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Promotional graphic for Invented at Duke 2025, featuring event details for Duke’s 7th Annual Innovation Expo with MEMS Professor and entrepreneur Dr. Ken Gall as the featured speaker.
Ken Gall to Be Featured Speaker for Invented at Duke 2025
10/31/25 Office for Translation & Commercialization

Ken Gall to Be Featured Speaker for Invented at Duke 2025

The MEMS professor and serial entrepreneur will take the stage as the featured speaker at Invented at Duke, the university’s annual showcase and celebration of innovation & entrepreneurship.

Xiaoyue Ni looking at a robotic fish tail in a tank
Discover New Innovations at Invented at Duke 2025
10/29/25 Duke Today

Discover New Innovations at Invented at Duke 2025

Professors David Smith, Xiaoyue Ni and Ken Gall are among those who will share tech being spun out of their labs at the annual event.

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Engineering Character: Teaching Ethics in the Age of Automation
10/28/25 Pratt School of Engineering

Engineering Character: Teaching Ethics in the Age of Automation

Aligned with Duke Engineering’s Character Forward initiative, Professor Siobhan Oca’s Ethics in Robotics and Automation course (ME 490) challenges students to see beyond technical skills and practice the virtues that shape responsible engineers.

A group of about 18 students and mentors pose outdoors on a sunny day in front of a white tent, holding a blue rocket labeled “Duke Aero.” Most are wearing sunglasses, hats, and casual outdoor clothing, smiling for the camera after what appears to be a rocket competition or launch event.
A Student-Led Engineering Team Shares the Joy of Aerospace
10/14/25 Duke Today

A Student-Led Engineering Team Shares the Joy of Aerospace

Duke AERO is more than just a club — it’s a launchpad for future engineers, scientists and innovators, as well as an opportunity for students from other disciplines to learn more about rocketry.

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3D-Printed Orthopedic Implant Maker Restor3d Raises $104M
10/2/25 Fierce Biotech

3D-Printed Orthopedic Implant Maker Restor3d Raises $104M

Duke tech spinout restor3d, focused on personalized orthopedic implants, has raised a total of $104 million to boost its commercial plans across shoulder, hip, knee, foot and ankle replacement procedures, as it looks to launch four 3D-printed product lines by the end of next year.

A woman standing in front of a white board with lots of equations holding a small drone
Quelling Chaos Through Clever Control System Construction
9/23/25 Pratt School of Engineering

Quelling Chaos Through Clever Control System Construction

Leila Bridgeman is steadily laying foundations for the software needed to precisely control the large, complex networks of individual agents underscoring a wide range of applications from autonomous drones to laser-wielding surgical robotics.

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Duke Engineering Ranked #17 Undergraduate Program in the Nation
9/23/25 Pratt School of Engineering

Duke Engineering Ranked #17 Undergraduate Program in the Nation

Rising three places, the ranking from U.S. News and World Report recognizes the school’s world-class program focused on design thinking, hands-on learning and purpose-driven results.