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Building Bridges and Life Experiences in Bolivia
8/27/24 Pratt School of Engineering

Building Bridges and Life Experiences in Bolivia

A group of students in Duke Engineers for International Development spent their summer improving the lives of the residents of a small Bolivian town

a large open concrete arena filled with robots and obstacles
First Robotics Competition: Valence Robotics
6/25/24 Duke Engineering YouTube

First Robotics Competition: Valence Robotics

Duke Engineering students and faculty work with local high school students to compete in a national robotics competition

fourth grade students crowd around a small robot on the floor
Learning Coding Basics by Building PB&Js
5/20/24 Pratt School of Engineering

Learning Coding Basics by Building PB&Js

Adam Davidson recently led an outreach program that taught fourth grade students the fundamentals of coding through defining each step needed to build a classic peanut butter and jelly sandwich

image of students and faculty in the design POD for a hackathon
Middle School Hackathon Helps Fuel Interest in Engineering and Design
4/25/24 Pratt School of Engineering

Middle School Hackathon Helps Fuel Interest in Engineering and Design

The Outreach Design Education program’s recent hackathon helped engage students from Lowe’s Grove Middle School with the world of engineering and offered hands-on opportunities to tackle real world problems.

Students write on boards during the hackathon held at the Design Pod at Duke University in March 2023.
When It Comes to Outreach, It’s in the Community
10/18/23 I/O Magazine

When It Comes to Outreach, It’s in the Community

Two emerging programs at Duke provide valuable lessons on how to build experiences for a diverse set of local students to help expand the STEM pipeline.

Bridge in Eswatini built by DEID.
Building Bridges with Communities, Not for Them
10/11/23 I/O Magazine

Building Bridges with Communities, Not for Them

Students constructing a 122-meter footbridge in Eswatini benefit from the work just as much as those who will use it on a daily basis.

STEM has Style
10/10/23 Pratt School of Engineering

STEM has Style

STEM educators and fashion entrepreneurs team up to change perceptions of computing and engineering through ‘TechArts and Crafts’ workshops

Middle School Students Catch (Sound) Waves at Duke
8/14/23 Pratt School of Engineering

Middle School Students Catch (Sound) Waves at Duke

Duke’s Pre-College engineering summer program builds opportunities for creativity and innovation through introductory audio engineering

two women talk to a student next to a cardboard structure
Lessons Learned from Feeding Lemurs Extend Beyond Duke
5/17/23 Pratt School of Engineering

Lessons Learned from Feeding Lemurs Extend Beyond Duke

Modeled after Duke Engineering’s First-Year Design program, Duke’s arm of Engineering for US All is working with students at Oxford Preparatory School