News

Duke Engineering's "Character Forward Initiative" is helping to shape students' outlooks and perspectives beginning in EGR 101.

MEMS student Avihan Jain created an AI-powered, interactive stuffed animal designed to make learning a second language fun for children.

Adrian Bejan’s new book explores how natural laws of physics give rise to the tremendous amount of diversity seen in the world around us.

Graduation with Departmental Distinction gives MEMS undergraduates the skills and confidence to take their next step in academia, industry, medicine and beyond.

Lego-like blocks from Xiaoyue Ni let robots rewrite stiffness and motion by reprogramming solid materials in real time.

Leila Bridgeman and her team at Duke University Pratt School of Engineering are developing software that will improve upon existing techniques to ensure robust and safety-assured control for complex autonomous systems such as drones and medical robotics.

The News and Observer highlights some of the state's biggest startup successes of 2025, including Duke Engineering startups focused on genetic health solutions and bespoke 3D-printed orthopedic implants.

New AI system analyzes data to help scientists understand complex systems that change over time.

The Duke Materials Initiative and the Duke Critical Minerals Hub, in conjunction with Duke’s Office for External Partnerships, hosted the inaugural Duke-Industry Materials Connect event, an afternoon focused on collaboration, innovation, and networking across the broad space of materials science.

At Duke University’s General Robotics Lab, a diverse team is giving robots a new sense—teaching machines to listen, move, and even learn on their own.

Former MEMS Chair Cate Brinson reflects on her five-and-a-half years working to strengthen departmental organization and expand faculty hiring in key research areas.

Brinson has been elected a Fellow of the Materials Research Society in recognition of her pioneering contributions to polymer science, shape memory alloys and the materials genome space.