Media Coverage
Check out the latest media coverage of Duke engineering research and education.
Xconomy | June 19, 2017
Bill Gates Backs Fourth Metamaterials Spinout, Pivotal Commware
Featuring David Smith
New spinout company Pivotal Commware uses metamaterials to build software-driven antennas for terrestrial communications.
New Atlas | June 15, 2017
Printed Sensor Made to Warn of Worn Tires
Featuring Aaron Franklin
Aaron Franklin develops a cheap, printed sensor that can actively measure tire wear
Radio In Vivo | June 15, 2017
Bioengineered Vaccines
Featuring Joel Collier
Joel Collier talks about biomaterials and immune responses, self-assembled peptide vaccines, supramolecular systems and bioengineered gels.
New Atlas | June 13, 2017
Injectable Polymer Could Cut Insulin Injections to One Per Month
Featuring Ashutosh Chilkoti
A new breakthrough could see diabetes sufferers requiring just one or two injections a month to control their glucose levels.
TR News | May 15, 2017
The Brave New World of Driverless Cars
Featuring Missy Cummings
Mary "Missy" Cummings pens an article on the current and future safety of autonomous cars for TR News. TR News is copyright, National Academy of Sciences; posted with permission of the Transportation Research Board.
New York Times | May 11, 2017
Drones Kill, Yes, but They Also Rescue, Research and Entertain
Featuring Missy Cummings
Missy Cummings co-curates a new exhibit on drones opening in New York's Intrepid Museum
Inverse Innovation | May 11, 2017
How Facebook Could Actually Read Your Mind
Featuring Junjie Yao
Junjie Yao talks about "quasi-ballistic" photon technology that Facebook hopes will allow technology to read your mind in the near future.
The Engineer | May 8, 2017
How Additive Manufacturing is Unlocking New Designs for Wireless Devices
Featuring Steve Cummer
Steven Cummer works with Benjamin Wiley to create a conductive filament for 3-D printers capable of quickly producing metamaterials
Radio In Vivo | May 4, 2017
Particulate Matter & Air Pollution
Featuring Michael Bergin
Listen to Michael Bergin talk about air pollution and human health, particulate matter, global assessment of climate and air pollution, and research travels to China, India, Nepal, Greenland and Bolivia.
Duke Global Health Institute | May 2, 2017
Duke and Makerere University Students Win Big at Big Ideas Competition
Featuring Monty Reichert
Students in Monty Reichert's Transcontinental Design in Uganda course won a total of $13,000 in funding through the Big Ideas competition to develop a simple screening tool for preeclampsia in low-resource settings.