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Michael Rubinstein Receives National ACS Award in Polymers

career has shed multiple insights into the molecular basis for the physical behavior of polymers through theoretical modeling of polymeric liquids and networks, including association and entanglement effects
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| Duke Engineering

Collaborative Diamonds Form Under Pressure of Climate Change

A closer look at the design experiences becoming more common in engineering schools across the country
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| Duke Engineering

Engineering the Acceptance of Climate Change Solutions

No matter how clean our technologies become, people must be persuaded to use them to make a difference
Awards season updates

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Duke Engineers Awarded 24 Major Externally Funded Graduate Fellowships
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| Duke Engineering

Reimagined First-Year Computing Course Teaches Students to Think Like an Engineer
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| Duke Engineering

Predicting Cyanide’s Role in Making Mercury More Dangerous
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$25 Million Gift to Establish New STEM+ Scholars Program

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DMI/MEMS Seminar Presented by Prof. Hao Yan

- Wilkinson Building, room 021 auditorium

Presenter: Hao Yan

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Spaceship-Like Disc Detects Colon Cancer With Sound-Driven Droplet Vibration

Discover the innovative spaceship-like disc that allows quick and precise tests for cancer

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Why Time Seems to Accelerate as We Get Older and What We Can Do to Slow It Down

Adrian Bejan's theory of time perception changing as we age due to neural processing speeds is featured amongst several others.

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Federally-funded training grants
NSF AI for Materials Design, NIH Tissue Engineering, and NSF Surgical Technologies

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Mechanical engineering graduate program
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$14 million

in new research awards —fiscal 2024

Nearly 80%

of undergrads have jobs or offers at graduation