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June 21, 2018

The Next Big Thing: A Conversation with Steve McClelland and Bill Walker

How two Pratt graduates are helping put Duke innovators on the map

Adrian Bejan

June 20, 2018

How Physics Explains the Evolution of Social Organization

Constructal law reveals how people come together to have greater access to scarce resources

Duke graduate and former Duke Smart Home director Mark Younger, right, talks at the home's 10th anniversary celebration in April

June 11, 2018

Duke Smart Home Celebrates 10 Years

Campus fixture spurs a decade of sustainability and technology ideas

Duke graduate students help a rural Mexican community develop a renewable energy strategy and a business plan for sustainable ecotourism
Christine Payne and Scott McKinley
One of the first-year design teams works to develop a new model for training nurses how to insert a needle to draw blood.
Senior Mechanical Engineering students teamed up with General Motors to design cleaning systems for cameras and LIDAR sensors used in autonomous vehicles

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major externally funded materials research centers (MRSEC and Materials Genomics)

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in U.S. mechanical engineering faculty research productivity -Academic Analytics 2015

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180%

increase in external research awards in past 5 years

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88%

of Duke MEMS students have a job or job offers before graduation