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August 15, 2022 | Duke Today
Stiff, Achy Knees? Lab-Made Cartilage Gel Outperforms the Real Thing
Duke researchers have developed a gel-based cartilage substitute to relieve achy knees that’s even stronger and more durable than the real thing
August 10, 2022 | Duke Engineering
Duke-led Center Seeks to Examine and Engineer the Microbial Communities of Indoor Spaces
New $26 million center will work to understand and engineer the microbiomes in our homes, workspaces and other built environments
August 02, 2022 | US National Institute of Standards Technology
Duke ECE's Aaron Franklin Co-leads National Group on Field-Effect Transistors
The panel will suggest guidelines for assessing the performance of this emerging nanotechnology
July 15, 2022 | Duke Engineering
Watching Primordial Neural Cells Grow in 3D Scaffolds to Heal Brain Injury
Tracking how neural progenitor cells respond to biochemical signals while moving and growing through a biocompatible jungle gym could help develop brain-healing
July 06, 2022 | Duke Engineering
Upside-Down Design Expands Wide-Spectrum Super-Camera Abilities
New design for plasmonic metasurfaces increases their frequency range while protecting them from the elements
June 15, 2022 | Duke Science and Technology
Smooth as Glass
Patrick Charbonneau, professor of chemistry and physics, is using complex computer simulations to unlock the hidden secrets of science—in glass.
June 09, 2022 | Duke Science & Technology
Food Stainability in Focus
What if there were a simple, inexpensive way to help farmers use only the fertilizer they need & no more? Duke University professor Maiken Mikkelsen has developed a powerful new camera that farmers can use to assess crop health, reduce wasted fertilizer
May 19, 2022 | Duke Today
Pentagon Leaders Briefed on Patek Lab's Work
A team from the U.S. military that included Gabriel Camarillo, under secretary of the Army, learned how shrimp, ants and quantum computing could improve military operations and technology during a tour of three Duke University research labs Monday.
May 18, 2022 | Duke Engineering
Triangle Soft Matter Workshop Reunites Materials Researchers in Person
The symposium drew 180 from Duke, NC State and UNC-Chapel Hill to discuss polymers, biomaterials and more
May 17, 2022 | Duke Engineering
Teaching Physics to AI Makes the Student a Master
Incorporating known physics into neural network algorithms allows them to discover new insights into material properties
May 17, 2022 | Duke Today
Former Trustee Chair Peter Nicholas Dies
A Duke alumnus who was the co-founder of Boston Scientific Corporation, Nicholas is remembered for his Duke leadership and philanthropy. The Nicholas family gave the naming gift for the Nicholas School of the Environment and the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
May 13, 2022 | Duke Nicholas Institute News
Hsu, Blum and Patiño-Echeverri Win University-Wide Collaboration Grant on Climate Change
Po-Chun Hsu, Volker Blum and Dalia Patino-Echeverri are one of eight faculty teams winning grants to address climate change and will use it to help advance a new paradigm for engineering sustainable buildings
May 13, 2022 | Duke Nicholas Institute
Duke Engineers Win Grants to Address Climate Change
Mark Borsuk, Po-Chun Hsu and Volker Blum are among faculty in the first round to win university-wide collaboration grants from the Duke Nicholas Institute to address climate change
May 04, 2022 | Duke Engineering News
Becca Lau: Pandemic Pivot Enables Materials Science for Future Nanomaterials
When the global pandemic forced then-sophomore Becca Lau home from studying abroad, little did she know that this initially disappointing pivot to remote learning would open an entirely new side of engineering research to her and a bright new pathway to a PhD program.
May 01, 2022
2020 DMI Student Awards and Projects
Student award winners, and information on dissertations and theses completed by the Class of 2022