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February 07, 2023 | Duke Engineering

Physics Reveals Some Obstacles Aren’t Obstacles At All

Researchers find that cataracts and turbulence that seem to slow water’s flow actually facilitate it

A graphic drawing of many types of drones traveling together, such as air drones, cars and semi-trucks

February 02, 2023 | Duke Engineering

Bridgeman Wins Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award

Award will help unlock the potential of historically underappreciated control theory to solve modern challenges of controlling fleets of autonomous vehicles

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February 01, 2023 | Duke Research Blog

Design Challenge Feels Like Fun, Actually Earns Credits

Graduate and undergraduate students team up to create a potentially commercially viable novel smart fitness device, culminating in an end-of-semester product trade show

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January 23, 2023 | Duke Graduate School

Graduate School Names 13 Dean's Award Recipients for 2023

Leila Bridgeman

January 20, 2023 | Duke Graduate School

Duke MEMS' Leila Bridgeman Honored with Graduate Dean's Award for Excellence in Mentoring

Mohamed Zaher of AMM Inc. and Thomas Peng of Duke University

January 11, 2023 | SAE International

The Power of Mentorship

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December 20, 2022 | Duke Engineering

DMI Planning Retreat Peers into the Future of Materials Science

Events

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Applications Open for Fall 2023 cohort - AI for Understanding and Designing Materials (aiM) Program

3:00 pm - 3:45 pm None

Presenter: Shana McAlexander

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Lecture: "Infrastructure Justice for All"

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Grainger Hall Field Auditorium

Presenter: Catherine Coleman Flowers

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DMI/MEMS Seminar

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Fitzpatrick Center Schiciano Auditorium Side B, room 1466

Presenter: Hemali Rathnayake

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Media Coverage

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The New York Times | January 8, 2023

‘Consciousness’ in Robots Was Once Taboo. Now It’s the Last Word.

Featuring Boyuan Chen

The Science Advisory Board | December 7, 2022

Sound Waves Sort Extracellular Vesicles to Enable Liquid Biopsies, Regenerative Therapies

Featuring Tony Jun Huang

The Atlantic | December 7, 2022

The Transcendent Brain

Featuring Adrian Bejan

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$12 million

New research awards
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Nearly 90%

of undergrads have jobs or job offers at graduation

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