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- Robin Morgan, Director, and
Dean of Agriculture
and Natural Resources
- Over a century ago, the U.S. Department of Agriculture established
agricultural experiment stations in connection with land-grant
universities to provide farmers with practical, science-based information.
In 1907, UD procured a 212-acre farm in Newark
for the Delaware Agricultural Experiment Station. Current research
focuses on soybeans, corn, sorghum, lima beans, and
watermelon; weed management studies; and nutrient management studies.
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- Debra Hess Norris, Chairperson,
Art Conservation
- UD's Art Conservation Department administers
both an undergraduate and graduate program, the latter in collaboration
with Winterthur Museum and Country
Estate. Faculty and students use 26 well-equipped conservation
studios, laboratories, examination rooms, and workshops in the Louis
du Pont Crownishield Research Building at Winterthur. This building
houses one of the country’s largest and best-equipped museum
analytical laboratories and conservation studios. UD students have
regular access to Winterthur’s
internationally recognized collections — nearly 100,000 American
decorative art objects are housed in 180 period-room settings and
an associated exhibition building.
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- Jack Gelb, Jr., Director
- Meeting the growing, worldwide demand for safe
and affordable poultry products produced in an environmentally sound
manner will require a holistic approach that links research, management,
and education. The Avian Biosciences Center at the University of
Delaware is established to be a center of excellence for research,
education, and outreach programs that will provide solutions to
contemporary problems in the avian biosciences. The center is leading
and coordinating a wide range of multi-disciplinary efforts relating
to poultry health, avian genomics, environmental compatibility,
and food safety and quality.
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- Stuart Pittel, Director
- The Bartol Research Institute is a research center in UD's Department
of Physics and Astronomy. The institute's primary function is to
carry out forefront scientific research, with a primary focus in
physics, astronomy, and space sciences. Housed in the H. Rodney Sharp
Laboratory on the UD campus, the institute is named after the late
Henry W. Bartol, a prominent Philadelphia industrialist and member
of the Franklin Institute.
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- Robin Morgan, Director,
and Dean of Agriculture
and Natural Resources
- This 24,000-square-foot
facility, dedicated in May 2006 in honor of the former governor and
his wife and their legacy of giving to the community, serves as the
central office building and meeting facility for UD's Georgetown
campus, and also is used by Sussex County Cooperative Extension,
4-H, state Cooperative Extension, Master Gardeners, and the Expanded
Food and Nutrition Education Program. Researchers at the center and
the adjacent Lasher Lab develop, evaluate, and refine the latest technologies
and methodologies in poultry and vegetable crop production, agronomy,
water quality, and pest, nutrient, and irrigation management.
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- Nobuhisa Kobayashi, Director
- This interdisciplinary center provides a focal point for research
in coastal processes and coastal engineering. Members of the center
are coastal engineers, coastal geologists, and oceanographers, primarily
from the University of Delaware and the Middle Atlantic region.
Through the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, graduate
students working in the center can earn a masters or Ph.D. degree
in coastal engineering.
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- Edward C. Ratledge, Director
- This center is
a unit of UD's College of Human Services, Education, and Public
Policy. Its primary mission is to ensure that the best possible
data and information on important public issues are developed
and made available to the college, its clients, and Delaware
policymakers. The center acts as a clearinghouse for large data
sets supplied by local, state, regional, and federal agencies;
maintains an active survey research capability; develops and
designs custom databases of text and graphical information (including
both raster and vector data) drawn from client files; and uses
an array of information system technologies.
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- Jay Custer, Director
- Located in the Department
of Anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences, this center
focuses on the prehistoric and historic archaeology of the Middle
Atlantic states of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and
New Jersey, providing opportunities for undergraduate and
graduate students to participate in archaeological fieldwork and
laboratory analysis through field schools and sponsored research
programs. The center's research has been sponsored
by a number of state and federal agencies. Current sites under study
range from a 10,000-year-old Paleo-Indian hunting camp in southern
Delaware
to mid-19th-century tenant farms in northern Delaware. Opportunities
for multidisciplinary research are available and include applications
of remote sensing in archaeology and
paleoenvironmental studies.
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- Kurt Manal, Director
- The mission of this interdisciplinary center is to provide engineering
science and clinical technology to reduce the impact of disease on
the everyday lives of individuals. It was created to provide an appropriate
forum and infrastructure to promote the interaction of biomedical
researchers from the University and the medical community. As such,
it serves as a research umbrella under which investigators from a
variety of fields may interact.
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- Jingguang G. Chen, Director
- Founded at
UD in 1978, this center has pioneered multidisciplinary
research in the scientific and engineering principles of catalysis
— the process by which the rate and products of chemical reactions
are altered by a substance unchanged by reaction. Catalysis is at
the core of the chemical and petroleum industries. The hallmark of
the center's research continues to be its strong connection to industrial
practice through the Industrial Sponsors Program, industrially supported
research, collaborative projects, and
sabbaticals and exchange programs involving research personnel. The
center's labs and wide range of research instrumentation represent
one of the foremost facilities for catalysis research in academia.
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- David R. Legates, Director
- Established in 1978,
this interdisciplinary center is dedicated to bringing together scientists
from the University, national, and international communities with
interests in both basic and applied climatology for collaborative
research. The center serves to emphasize UD's commitment
to develop research in all facets of climatology.
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- Steven W. Peuquet, Director
- This center provides usable knowledge, education, training, and
services that enhance the ability of organizations and communities
to promote social and economic justice. Its outreach office is the
Nonprofit Community Resource Center in Wilmington,
Del.
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- John W. Gillespie, Jr., Director
- Founded in 1974 within UD's College of
Engineering, this interdisciplinary center is internationally
recognized for excellence in composites
research and education. CCM's 34,000-square-foot Composites Manufacturing
Science Laboratory houses some $8 million worth of composites manufacturing,
characterization, testing, and computational equipment used by students,
faculty, staff, visiting scholars, and industrial and Army interns
from both the United States and abroad. More than 35 faculty members,
17 graduate students, and 25 undergraduates are currently affiliated
with the center.
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- Donald Sparks, Director
- This center brings together scientists,
engineers, and policy specialists across UD to focus
on basic research of the Earth’s "critical zone" —
the life-sustaining, near -surface environment. Research foci include
areas of interfacial chemistry, bionanotechnology, and environmental
genomics. Major research thrusts include the following: How do important
hydrobiogeochemical processes, occurring at critical zone interfaces
and over a range of spatial and temporal scales, govern long-term
sustainability and ecosystem health of land and water resources?
What technology is needed to better sense environmental events and
processes in the critical zone? How does the sensing understanding
of these environmental events and processes affect human health?
The center is developing strong partnerships with government agencies
(local, state, and federal), industry, and the public. A key goal is
to integrate science, ethics, and public policy.
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- Michael Gamel-McCormick, Director
- This center, one of over 60 University Centers for Excellence
in Developmental Disabilities in the country, is active in five
kinds of activities designed to expand and improve services available
to Delawareans with disabilities and their families, including University
education, community education, technical assistance and program
evaluation, research and demonstration, and dissemination. The center's
mission is to enhance the lives of individuals and families in Delaware
through education, prevention, service, and research related to disabilities.
It promotes independence and productivity so individuals and families
can fully participate in the life of the community.
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- James A. Inciardi, Director
- This center was established in 1991 to facilitate collaborative
research and publishing by UD social
and behavioral science faculty, staff, and students
on the topic of substance abuse. Administratively housed
in UD's Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice,
the center is funded entirely through sponsored research contracts
and grants. The center's principal mission is to produce, disseminate,
and utilize scientific knowledge in two broad areas: the etiology,
patterns and consequences, and prevention and treatment of drug and
alcohol abuse; and the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS and other sexually
transmitted diseases, and the prevention of HIV disease among high-risk
populations.
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- James O'Neill, Director
- The ultimate goal of this center, which is based in UD's Lerner
College of Business and Economics, is to provide educators with
high-quality programs and workshops that increase the knowledge and
understanding of economics and entrepreneurship in all K–12 curricula.
Nationally
known for its hands-on teaching programs, the center sponsors seminars
and workshops and provides materials for teachers of all grade levels.
The center is based on UD's main campus in Newark but also offers
a satellite center at Delaware Technical and Community College in
Georgetown.
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- John Byrne, Director
- Established at UD in 1980, this center
is a leading institution for interdisciplinary graduate education,
research, and advocacy in energy and environmental policy. Its internationally
diverse faculty and research staff have backgrounds in a variety
of disciplines including economics, sociology, geography, political
science, philosophy, engineering, urban planning, and environmental
studies. The center offers four graduate programs in the areas
of energy and environmental policy, and urban affairs and public
policy. Graduate students have the opportunity to address a wide
spectrum of issues, from climate change to energy transformation,
environmental justice, indigenous rights, sustainable development,
and water equity.
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- David L. Ames, Director
- Established in 1984, this interdisciplinary center addresses issues
related to historic preservation through an integrated program of
teaching, research, and public service. It provides graduate education
in historic preservation and planning in which students learn both
in the classroom and by participating in research projects. The center's
research and public service focuses on the evolution of historic
architecture and landscapes; design issues of the built environment
and material culture; historic preservation planning and policy at
the national, state, and local level; documentation of historic properties
and computer applications to documentation; the physical properties
of cultural and historical materials; and advocacy for the preservation
of historic resources.
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- Dennis Mertz, Director
- Housed within UD's Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, this center serves as a resource
for highway and railroad bridge owners in the United States and around
the world, providing knowledge and people to address problems in
the design, construction, evaluation, maintenance, and rehabilitation
of bridges and related structures. A multidsiciplinary enterprise
drawing on faculty from several academic units at UD, the center
adds to the knowledge base needed to maintain and renew bridge infrastructure
through academic and applied multidisciplinary research conducted
by affiliated faculty and sponsored by government and industrial
partners. Research findings are disseminated through
programs, publications, seminars, annual workshops, and conferences.
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- S. Craig Cary, Director
- This center, based in the UD College
of Marine and Earth Studies, involves faculty and students at UD
and around the world in molecular research to better understand
the capabilities of marine organisms within the complex
ecosystems in which they live. There are roughly a million unidentified
microorganisms in a single milliliter of seawater, and less
than 1% of the millions of microscopic organisms that live in the
ocean have been cultured.
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- Deborah Andrews, Director
- The Center for Material Culture Studies, based in the UD College
of Arts and Sciences, is a consortium of people and programs dedicated
to integrating Delaware's
unique resources for the creation, study, and conservation
of material culture. Members include the Center for Historic Architecture
and Design, The Winterthur Program for Early American Culture, the
Hagley Program in the History of Technology and Industrialization,
Preservation Studies, and the Raven Press. Current initiatives range
from promoting the Material
Culture minor for undergraduates to
sponsoring seminars and conferences.
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- Eric Furst, Director
- Established in the spring of 1992 as a research unit within
UD's Department of Chemical Engineering,
this center serves
as a focal point for stimulating collaborative experimental and theoretical
research and encouraging the development of new educational materials
in all areas of thermodynamics.
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- Norman Wagner, Director
- Established through
a cooperative agreement between UD and the National
Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Center for Neutron
Research (NCNR), this center is exploring and developing new
areas of neutron-scattering science, with emphasis on strengths
in complex fluids, macromolecular science, and condensed matter
physics. This partnership is designed to enhance the small-angle
neutron scattering (SANS) capabilities of the United States
and thereby make them available to a large scientific user community.
It also will help train the next generation of neutron scientists
and engineers for careers in support of the national nanotechnology
initiative. SANS is a powerful probe of molecular and nanoscale
structure, supramolecular order, and dynamics, and can be used
to monitor chemical and field-induced transformations. The effort
builds on the world-recognized expertise in SANS in the Departments
of Chemical Engineering, and Materials Science and Engineering
at UD and their long-standing scientific collaborations with
the premier neutron scattering facility in the U.S. at NIST-NCNR.
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- Vic Klemas and Xiao-Hai
Yan, Co-Directors
- Recognized as a NASA Center of Excellence in 1997, this center
serves as a focal point for basic and applied research on remote
sensing of the physical, geological, and biological properties
of the oceans and the coastal zone. It is based in UD's College
of Marine and Earth Studies. Research topics include satellite
oceanography, global climate change, sea-level rise, optical
physics of coastal waters, wetland health, pollutant drift and
dispersion, coastal environmental indicators, and applications
of remote sensing and GIS to coastal management. The center's
research is supported by federal and state agencies, commercial
firms, and private foundations.
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- James G. Richards, Chair
- The center's mission is to facilitate the scholarly activity
of faculty and academic professionals in the UD College of
Health Sciences through the coordination of resources and activities
that support scholarship. Typical examples include encouraging
interdisciplinary collaboration, acquiring financial resources,
providing assistance with financial reporting requirements
(internal and external), grant writing support, and research
assistants. A primary business goal is to demonstrate an increase
in external funding awarded to faculty and academic professionals
in the college.
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- John Xiao, Director
- Established at UD in 2007 through a grant from the
U.S. Department of Energy, this center is advancing
the emerging science of spintronics, which is harnessing
the “spin,” or
magnetic properties of electrons, to encode and process
data. The high-tech field is expected to significantly
broaden the electronics industry by fostering the development
of much smaller, faster, energy-saving devices, from
medical diagnostic equipment to environmental sensors
that can detect nano-sized particles much tinier than
human cells. A major collaborator is Argonne National
Laboratory, one of DOE's largest research centers,
located near Chicago.
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- Doug Tallamy, Director
- In cooperation with state, federal, and private partners, UD’s
Center for Suburban Biodiversity conducts research on issues of
immediate concern to the conservation of our nation's biodiversity.
The center focuses on ecosystem services and the interactions between
people and urban and suburban habitats. Current research explores
animal ecology in suburban landscapes, biological control of invasive
plants and animals, animal/human interactions, and landscaping
practices that threaten biodiversity in managed ecosystems.
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- Mary C. Farach-Carson, Director
- Cancer is a major health problem affecting thousands of Delawareans. This
center "without walls" unites local cancer researchers with clinicians
with a common focus on developing new cancer treatments or identifying
new cancer biomarkers for population screening, prevention, and risk
management. It supports clinical and basic scientific efforts in translational
cancer research within the State of Delaware.The center is a formal
alliance of the University of Delaware, Christiana Care Health System's
Helen F. Graham Cancer Center, the A. I. duPont Hospital for Children/Nemours,
and UD's Delaware Biotechnology Institute. Its
mission is to establish a pipeline of translational cancer researchers
and clinicians by developing a program that starts at the undergraduate
level and continues to provide training throughout the graduate
and post-graduate levels. The center also seeks to build research
partnerships constituting teams of clinicians, biologists, and engineers,
chemists, and computer scientists to attack cancer-related problems.
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- Guang R. Gao, Director
- This lab's primary research interests include high-performance
parallel computing architecture, system software, parallel programming,
and tools for both traditional supercomputers, as well as high-performance
embedded systems. The center's faculty and students also are specialized
in mapping applications to a number of areas including bioinformatics.
The lab's research has been sponsored by both the federal and state
government and private industry.
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- Judi Provencal, Director
- Asteroseismology offers the best method to indirectly peer below
stellar surfaces, using pulsations to determine internal structure.This
center's mission is to promote and facilitate the study of stellar
seismology and support and develop international collaboration
in observational and theoretical stellar seismology. The center
is sponsored by Mt. Cuba Observatory in Greenville, Del., in collaboration
with the UD Department of Physics and Astronomy. The center encourages
the development of instrumentation and software, observing techniques,
and science goals. Proposed targets for the Whole Earth Telescope
(WET) may be submitted at any time.
- Kelvin H. Lee, Director
- The institute is a partnership among
government, academia, and industry to help establish the First State
as a center of excellence in biotechnology and the life sciences.
Its mission is to facilitate a biotechnology network
of people and facilities to enhance existing academic and private-sector
research, catalyze unique cross-disciplinary research and education
initiatives, and foster the entrepreneurship that creates high-quality
jobs. The institute's core research comprises plant molecular biology,
avian genetics, pharmacogenomics, computational biology/computer
science, proteomics/structural biology, and biomolecular materials.
Potential areas of commercial interest include agriculture (improved
agronomics, such as crop yield, stress resistance and insect resistance),
food and animal feed (improved nutritional content, neutraceuticals,
poultry disease/growth), human health (models for testing, design
and delivery of therapeutics), and poultry disease and growth.The
institute also manages major statewide research programs such as
the IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE), supported
by the National Institutes of Health, and the Delaware Experimental
Program to Stimulate Compettive Research (EPSCoR), funded by the
National Science Foundation and the State of Delaware.
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- Ardeshir Faghiri, Director
- This center's primary goal is to serve as the research and educational
arm of the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT). The center
promotes, organizes, coordinates, and supports research, development,
and educational activities to address transportation needs, challenges,
and opportunities at the state level, as well as the regional, national,
and international levels. Initiatives include multidisciplinary research,
semester-long courses, short courses, workshops, seminars, and conferences
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- Audrey J. Noble, Director
- This center
provides the state with a development and inquiry capacity
in support of efforts to reform educational policy and practice.
Research funding is derived primarily from grant awards and special
projects. Current partnerships include the Delaware Department of
Education, U.S. Department of Education, and National Science Foundation,
as well as several private and philanthropic organizations. The center
addresses its mission through development work; data-based decision-making;
studies, analyses, and publications; systemic reform evaluation;
ad hoc evaluation support; and University support and service.
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- John H. Talley, Director
- The Delaware Geological Survey's mission is, by statute, geologic
and hydrologic research and exploration, and dissemination of information
through publication and public service. Established at UD
by the Delaware General Assembly in 1951, it conducts systematic
investigations of the geology and physiographic features of Delaware;
exploration and research pertaining to the water, mineral, and other
Earth resources that are or may become of economic importance to
the state; prepares reports and maps of its findings;
and provides factual geologic information and advice to state officials
and citizens to assure optimum and equitable use
of geologic resources. It also represents Delaware to several counterpart
federal agencies, including the Minerals Management Service, U.S.
Geological Survey, and Delaware River Master.
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- Nancy M. Targett, Director,
and Dean of Marine and Earth Studies
- Since UD's designation as the nation's
ninth Sea Grant College in 1976, the goal of this statewide program
has been to promote the wise use, conservation, and management of
marine and coastal resources through high-quality research, education,
and public outreach activities.
Delaware Sea Grant is part of a national network of 30 Sea Grant
programs, based in coastal states and Puerto Rico.
Programs work individually and in partnership across state boundaries
to address marine challenges. Currently, Delaware Sea Grant
is conducting research in the priority areas of ecosystems,
environmental technologies and engineering, biotechnology, and marine
commerce and transportation. Funding is provided by the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); the state; and UD.
A statewide council helps guide the program.
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- J. Thomas Sims, Director
- This center is a member of the National Institutes of Water Resources
(NIWR) — a national network of 54 state water resources research
institutes affiliated with and sponsored by the U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS). The Delaware Water Resources Center has been a part of UD
since 1965 and is located today in the
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. The center receives
funding from USGS through Section 104 of the Water Resources Research
Act of 1984. These funds support efforts to work actively with
other universities, agencies, and organizations in Delaware to develop
a statewide program for resolving state and regional water-related
problems.
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- Havidán Rodriguez, Director
- The Disaster Research Center, the first social science research
center in the world devoted to the study of disasters, was established
at Ohio State University in 1963 and moved to UD
in 1985. The center conducts field and survey research on group,
organizational, and community preparation for, response to, and recovery
from natural and technological disasters and other community-wide
crises. The center has carried out systematic studies on
a broad range of disasters, including hurricanes, floods, tornadoes,
earthquakes, hazardous chemical incidents, and plane crashes,
as well as civil disturbances and riots. Staff have conducted nearly
600 field studies since the center’s
inception, traveling to communities in the United States, Mexico,
Canada, Japan, Italy, and Turkey. Faculty from UD's Department
of Sociology and Criminal Justice direct the center's projects.
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- Karen Rucker, Director
- This center provides
full-day early care and education to children ages six weeks
to twelve years and their families in a state-of-the-art facility
conveniently located near UD's main campus. The
building includes observation decks, cameras, and recording
devices to enhance the center's
mission of integrated service, education through clinical experiences,
and research. Housed within the center is the
Pediatric Rehabilitation Clinic, which provides physical,
occupational, and speech therapy to children attending the center,
as well as the general community. The center's target population
is 40% children living in poverty, 20% children with
a diagnosed disability, and 10% children who currently live,
or have lived, in foster care. The center aims
to provide best practices to the community; train new professionals
to serve children and their families; and develop — through
research and program evaluation — new
knowledge that can be used to better serve multiple fields of
study.
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- John L. Gallagher and Denise
Seliskar, Co-Directors
- The mission of this center, which is based in the UD College of
Marine and Earth Studies, is to improve salt-tolerant crops for
use in salt-afflicted agroecosystems using biotechnology; to develop
varieties of plants for saline wetlands restoration that will drive
high-productivity ecosystems without continual human input; to disseminate
knowledge about using salt-tolerant plant varieties to develop sustainable
agriculture in areas of the world where soils are salinized or only
saline water is available for irrigation and to solve wetland restoration
problems; and to exchange information on the performance of varieties
of salt-tolerant plants under various types of agroecosystems (rainfed,
irrigated, tidal) and wetland restoration sites. The center works
with research partners in Delaware and around the world.
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- Ron Ludington, Director
- This year-round training
facility is designed to meet the needs of first-time competitors
and Olympic champions alike. Its primary goal is to assist athletes
and coaches in reaching their maximum potential. The center,
housed in state-of-the-art facilities, provides the most complete
training environment in the country. Training facilities include
two ice surfaces, strength and aerobic training rooms, and a
dance studio. Coaching is available from the most recognized
national and international coaches in the sport of figure skating.
Their concentrations include Figures, Freestyle, Pairs, Dance,
and Stroking. University faculty specializing in sports medicine,
exercise physiology, biomechanics, and sports physiology work
closely with world and Olympic coaches to advance the body of
knowledge in figure skating and provide the most up-to-date
training available.
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- Robert W. Birkmire, Director
- Designated a University Center of Excellence
for Photovoltaic Research and Education by the Department of Energy
and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in 1992, this institute
is devoted to research and development of thin-film photovoltaic
solar cells and other photonic devices. The broad scope of its research
and development effort offers opportunity for study in physics,
chemistry, materials science, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering,
and electrical engineering, as well as collaboration with industrial
groups seeking to manufacture and commercialize photovoltaics. The
institute is staffed by approximately 20 professional and support
personnel, as well as faculty, visiting scholars, postdoctoral
fellows, graduate and undergraduate students. Students conducting
research at the institute have the opportunity for internships at
other labs such as the National Renewable Energy Laboratory
in Denver and at industrial facilities.
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- Jerome R. Lewis, Director
- This public service,
education, and research center links the resource capacities
of UD with the complex public policy and
management needs of governments and related nonprofit and private
organizations. The institute provides direct staff assistance, research,
policy analysis, training, and forums while contributing to the scholarly
body of knowledge. Program areas include civic education, comprehensive
planning, conflict resolution, education leadership, health care
policy, state and local management, water resources, and women’s
leadership. Ample educational opportunities are available to students
through the effective integration of applied research, professional
development opportunities, and internships.
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- J. Thomas Sims, Director,
and Associate Dean of Agriculture and Natural Resources
- The breadth and complexity of environmental problems we face today
calls for well-focused, interdisciplinary efforts. The Institute
of Soil and Environmental Quality is a center of excellence for
research, outreach, and education programs that provide science-based
solutions to the many environmental problems involving our soil
resources. The center's mission is to conduct basic and applied
research on soil and environmental quality issues; to serve as an
unbiased scientific advisory body for state, regional, and national
advisory and regulatory agencies, policy-makers, and governmental
leaders on issues related to soil and environmental quality; and
to conduct public education and outreach programs designed to further
public understanding of soil and environmental quality issues and
thus foster effective citizen involvement in environmental policy-making.
- Peg Bradley, Director
- This nationally accredited program functions as a part of the
Individual and Family Studies Department of UD's College of Human
Services, Education and Public Policy. Its primary purposes are
to provide appropriate developmental programs for normal and mainstreamed
exceptional children; teach UD students to work with young children
through classroom practicum experiences; provide opportunities for
students, faculty, and professionals to observe exemplary preschool
programs and teacher role models; enable students to observe children
ages two through six so the students can better understand developmental
progression; and provide a research site for students and faculty.
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- Biliana Cicin-Sain, Director
- This center, the first of its kind established at an American university,
emphasizes the application of policy analysis to ocean and coastal
management. Named after its founding director and benefactor, its
activities focus on integrated coastal management around the world;
U.S. national ocean and coastal policy; implementation of international
ocean agreements; marine aquaculture and biotechnology policy;
ecosystem management; and GIS/remote sensing applications. The center
organizes conferences and publications including the international
journal Ocean and Coastal
Management; hosts
visiting scholars; administers educational exchange programs; provides
research opportunities for graduate students; provides policy advice
to a wide range of governmental and non-governmental entities; and
serves as the Secretariat for the Global Forum on Oceans, Coasts,
and Islands. Its activities are carried out by UD faculty, international
associates, practitioners in the field, postdoctoral fellows, and
graduate research assistants.
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- Lisa Ann Plowfield, Director
- The UD Nursing Center provides a wide variety of health promotion,
education, and disease management services. Students and faculty
with a special interest in providing care for underserved populations,
especially frail elderly and their families, work together to provide
health services and community resource support. Care is coordinated
by advanced practice nurses (APNs) working in collaboration with
geriatric and family physicians from Westside Health in Wilmington,
Del. The center's faculty pursue research related
to frail elders, access to care, and tobacco cessation. The center's
overall mission is to promote health care
for vulnerable populations through
nursing education, outreach services, theoretical development, and
research inquiry.
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- Doug White, Director
- The Ocean Information Center has been in operation at the UD
College of Marine and Earth Studies at the Hugh R. Sharp Campus in
Lewes since early 1986. The center has been working on numerous issues
dealing with the management of oceanographic data and is working
on a variety of information systems and oceanographic projects as
part of that research. The Ocean Information Center is involved in
developing and operating Data Information Units for these International
Research Programs: the Global Observing
Systems Information Center (GOSIC) and the Research
Ship Schedules and Information database.
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- Clinton Tymes, Director
- This center exists to strengthen
Delaware's economic base by providing quality services, such as
management assistance, education programs, and resources to Delaware's
business community and potential entrepreneurs. In operation since
1983, the center has over 20 business professionals at four locations
which house training facilities, libraries, and a variety of resources
to help businesses grow. The center operates in partnership
with UD, Delaware State University, and Delaware
Technical and Community College. It is accredited by the Association
of Small Business Development Centers.
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- Gerald J. Kauffman, Director
- This agency is a unit of the Institute for Public Administration
within the UD College of Human Services, Education and Public
Policy. Its mission is to provide
technical assistance for water resources and watershed policy and
to governments in Delaware and the Delaware Valley through the University's
public service, education, and research role. The program is funded
by four governments — the State of Delaware, New Castle County,
City of Newark, and City of Wilmington, along with grants from public
and private sources.
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- Charles M. Elson, Director
- Established in 2000 in UD's Alfred Lerner College of Business
and Economics, this center seeks to propose progressive changes
in corporate structure and management through education and interaction.
It is named for the late John L. Weinberg, former senior partner
and chairman of Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., and an important UD benefactor.
The center provides a forum for business leaders, members of corporate
boards, the legal community, academics, practitioners, graduate
and undergraduate students, and others interested in corporate governance
issues to meet, interact, learn, and teach. The center's goal is
to develop programs that will generate local, national, and international
interest.
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