Center for Hybrid, Active, and Responsive Materials
UD CHARM is a hub of interdisciplinary integration and infrastructure development to drive cross-cutting materials innovation. Using its materials science platform, UD CHARM is committed to training a new generation of innovators with focused diversity and education programming.
Research
IRG 1: Peptide Active Materials
Developing new bioinspired materials with targeted architectures and the capacity to generate simple machine movement.
IRG 2: Hybrid Quantum Materials
Combining unconventional materials to create hybrid quantum constructs that significantly advance spectroscopy, sensing, and imaging technologies.
Our Mission
Create a world-recognized hub of interdisciplinary integration and infrastructure development to drive cross-cutting materials innovation.
Our Vision
Harness the integrated power of computational design, innovative synthetic and manufacturing processes, and nano-scale characterization to unlock the substantial promise of complex, synthetic materials at multiple length/time-scales.
News
Co-Director Korley receives AIChE 2021 Gerry Lessells Award
CHARM Co-Director, Professor LaShanda Korley has received the Gerry Lessells Award in honor of past AIChE director, Gerald A. Lessells. This award celebrates extraordinary dedication to chemical engineering and STEM professions from members of traditionally...
CHARM Director Epps Named 2021 ACS Fellow
UD Engineering Prof. Thomas Epps selected for American Chemical Society 2021 Class of Fellows University of Delaware chemical engineer Thomas H. Epps, III, has been named to the American Chemical Society’s 2021 Class of Fellows. Epps, the Allan and Myra Ferguson...
IRG1’s Fox named 2022 Arthur C. Cope Scholar
Dr. Joe Fox, member of CHARM’s Peptide Active Materials group, has been named a 2022 Arthur C. Cope Scholar. As one of ten scholars selected for this honor, Fox will deliver an address at the Arthur C. Cope Symposium at the ACS Fall National Meeting in August...
Tech Development Director Korley co-leading NSF I-Corps Hub
The University of Delaware is a partner in the new NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Northeast Hub, which will accelerate the transformation of scientific discoveries into technologies that improve lives. Professor Julius Korley (left) is co-director of the hub, and...
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