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The Duke MEM professor's fourth book for a general audience, “Time and Beauty,” was published by World Scientific

One project will create a book club between engineering faculty and undergraduate students and another will start a series of faculty-staff workshops in Duke MEMS.

Duke researchers present virtual seminars on how biomaterials, AI, sustainable and energy materials, and metamaterials address societal problems

The student-scholars benefit from small seminar sizes, intensive mentoring, and hands-on work at the Duke Marine Laboratory developing new marine conservation technology.

Competitive five-year grant will help Po-Chun Hsu develop new wearable technology to manage heat around the human body without using additional power supply

MEMS Professor Matthew Becker and colleagues have found a way to use organic compounds derived from sugar to make a new family of eco-friendly polymers. 

Pursuing more sustainable alternatives, Duke materials scientist Matt Becker and University of Birmingham colleagues have produced a new form of plastic using sugar alcohols

The Society of Engineering Science honored Cate Brinson's seminal contributions in modeling and characterization of polymer nanocomposites, shape memory alloys

Insights into the atomistic dynamics of emerging solid-state batteries will help speed their evolution

MEMS Professor Nico Hotz offers insights into how hydrogen might become a part of the green energy needs of the future.

Higher pH makes a common metabolic inhibitor medication practical for nose and throat spray applications against COVID-19

MEMS Professor Po-Chun Hsu produced prototype patches with miniature vented flaps. When applied to your clothing, the vents curl open to release heat if you get too hot and start producing sweat.