Senior Spotlight: How Sarah Willmann Found Her Rhythm in Research
Percussionist, ASCE Co-President and CEE senior Sarah Willmann reflects on the experiences that helped her discover the kind of civil engineering researcher she wants to be.
Materials Discovery & Development
Duke’s engineering researchers are global leaders in discovering and developing new materials to accelerate innovation in health care, advanced computing, sustainable energy and security applications.
Major Centers and Initiatives
University-Wide
Biomaterials
Computational Materials Science
- Center for Autonomous Materials Design
- Computation & AI Group—Duke MEMS
- Spinodal-Hardened High-Entropy Ceramics MURI (SPICES)
Energy, Electronic & Photonic Materials
- Energy Systems and Energy Materials Group—Duke MEMS
- Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics
- Meta-Imaging MURI
- Nanoelectronic Materials & Devices Group—Duke ECE
Metamaterials
Soft Matter & Nanoscale Materials
- Soft Matter & Nanoscale Materials Group—Duke MEMS
- Nanoelectronic Materials & Devices Group—Duke MEMS
- Duke Soft Matter Center—with Duke’s Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
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