October Shining Light Award Honoree
DFSME’s October “Shining Light Award” Honors David Wienner, Science Educator at William Penn High School. David Wienner has been a committed member of the Colonial School District’s Science Dept. for several years. He has taught courses in Integrated Science, was one...
Brandywine HS Wins Nat’l Finals AGAIN
May 17, 2024 –For the second year in a row, Brandywine High School's STEM team has been named national winner in the Annual Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Competition. (L to R) Katherine McDerby, Malti John and Isabella Chermak (Not pictured: Olivia Erskine)...
Who is Moonprint Solutions in Delaware?
Moonprint Solutions is an engineering company with services that include product development, consulting, and prototype manufacturing. They work collaboratively with clients to fulfill needs identified by government agencies such as the U.S. Department of Defense and...
DFSME Board Member Awarded $700,000 NSF Grant
The National Science Foundation has awarded a three-year $700,000 grant supporting a collaborative neuroscience research project by DFSME Board Member Dr. Melissa Harrington.
Dr. Harrington is a professor of biological science and director of the Delaware Institute of Science and Technology at Delaware State University. Her collaborator is Dr. Tomasz Smolinski, associate professor of computer and information science.
The research by Dr. Harrington and Dr. Smolinski focuses on how the efficiency of motor neurons in driving muscle contractions can be altered depending on the previous activity of the motor system.
“If we are ever going to have truly natural prosthetics that can be manipulated by commands from our nervous system,” Dr. Harrington says, “we need to understand in detail how the functioning of motor neurons is changed by increased and decreased activity.”
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