986
• 55 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