UD CHARM

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

CHARM Director Epps selected as 2023 PMSE Fellow

CHARM Director Epps selected as 2023 PMSE Fellow

CHARM Director Thomas Epps, III has been selected as a member of the new class of PMSE Fellows for 2023. Congratulations to Thomas for his incredible work and selection for this distinguished honor! "For outstanding contributions toward sustainable polymers from...

CHARM Graduate Students Honored

CHARM Graduate Students Honored

Congratulations to Nicole Halaszynski (IRG1), Wilder Acuna (IRG2), and Yongchen Liu (IRG2) for receiving 2021 CHARM Graduate Student Awards for their outstanding contributions to the center. Nicole's research focused on the ability to mimic the intricacies of nature...

Co-Director Korley appointed as a US Science Envoy for 2023

Co-Director Korley appointed as a US Science Envoy for 2023

LaShanda Korley, Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Delaware, has been appointed a U.S. Science Envoy for 2023. The announcement was made by the U.S. Department of State on...

CHARM Co-Director LaShanda Korley elected as 2022 APS Fellow

CHARM Co-Director LaShanda Korley elected as 2022 APS Fellow

Prof. LaShanda Korley, CHARM Co-Director and Distinguished Professor of Material Science and Engineering at the University of Delaware, has been elected by her peers as a 2022 American Physical Society Fellow. Each year, APS recognizes members who, "have made advances...

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