Duke University Pratt School of Engineering

Research Groups

Adaptive Systems and Structures Lab

• Systems and controls research.
• Contact Robert Clark for more information.

Cardiovascular Simulations Laboratory

• Dynamics of arterial blood flow and vessel pathology, the mechanisms of tissue response to mechanical stress, and the dynamic geometry of coronary arteries.
• Contact Mort Friedman for more information.

Cartilage Mechanics and Tissue Engineering Laboratory

• Mechanisms for degeneration and regeneration of soft tissues of the musculoskeletal system, including the intervertebral disc, articular cartilage, and meniscus.
• Contact Lori Setton for more information.

Computational Mechanical Laboratory

• Computational strategies for evolving interfaces, mortar finite-element algorithms for large deformation, frictional contact, post-buckling behavior of solar sail booms, dry friction damping in aeroelastic structures, thermomechanical investigations of high-speed machining of aluminum, level set methods for thin film boiling, multi-scale algorithms for studying defects in nematic gels.
• Contact John Dolbow for more information.

Digital Microfluidics

• Alternative paradigm for lab-on-a-chip systems based upon micromanipulation of discrete droplets.
• Contact Richard Fair for more information.

Duke Center for Neuroengineering

• Recording, imaging and analyzing normal and abnormal brain activity; computational and fabrication facilities for developing novel technologies for the brain.
• Contact Craig Henriquez or Patrick Wolf for more information.

Duke Computational Electrophysiology

• Large scale computer models of the heart and brain to explore the underlying mechanisms for cardiac arrhythmias; explore cortical-cortical interactions and learning; and to develop new strategies for treating and curing human disease.
• Contact Craig Henriquez for more information.

Duke Computer Architecture Group

• Interface between hardware and software, architectures based on self-assembly of nanoscale technologies, reliable computer systems, multithreaded system design, energy efficient computing, and parallel and distributed architectures.
• Contact Dan Sorin or Chris Dwyer for more information.

Duke Integrated Sensing and Processing (DISP)

• Computational optical sensors research program focused on multiplex sampling and reference structure tomography.
• Contact David Brady for more information.

Electrical Therapies Laboratory

• Use of electricity for treatment of various diseases – see also the Experimental Electrophysiology Laboratory.
• Contact Wanda Krassowska for more information.

Helicopter Observation Platform

• Helicopter-based sampling strategies for environmental and atmospheric research.
• Contact Roni Avissar for more information.

Injury and Orthopaedic Biomechanics Laboratory

• Experimental and computational biomechanics research to develop, and validate models of soft and hard tissue behavior.
• Contact Barry Myers for more information.

Intelligent Systems and Control

• Computational methods that provide intelligent systems with a higher degree of mathematical structure, to guide their application and improve reliability.
• Contact Sylvia Ferrari for more information.

Nanomechanics Laboratory

• The intersection of surface and colloid science, polymer materials engineering, and biointerface science, with four central areas of focus: fabrication, manipulation and characterization of stimulus-responsive biomolecular and bio-inspired polymeric nanostructures on surfaces; nanotechnology of soft-wet materials and hybrid biological/non-biological microdevices; receptor-ligand interactions relevant to the diagnostics of infectious diseases; friction of soft-wet materials, specifically the role of glycoproteins on friction in diarthroidal joints.
• Contact Stefan Zauscher for more information.

Robotics and Manufacturing Automation Laboratory

• Multiple industrial robot control and mobile sensor robot development.
• Contact Devendra Garg for more information.

Sensor Array and Multipath Signal Processing Laboratory

• Extraction of information from signals carried by acoustic or electromagnetic waves propagating in complex media.
• Contact Jeffrey Krolik for more information.

Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy Lab

• Use of atomic force microscopy to study plastic and elastic deformations in inorganic atomic clusters that form nanowires or organic clusters that form flexible, ring-like molecules, and modeling mechanical properties of atomic clusters using quantum mechanics and molecular dynamics methodologies.
• Contact Piotr Marzsalek for more information.

VLSI Design Center

• VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) design resources and silicon foundry.
• Contact James Morizio for more information.

Virtual Imaging Laboratory

• Ultrasound, MRI, Nuclear Medicine, and X-Ray Imaging.
• Contact Kathryn Nightingale for more information.

Visualization Technology Laboratory

• Use of visualization and virtual reality technologies for improved understanding of scientific data and human cognition.
• Contact Rachael Brady for more information.

Wiesner Research Group

• Research in our group addresses the fabrication, application, and assessment of environmental impacts of new materials, and the intersection of water treatment and energy technologies. Specifically, our research is currently oriented along three main axes: Membranes, Nanomaterials/colloids and Fuel cells.
• Contact Mark Wiesner for more information.