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Check out the latest media coverage of Duke engineering research and education.
The Toronto Star | April 6, 2020
The COVID-19 Time Warp: Why It Feels Like Time Has Slowed During This Pandemic
Featuring Adrian Bejan
MEMS Professor Adrian Bejan suggests that the first month of social distancing due to COVID-19 seems to have dragged on so long to some people because they are experiencing many new things and their brains are working hard to take them all in.
ABC11 | April 6, 2020
Duke Makes 3D-Printed Face Shields for Duke Health, UNC Health to Ease Equipment Shortage During COVID-19 Pandemic
Featuring Ken Gall
The Covid Engineering Response Team led by Ken Gall works with peers across Duke and UNC to tweak 3D-printed face shield designs for mass production.
National Geographic Magazine Online | March 30, 2020
Toxic 'Forever Chemicals' Flow Freely through This River-and Now Its Fish
Featuring Lee Ferguson
CEE Professor Lee Ferguson helps identify PFAS "forever chemicals" making its way into the North Carolina food chain
Gizmodo | March 23, 2020
What's the Softest Thing?
Featuring David Needham
When asked what the softest thing in the world is, MEMS Professor David Needham answers with the membrane that surrounds every cell on that planet.
UPI | March 23, 2020
Engineers Develop Supercapacitor to Power Wearable Electronics
Featuring Jeff Glass
ECE Professor Jeff Glass helps develop a supercapacitor that can stretch to eight times its original size and still function.
Inverse | March 16, 2020
Bizarrely Shaped Drug Microparticles May Change How You Take Medicine
Featuring Ashutosh Chilkoti
BME Professor Ashutosh Chilkoti demonstrates new biocompatible microparticles that could be used for drug delivery
Duke Magazine | March 13, 2020
In the First-Year Design Program, Pratt Freshmen Are Hands On
Featuring Ann Saterbak
Duke Magazine follows the efforts of a First-Year Design team as they try to engineer trash traps to keep Ellerbe Creek clean. It's the third time the class has tackled the challenge, but director Ann Saterbak says the previous failures and iterative nature of the class drives home the message of what engineering entails to first-year students.
ConsenSys | March 4, 2020
EY and ConsenSys Announce Formation of Baseline Protocol Initiative to Make Ethereum Mainnet Safe and Effective for Enterprises
Featuring Jimmie Lenz
Duke University joins the technical steering committee for The Baseline Protocol, which seeks to provide open-source blockchain services to deliver secure and private business processes at a low cost.
GrepBeat | March 3, 2020
Move Over, Student-Athletes—Duke Launches Program For Student-Founders
Featuring Steve McClelland
The Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative has created the Student Founders Program, a place where student innovators and entrepreneurs can connect with their peers and work on their ideas.
Newsweek | February 28, 2020
How to Beat 'The Invisible Man' According to an Actual Invisibility Expert
Featuring David Smith
ECE Professor explores the possibilities of using metamaterials - and other technologies - to make a person completely invisible, some of which are closer to reality than others.