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F. Hadley Cocks

| Duke Today

Duke Flags Lowered: Franklin Hadley Cocks, Noted Materials Scientist, Dies at Age 82

Cocks was a highly regarded professor of Mechanical Engineering Materials Science for nearly 50 years at Duke’s Pratt School of Engineering.

| Duke Engineering

MEMS Graduate Students Among Blue Devils Awarded NSF Fellowships

The highly competitive Graduate Research Fellowship, offered by the National Science Foundation, provides graduate students annual financial support for five years.

| Duke Engineering

Engineering Graduate Students Explore the Medical Side of Robotics

Intro to Medical Robotics offers a comprehensive introduction to the field, focusing on technical instruction and real-world problem solving through multiple projects.
Mars high resolution image. Mars is a planet of the solar system. Sunrise with lens flare. Elements of this image furnished by NASA.

| Duke School of Medicine

Expiring Medications Could Post Challenge on Long Space Missions

As humanity looks towards longer space missions, the issue of medication stability becomes increasingly critical. Daniel Buckland highlights the potential risks posed by expiring medications in space.

| Duke Engineering

Girls Exploring Math Helps Empower Future Researchers

The workshop encourages regional middle school students to develop confidence in math through team-based, logic-focused activities.
Liang Feng with Christine Payne and Cate Brinson

| Duke Engineering

Liang Feng Wins Early Career Award for Carbon-Capture Research

Feng joins IGNIITE 2024, which focuses on early-career scientists and engineers converting disruptive ideas into impactful energy technologies.
podcast cover art with cloud and lightning bolts

| Duke Engineering

Lightning Talks

Take a deep dive into the flashiest secrets of this common but little understood natural phenomenon with leading researcher Steve Cummer.

| Duke Engineering

Lithium-Ion Batteries Are an Unidentified and Growing Source of PFAS Pollution

Lee Ferguson and colleagues discover that the manufacturing and disposal of lithium ion batteries is a large and growing source of environmental contamination from a sub-class of so-called "forever chemicals"

a machine holding dozens of dripping staples

| Duke Engineering

Racing to Disrupt Industries Using Novel Manufacturing Methods

A partnership between two startups with strong connections to Duke Engineering is looking to revolutionize a staple product of orthopedic surgery
rachael lau

| Duke Engineering

Duke Fulbright Alum Takes Earthquake Education and Warning to Kazakhstan

Rachael Lau (Duke CEE BSE ’20, MEng ’22, PhD ’24) secured a $10,000 grant from the U.S. Department of State’s Citizen Diplomacy Action Fund to build on her earthquake work done in Nepal