For the Record provides information about recent professional activities and honors of University of Delaware faculty, staff, students and alumni.

Recent appointments, presentations, publications and honors include the following:

Appointments

Millicent Sullivan, the Alvin B. and Julie O. Stiles Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been named chair of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering within the College of Engineering. An expert in drug and gene delivery, biomaterials and regenerative medicine, she has been a member of the UD faculty since 2006.

Joshua Zide, professor of materials science and engineering, has been named chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering within the College of Engineering. An expert in new materials and molecular beam epitaxy, he has been a member of the UD faculty since 2007.

Marianthi Ierapetritou and Saleem Ali have been named associate directors for research initiatives at the Delaware Energy Institute (DEI), effective July 1, 2022. They will support the mission and initiatives of DEI through the strategic identification, development and implementation of energy science programs and activities. With Dion Vlachos, DEI director, a primary focus of the new leadership team will be the collaborative development of systems and data for energy initiatives across campus and the establishment of an externally funded center. Ierapetritou is the Gore Centennial Chair in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, and Ali is the Blue and Gold Distinguished Professor of Energy and the Environment. Both have contributed in significant and multiple ways to the renewable energy landscape throughout their distinguished careers.

Presentations

Nancy O'Laughlin, LMS support manager in Academic Technology Services, presented at the Educause Learning Inititative (ELI) annual conference on June 9, 2022, in San Diego, California. This event is for higher education teaching and learning professionals. The topic for her session was “Under Construction: Building a Culture of Accessibility Across Campus—Will It Ever Be Completed?”

Sheng Lu, associate professor and director of graduate studies in the Department of  Fashion and Apparel Studies, served as a guest speaker on June 27, 2022, for an educational webinar hosted by the ASEAN secretariat (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations). In his presentation, Lu discussed the economic impacts of the Regional Compressive Economic Partnership (RCEP) on the Asian textile and apparel trade and supply chain patterns. Other speakers include trade officials from ASEAN member countries and industry representatives.

Publications

An important discovery was published in the 24 June 2022 issue of the TLS (the Times Literary Supplement, UK). Margaret Stetz, Mae and Robert Carter Professor of Women's Studies and professor of humanities, and Alex Murray, senior lecturer in modern literature at Queen's University, Belfast, were the discoverers and wrote the Commentary about "The Prince Obsessed" (1897), a short story by the "New Woman" author Mary Chavelita Dunne, whose pseudonym was "George Egerton." This first-ever publication of the previously unknown story, an allegory about Oscar Wilde and his prosecution in 1895 for so-called "gross indecency" with men, will add greatly to the historical record of literary responses to his unjust fate

Honors

Sharon P. Pitt, vice president of information technologies and chief information officer, has again been named an EdTech Influencer. For its 2022 list, EdTech: Focus on Higher Education selected Pitt as one of 30 individuals who are “using their platforms to propel universities forward…. these influencers are making waves at their institutions.”