Empowering Robots with Human-Like Perception to Navigate Unwieldy Terrain
A new Duke-developed AI system fuses vision, vibrations, touch and its own body states to help robots understand and move through difficult in-the-wild environments.
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Boyuan Chen Named to ASME Mechanical Engineering Magazine Watch List
Chen’s research focuses on developing full-stack robotics that includes the mechanical structures as well as its AI-based software.
Celebrating BME Faculty and Student Awards for Spring 2025
Duke BME faculty and students garnered a wide array of impressive awards and recognition over the academic year
David Mitzi wins Cherry Award
Mitzi was recognized for his significant contributions to the science and technology of photovoltaics, or the conversion of light energy into electricity.
Solitonic Superfluorescence Paves Way for High-Temperature Quantum Materials
Volker Blum helps a team of researchers gain fundamental insights into designing materials that allow exotic quantum states at high temperatures.
Duke Engineering Creates New Minor and Concentration in Software Engineering
The new minor aims to attract students across all disciplines at Duke.
SRNL, Duke University Announce First Joint Appointment
Jason Amsden will collaborate on research activities between the two institutions as a joint appointee.
Hickey Receives Young Investigator Grant to Support International Research Collaboration
Funding from the HFSP will support Hickey and his collaborators investigate how different molecules direct cellular behavior
Duke Team Builds an Award-winning Surgical Simulator
MEMS PhD student Kent Yamamoto was part of a team that won first place at the American College of Surgeons 2025 Surgeons and Engineers Meeting for their life-size inguinal hernia simulator.
Haozhe “Harry” Wang Receives NSF CAREER Award to Test the Limits of MXenes
Competitive five-year grant will help Wang understand the potential of a 2D class of materials with high-performing characteristics.
A Tool That Helps Predict a Brain-Damaging Seizure
A team led by Cynthia Rudin created the tool with artificial intelligence. The simple scorecard, used in hospitals everywhere, saves lives.
Astronomy Trick Enables Researchers to Capture High-Speed, 4D Videos of Moving Organisms
The imaging technique makes it easier to conduct behavioral studies of freely moving animals
Medical Insights, Now Available on Your Wrist
Jessilyn Dunn gathers biometric data from smartwatches to study and predict health changes