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Working To Uplift Underrepresented Student Voices in Engineering
2/29/24 Pratt School of Engineering

Working To Uplift Underrepresented Student Voices in Engineering

The National Society of Black Engineers at Duke continues to promote principles of equity and collaboration between researchers across the industry who come from underrepresented communities.

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SMIF Continues Taking Materials Research to the Next Level
2/29/24 Pratt School of Engineering

SMIF Continues Taking Materials Research to the Next Level

Duke’s Shared Materials Instrumentation Facility (SMIF) has fostered regional and national collaboration in materials research for over 25 years.

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Duke Faculty Join Federal Roundtable Focused on AI 
2/27/24 Pratt School of Engineering

Duke Faculty Join Federal Roundtable Focused on AI 

Representatives from Congress, the White House and federal agencies met with Research Triangle AI experts at North Carolina State University 

Graduate student Akash Singh working in a lab
Curiosity Drives Grade School Dropout to Solar Materials Discovery
2/19/24 Pratt School of Engineering

Curiosity Drives Grade School Dropout to Solar Materials Discovery

Akash Singh earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur. His current focus is on developing design rules to transform crystalline metal-halide perovskite semiconductors.

Kenneth C. Hall of Duke University
Hall Wins the 2024 R. Tom Sawyer Award
2/19/24 Pratt School of Engineering

Hall Wins the 2024 R. Tom Sawyer Award

Kenneth Hall was recognized for his research spanning several key areas in aerodynamics, including unsteady aerodynamics, structural dynamics and aeroelasticity.