TuFF technology is taking off Article by Karen B. Roberts Photo and video courtesy of Joby Aviation March 09, 2021
Uses for UD-developed material to include flying taxis
Believe it or not, fighter jets, flying cars, natural gas pipelines and plastic bottles may be more alike than you think.
So, whatâs the common thread?
They might one day be made with TuFF â a high-performance short-fiber composite material invented at the University of Delaware that is superstrong, ultra-lightweight and virtually indestructible. It might even be the Superman of materials.
Developed by researchers at UDâs Center for Composite Materials as part of a Defense Advanced Projects Agency (DARPA) Defense Sciences Office program, TuFF (Tailored Universal Feedstock for Forming) has properties equal to the very best composites used in space and aerospace applications today. And, according to CCM Director Jack Gillespie, the uses for TuF
POTSDAM â Following a national search, Dr. Darryl Scriven has been appointed dean of Clarkson Universityâs School of Arts & Sciences and Fellow in the Shipley Center for Innovation, effective April 4.
Scriven is currently the Dean of the College of Arts, Sciences, Business and Education as well as the John W. and Anna H. Hanes Distinguished Professor in the Humanities at Winston-Salem State University. He is also a non-resident visiting scholar at the Tuskegee University National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care and Chair of the Academic Review Committee for the Journal of Healthcare, Science, and the Humanities since 2015.
POTSDAM â Following a national search, Dr. Darryl Scriven has been appointed dean of Clarkson Universityâs School of Arts & Sciences and Fellow in the Shipley Center for Innovation, effective April 4.
Scriven is currently the Dean of the College of Arts, Sciences, Business and Education as well as the John W. and Anna H. Hanes Distinguished Professor in the Humanities at Winston-Salem State University. He is also a non-resident visiting scholar at the Tuskegee University National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care and Chair of the Academic Review Committee for the Journal of Healthcare, Science, and the Humanities since 2015.
Mother desperate for help finding her missing son
Slidell mother desparate for help searching for missing son By Kimberly Curth | March 5, 2021 at 9:21 PM CST - Updated March 5 at 9:39 PM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A Slidell mother is desperate for help finding her missing son. The NOPD says it’s investigating the possibility of foul play being involved in the disappearance of Marquise Jones, 21.
“I just need help, please, please, help me, help me, this is horrible. I wouldn’t wish this, I swear, I wouldn’t wish this, on my worst enemy. I just want to know where my boy at,” said Marquise’s mother, Erica Jones.
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