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construction site drawing with terrain lines and building footprint

4/19/23 Pratt School of Engineering

‘Embrace the Ditch,’ and Other Lessons Learned in Duke CEE’s Overture Engineering

Civil and environmental engineering students learn to design buildings within less-than-optimal parameters in a collaborative capstone course

In ECE 110L’s Integrated Design Challenge (IDC), students demonstrate mastery of sensor data acquisition and processing. 2023’s IDC is Star Wars-themed; students build small robots that collect and process data on a tabletop-sized playing field.

4/14/23 Pratt School of Engineering

Integrated Design Challenge in Duke ECE Restores Balance to The Force

On a Star Wars-themed field of play, student teams deployed small robots they had constructed

Computer image and photo of the adjustable, inexpensive and easy-to-store cradle for rare books designed by Duke Engineering first-year students.

9/4/19 Pratt School of Engineering

‘I Can Do This’—Duke’s First-Year Design Course Boosts Student Self-Efficacy

Two projects from First-Year Design course are patent-pending. Student surveys suggest the course also fosters teamwork, leadership and communication skills.

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Aug 31

DMI/MEMS Seminar Presented by Prof Quinn Besford

Abstract: Spatially resolving stimuli can allow us to better understand physicochemical processes in complex environments . Towards this goal, we develop ways of integrating Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) chemistry […]

12:00 pm – 12:00 pm Teer 203

Aug 31

CEE Seminar – Towards Nature-Based Solutions for Rivers and Coastal Zones Characterizing the Role of Vegetation

Aquatic vegetation provides a range of essential ecosystem services in rivers and coastal zones. By reducing near-bed flow, vegetation provides habitat, reduces sediment suspension, and stabilizes river channels. By damping […]

12:00 pm – 12:00 pm

Aug 31

Leveraging Conformationally-Fluorescent Polymers for In Situ Sensing of Physicochemical Phenomena

Spatially resolving stimuli can allow us to better understand physicochemical processes in complex environments . Towards this goal, we develop ways of integrating Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) chemistry into […]

12:00 pm – 12:00 pm Wilkinson 021