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Portrait of Kim Coston, DTI master's student and nurse, smiling outside of the Fitzpatrick Center.
A Nurse’s Path to Redesigning Patient Solutions
2/19 Design & Technology Innovation

A Nurse’s Path to Redesigning Patient Solutions

Duke's Master of Engineering in Design & Technology Innovation gives Kim Coston the perfect platform to tackle inefficiencies in health care head-on.

two rechargeable sodium ion batteries on a bunch of salt
Engineering Tomorrow’s Batteries Through Molecular Modeling
2/19 Pratt School of Engineering

Engineering Tomorrow’s Batteries Through Molecular Modeling

A new Beyond the Horizon project seeks to provide the fundamental understanding of solid-state sodium-ion batteries to make them the preferred power source of the future

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Creating a Quantum Computer Network
2/19 Pratt School of Engineering

Creating a Quantum Computer Network

A collaboration between a fiber optic expert and the Duke Quantum Center looks to scale up quantum computing power.

Ugonna Ohiri
Duke Legacy Continues
2/18 Pratt School of Engineering

Duke Legacy Continues

Ugonna Ohiri, who earned a PhD in engineering at Duke in 2018, is the recipient of the 2025 Dr. Christopher Jones Legacy Award

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Duke Experts Provide Clearest Picture Yet of Global Building Emissions
2/13 Pratt School of Engineering

Duke Experts Provide Clearest Picture Yet of Global Building Emissions

Duke University is helping tackle this challenge as part of Climate TRACE, a non-profit coalition that offers an independent, transparent inventory of emissions data and sources worldwide

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Activating Complex Regions of the Genome to Treat Rare Diseases
2/12 Pratt School of Engineering

Activating Complex Regions of the Genome to Treat Rare Diseases

Researchers find a master epigenetic switch that activates silenced genes to compensate for their missing counterparts in a rare genetic disease called Prader-Willi syndrome

Junjie Yao poses in his lab
Junjie Yao Named SPIE Fellow
2/6 Pratt School of Engineering

Junjie Yao Named SPIE Fellow

The organization recognized Yao for his pioneering work to advance photoacoustic imaging technologies