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Lightning Talks
7/17/24 Podcast

Lightning Talks

Take a deep dive into the flashiest secrets of this common but little understood natural phenomenon with leading researcher Steve Cummer.

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Lithium-Ion Batteries Are an Unidentified and Growing Source of PFAS Pollution
7/9/24 Pratt School of Engineering

Lithium-Ion Batteries Are an Unidentified and Growing Source of PFAS Pollution

Lee Ferguson and colleagues discover that the manufacturing and disposal of lithium ion batteries is a large and growing source of environmental contamination from a sub-class of so-called "forever chemicals"

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Pratt Trailblazers: Jimmie Lenz
7/5/24 Pratt School of Engineering

Pratt Trailblazers: Jimmie Lenz

Jimmie Lenz embraced the transformative potential of blockchain technology and digital assets early on—a vision that ultimately reshaped his career trajectory and brought him to Duke University

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Pratt Trailblazers: Robert Calderbank
7/1/24 Pratt School of Engineering

Pratt Trailblazers: Robert Calderbank

Robert Calderbank continues to rewrite the wireless communications playbook decades after developing the space-time coding essential to today's wireless standards

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New Master of Engineering in Climate & Sustainability Engineering 
6/30/24 Duke Climate Commitment

New Master of Engineering in Climate & Sustainability Engineering 

The degree, which fills a job-market gap where demand for climate and sustainability solutions engineering skills are rising, was cited in 2024 State of the Duke Climate Commitment Report.

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Duke Fulbright Alum Takes Earthquake Education and Warning to Kazakhstan
6/27/24 Pratt School of Engineering

Duke Fulbright Alum Takes Earthquake Education and Warning to Kazakhstan

Rachael Lau (Duke CEE BSE ’20, MEng ’22, PhD ’24) secured a $10,000 grant from the U.S. Department of State’s Citizen Diplomacy Action Fund to build on her earthquake work done in Nepal

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Why Do You Study That: Cement
6/26/24 Duke YouTube

Why Do You Study That: Cement

Learn more about how engineering professor Laura Dalton is studying ways to make this cement more environmentally friendly as part of the Duke YouTube Series Why Do You Study That?

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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