PRATT Photonics News

  • May 29, 2008

    Scattered Light Reveals Size and Shape Of The Nucleus

    A new technology based on the interpretation of light reflected off cells will make it faster and more efficient for researchers to document how the nucleus, which contains a cell's DNA and controls its actions, changes shape in response to its environment. The technique will enable researchers for the first time to watch some changes in the living cell as they happen. The Duke University bioengineers who developed the new method and demonstrated its effectiveness believe ...
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  • March 17, 2008

    Duke optical spinoff company wins Frost & Sullivan North America Award for Excellence in Research

    Bioptigen, a spinoff company co-founded by Duke biomedical engineer Joseph Izatt, has won the Frost & Sullivan 2007 North American Optical Coherence Tomography Excellence in Research Award. Bioptigen was singled out for its work in spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) for ophthalmology. "This recognition is validation of our vision for the current and future potential of SD-OCT," said Izatt, professor of biomedical engineering and opthamology, and Chief Technology Officer at Bioptigen. "Our emphasis looking forward is ...
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  • March 17, 2008

    Duke optical spinoff company wins Frost & Sullivan North America Award for Excellence in Research

    Bioptigen, a spinoff company co-founded by Duke biomedical engineer Joseph Izatt, has won the Frost & Sullivan 2007 North American Optical Coherence Tomography Excellence in Research Award. Bioptigen was singled out for its work in spectral-domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) for ophthalmology. "This recognition is validation of our vision for the current and future potential of SD-OCT," said Izatt, professor of biomedical engineering and opthamology, and Chief Technology Officer at Bioptigen. "Our emphasis looking forward is ...
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  • October 1, 2007

    Annual Fitzpatrick Meeting to Highlight 'Science and Technology for a Purpose'

    Fitzpatrick Institute Director Tuan Vo-Dinh The seventh annual meeting of Duke's Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics, which will be held at Duke's Pratt School of Engineering on Oct. 11 and 12, will highlight "Photonics in the Translational Era: Science and Technology for a Purpose." Photonics is the science and technology of light and its interaction with materials. "The main purpose of the symposium is to bring together scientists, engineers and practitioners from multiple disciplines and provide a forum ...
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  • October 1, 2007

    Annual Fitzpatrick Meeting to Highlight 'Science and Technology for a Purpose'

    Fitzpatrick Institute Director Tuan Vo-Dinh The seventh annual meeting of Duke's Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics, which will be held at Duke's Pratt School of Engineering on Oct. 11 and 12, will highlight "Photonics in the Translational Era: Science and Technology for a Purpose." Photonics is the science and technology of light and its interaction with materials. "The main purpose of the symposium is to bring together scientists, engineers and practitioners from multiple disciplines and provide a forum ...
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  • August 15, 2007

    Nocturnal Gazing

    High quality night vision and infrared cameras are critical for a variety of tasks ranging from security in banks and museums to observing nocturnal animals to military troop safety. In the past, improving the quality of photographs meant using ever larger camera lenses. However, in these and other applications it is important for cameras to be as small as possible. Did you know? The digital camera market is growing at 50% per year, and there are ...
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  • August 15, 2007

    Probing the Living Cell

    Nanotechnology is offering up new methods to unravel the workings of the tiny human cell the basic building block of our body's tissues. Did you know? Think of poking a hole in a cell and sticking in a flashlight. Tuan Vo-Dinh A unique nanobiosensor developed by Duke biomedical engineering Professor Tuan Vo-Dinh represents a significant advance for systems biology the ability to study the molecular and biochemical activities of a single cell in real time, without destroying the ...
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  • August 15, 2007

    Is it Malaria?

    The World Health Organization estimates that each year 300 million to 500 million cases of malaria occur and more than one million people die of malaria. A mosquito-borne disease caused by a parasite, malaria causes fever, chills, and flu-like illness. While there is currently no malaria vaccine approved for human use, the disease can be successfully treated if caught early. But some strains, such as the falciparum malaria strain, are particularly deadly. Did you know? Malaria ...
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  • August 15, 2007

    Invisibility Cloak

    The concept of invisibility has long been relegated to the realm of science fiction, from H.G. Wells' Invisible Man to Harry Potter, but those days are gone. Last year, David R. Smith, Augustine Scholar and professor of electrical and computer engineering, and his colleagues reported a blueprint for a device that would make invisibility possible, at least at microwave frequencies. Months later, the first such invisibility cloak, built from artificial composite materials called metamaterials, was ...
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  • April 1, 2007

    Light-Based Probe 'Sees' Early Cancers in First Tests on Human Tissue

    Listen to Adam Wax's answers to questions about the new device: --Why would you want to look at organ surfaces? --What is Barrett's esophagus and how is it linked to cancer? --Who is at risk of Barrett's esophagus? --How do doctors check for early cancer in the esophagus now? --What are the advantages of the new "fa/LCI" device? --What do changes in the cell nucleus mean? --How does the new device work? --Will this device be useful for other types of cancer? --Will there ...
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  • April 1, 2007

    Light-Based Probe 'Sees' Early Cancers in First Tests on Human Tissue

    Listen to Adam Wax's answers to questions about the new device: --Why would you want to look at organ surfaces? --What is Barrett's esophagus and how is it linked to cancer? --Who is at risk of Barrett's esophagus? --How do doctors check for early cancer in the esophagus now? --What are the advantages of the new "fa/LCI" device? --What do changes in the cell nucleus mean? --How does the new device work? --Will this device be useful for other types of cancer? --Will there ...
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  • February 9, 2007

    Bioptigen

    Bioptigen has pioneered a new class of in vivo optical imaging systems for biomedical applications. These systems enable real-time non-invasive imaging of internal tissue microstructure, advancing critical applications in drug development, genetics research, tissue engineering, and medical vision. Bioptigen is a spin-out of the Duke University Biomedical Engineering Department. Bioptigen was incorporated in North Carolina in August, 2004, to commercialize technologies originating in the laboratories of Professor Joseph Izatt. Bioptigen technology is based ...
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  • February 9, 2007

    Centice

    Centice designs and manufactures molecular spectroscopy optical sensors that are used by our partners in general purpose and application-specific products. Centice sensors are based on patent-pending computational sensor technology exclusively licensed from Duke University, where the technology was first developed. Computational sensors combine multiplexing optical designs with electronics and proprietary mathematical algorithms, to achieve both extreme sensitivity and uncompromised resolution a breakthrough that had previously been unattainable. URL: http://www.centice.com
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  • January 2, 2007

    Invisibility Cloak Named One of Science's Top Ten "Breakthroughs" of 2006

    An "invisibility cloak" designed and tested by Duke University engineers was named one of Science Magazine's top ten breakthroughs of 2006. Science's Top Ten list appears in the journal's December 22, 2006, issue. The cloak, which the magazine refers to as "the ultimate camouflage," deflects microwave beams so they flow around an object hidden inside with little distortion, making it appear almost as if nothing were there at all. The research team, led by David R. Smith of ...
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  • January 1, 2007

    Invisibility Cloak Named One of Science's Top Breakthroughs of 2006

    David R. Smith and David Schurig An "invisibility cloak" designed and tested by Duke University engineers was named one of Science magazine's top 10 breakthroughs of 2006. Science's Top Ten list appears in the journal's Dec. 22, 2006, issue. The cloak, which the magazine refers to as "the ultimate camouflage," deflects microwave beams so they flow around an object hidden inside with little distortion, making it appear almost as if nothing were there. The research team, led by David ...
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  • January 1, 2007

    Invisibility Cloak Named One of Science's Top Breakthroughs of 2006

    David R. Smith and David Schurig An "invisibility cloak" designed and tested by Duke University engineers was named one of Science magazine's top 10 breakthroughs of 2006. Science's Top Ten list appears in the journal's Dec. 22, 2006, issue. The cloak, which the magazine refers to as "the ultimate camouflage," deflects microwave beams so they flow around an object hidden inside with little distortion, making it appear almost as if nothing were there. The research team, led by David ...
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  • December 1, 2006

    Invisibility Cloak Lands Duke Engineers on 'Scientific American 50'

    David R. Smith and David Schurig hold a sample of metamaterial with their "invisibility cloak" in the background. Two researchers at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering have been named to the "Scientific American 50" for their work on developing an "invisibility cloak." Compiled by Scientific American magazine, the roster of leaders in research, business and public policy appeared in the December 2006 issue, which hit newsstands on Nov. 21. The complete list of honorees is also ...
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  • December 1, 2006

    Invisibility Cloak Lands Duke Engineers on 'Scientific American 50'

    David R. Smith and David Schurig hold a sample of metamaterial with their "invisibility cloak" in the background. Two researchers at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering have been named to the "Scientific American 50" for their work on developing an "invisibility cloak." Compiled by Scientific American magazine, the roster of leaders in research, business and public policy appeared in the December 2006 issue, which hit newsstands on Nov. 21. The complete list of honorees is also ...
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  • November 29, 2006

    Probing Hidden Chemistries with Light

    by Monte Basgall As part of a new computerized approach to chemical analysis, researchers at the Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics are developing a way to use near-infrared laser beams as probes to measure levels of alcohol in a person's bloodstream. The method could prove to have a number of advantages over conventional breathalyzers, according to Scott McCain, a graduate student working on the project. "Unlike with breathalyzer examinations, with our sensors the subject doesn't have to be awake ...
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  • November 6, 2006

    Invisibility Cloak Lands Duke Engineers on 'Scientific American 50'

    Two researchers at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering have been named to the "Scientific American 50" for their work on developing an "invisibility cloak." Compiled by Scientific American magazine, the roster of leaders in research, business and public policy will appear in the December 2006 issue, expected on newsstands Nov. 21. David R. Smith, Augustine Scholar and associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, and David Schurig, research associate in electrical and computer engineering, were selected ...
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  • October 19, 2006

    First Demonstration of a Working Invisibility Cloak

    A team led by scientists at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering has demonstrated the first working "invisibility cloak." The cloak deflects microwave beams so they flow around a "hidden" object inside with little distortion, making it appear almost as if nothing were there at all. Cloaks that render objects essentially invisible to microwaves could have a variety of wireless communications or radar applications, according to the researchers. Watch the video. The team reported its findings on ...
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  • October 3, 2006

    Fitzpatrick Event Spotlights Interdisciplinary Scientific Collaboration

    Tuan Vo-Dinh, director of the Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics The annual Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics symposium on "Photonics at the Frontiers of Science and Technology" at Duke's Pratt School of Engineering highlighted the value of collaboration across disciplines for making future advances in science and technology. Photonics is the science and technology of light and its interaction with matter. Held on Sept. 28 and 29, the event drew 250 registrants, three times the number that had participated ...
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  • October 3, 2006

    Fitzpatrick Event Spotlights Interdisciplinary Scientific Collaboration

    Tuan Vo-Dinh, director of the Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics The annual Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics symposium on "Photonics at the Frontiers of Science and Technology" at Duke's Pratt School of Engineering highlighted the value of collaboration across disciplines for making future advances in science and technology. Photonics is the science and technology of light and its interaction with matter. Held on Sept. 28 and 29, the event drew 250 registrants, three times the number that had participated ...
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  • May 25, 2006

    Theoretical Blueprint for Invisibility Cloak Reported

    DURHAM, N.C. -- Using a new design theory, researchers at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering and Imperial College London have developed the blueprint for an invisibility cloak. Once devised, the cloak could have numerous uses, from defense applications to wireless communications, the researchers said.Such a cloak could hide any object so well that observers would be totally unaware of its presence, according to the researchers. In principle, their invisibility cloak could be realized with ...
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  • April 1, 2006

    Tuan Vo-Dinh To Lead Duke's Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics

    Tuan Vo-Dinh Tuan Vo-Dinh, a pioneer in the field of photonics at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has joined the department of biomedical engineering at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering, where he will serve as director of the Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics. Vo-Dinh said he plans to establish Duke as a national "center of gravity" for photonics research by tapping into the breadth of faculty expertise and facilities of the Pratt School of Engineering, as well as ...
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  • April 1, 2006

    Tuan Vo-Dinh To Lead Duke's Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics

    Tuan Vo-Dinh Tuan Vo-Dinh, a pioneer in the field of photonics at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has joined the department of biomedical engineering at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering, where he will serve as director of the Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics. Vo-Dinh said he plans to establish Duke as a national "center of gravity" for photonics research by tapping into the breadth of faculty expertise and facilities of the Pratt School of Engineering, as well as ...
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  • March 17, 2006

    Tuan Vo-Dinh to Lead Duke's Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics

    DURHAM, N.C. -- Tuan Vo-Dinh, a pioneer in the field of photonics at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has joined the biomedical engineering department at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering, where he will serve as director of the Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics. Vo-Dinh said he plans to establish Duke as a national "center of gravity" for photonics research by tapping into the breadth of faculty expertise and facilities at the Pratt School, as well as Duke's ...
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  • March 14, 2006

    Scott McCain Aims for Better Blood Alcohol Sensor

    If third-year engineering graduate student Scott McCain gets his way, the fight against drunk driving may soon be waged with a new, non-invasive blood alcohol sensor that could make standard blood or breath sample tests obsolete. The St. Louis native's interdisciplinary research a combination of engineering, physics and computer science aims to build a small and inexpensive optical device capable of using harmless light to pass through skin and directly determine ...
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  • March 9, 2006

    Light-Based Device Probes for Early Cancer

    A novel device that could use light to harmlessly and almost instantly probe for early signs of cancer has been developed by researchers at Duke's Pratt School of Engineering. The device would allow physicians to search for cancer in epithelial cells that line body surfaces, including the skin, lungs and digestive and reproductive tracts, by simply inserting a fiber optic probe. The team has reported the first clinically practical version of their "angle-resolved low coherence interferometry" ...
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  • February 21, 2006

    Kam Leong to Lead Duke Initiative Aimed at Nanomedicine

    Kam Leong, a national leader in drug and gene delivery at Johns Hopkins University, has joined the department of biomedical engineering at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering, where he will serve as director of the school's Bioengineering Initiative. Leong said he plans to focus on the emerging field of "nanotherapeutics," the application of devices on the scale of nanometers - one billionth of a meter -- for treating disease via drug, gene and immunization ...
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  • December 3, 2005

    Smith Shares Descartes Award for Artificial Material that Reverses Light's Properties

    Associate Professor David R. Smith of Duke's Pratt School of Engineering and a team of European researchers have won a Descartes Research Prize for their work in developing left-handed metamaterials, artificial composites that reverse the usual properties of light. The awards ceremony was held at the Royal Society in London on December 1-2, 2005. Selected from a pool of 85 research teams from 22 countries, Smith shares this year's top European Union prize for research with ...
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  • June 1, 2005

    Fifth Annual Symposium of the Fitzpatrick Center Held at Pratt

    More than 100 photonics researchers and educators attended the Fifth Annual Symposium of the Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics and Communication Systems at Duke's Pratt School of Engineering May 18-19. Focusing on "Global Perspectives on the Frontiers of Photonics," the meeting was sponsored by the United States Army Research Office, the National Science Council of Taiwan and the Office of Science and Technology of the United Kingdom. Among the attendees were Dr. Maw-Kuen Wu, chairman of the National ...
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  • June 1, 2005

    Fifth Annual Symposium of the Fitzpatrick Center Held at Pratt

    More than 100 photonics researchers and educators attended the Fifth Annual Symposium of the Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics and Communication Systems at Duke's Pratt School of Engineering May 18-19. Focusing on "Global Perspectives on the Frontiers of Photonics," the meeting was sponsored by the United States Army Research Office, the National Science Council of Taiwan and the Office of Science and Technology of the United Kingdom. Among the attendees were Dr. Maw-Kuen Wu, chairman of the National ...
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  • January 1, 2005

    Pratt Students Demonstrate Light and Optics for Cary Elementary School

    L to R: Cristina Fernandez, Scott McCain, Mohan Shankar, Andrew Portnoy, Evan Cull Five Pratt School of Engineering graduate students demonstrated light and optics for a third grade class during "Science Day" at Weatherstone Elementary School in Cary, N.C. on Jan. 26. It was part of the outreach program of the Duke Chapter of the Optical Society of America. The Duke students, all part of Professor David Brady's Computational Optical Sensor research group in the Fitzpatrick Center ...
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  • January 1, 2005

    Pratt Students Demonstrate Light and Optics for Cary Elementary School

    L to R: Cristina Fernandez, Scott McCain, Mohan Shankar, Andrew Portnoy, Evan Cull Five Pratt School of Engineering graduate students demonstrated light and optics for a third grade class during "Science Day" at Weatherstone Elementary School in Cary, N.C. on Jan. 26. It was part of the outreach program of the Duke Chapter of the Optical Society of America. The Duke students, all part of Professor David Brady's Computational Optical Sensor research group in the Fitzpatrick Center ...
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  • May 1, 2004

    New Photonics Certificate Program

    Engineers are harnessing light to perform useful tasks in ways that we could never have imagined just a few decades ago. Recognizing the limitless future of this new field of photonics, Duke's Graduate School has created a certificate program in photonics at the Pratt School of Engineering. The program is designed to pull together components in different departments and programs and give professional masters and Ph.D. students in the sciences and engineering a broad foundation in ...
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  • May 1, 2004

    New Photonics Certificate Program

    Engineers are harnessing light to perform useful tasks in ways that we could never have imagined just a few decades ago. Recognizing the limitless future of this new field of photonics, Duke's Graduate School has created a certificate program in photonics at the Pratt School of Engineering. The program is designed to pull together components in different departments and programs and give professional masters and Ph.D. students in the sciences and engineering a broad foundation in ...
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  • April 1, 2004

    Duke Summer Seminar: Topics in Modern Optics set for July 26-28

    The Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics and Communications Systems at Duke's Pratt School of Engineering will hold a seminar titled "Topics in Modern Optics" for industrial and academic technology managers and researchers July 26-28. The second annual summer seminar in photonics will focus on the current research trends in photonics, the melding of light with electronics to manage and transmit information. "In a rapidly changing field like modern optics and photonics it is difficult to formulate a perspective ...
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  • April 1, 2004

    Duke Summer Seminar: Topics in Modern Optics set for July 26-28

    The Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics and Communications Systems at Duke's Pratt School of Engineering will hold a seminar titled "Topics in Modern Optics" for industrial and academic technology managers and researchers July 26-28. The second annual summer seminar in photonics will focus on the current research trends in photonics, the melding of light with electronics to manage and transmit information. "In a rapidly changing field like modern optics and photonics it is difficult to formulate a perspective ...
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  • March 25, 2004

    Duke Summer Seminar: Topics In Modern Optics Set For July 26-28

    The Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics and Communications Systems at Duke's Pratt School of Engineering will hold a seminar titled "Topics in Modern Optics" for industrial and academic technology managers and researchers July 26-28. The second annual summer seminar in photonics will focus on the current research trends in photonics, the melding of light with electronics to manage and transmit information. "In a rapidly changing field like modern optics and photonics it is difficult to formulate a perspective ...
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  • March 1, 2004

    David Brady to Step Down as Director of Duke's Fitzpatrick Center

    David Brady plans to step down as director of the burgeoning Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics and Communications Systems at Duke's Pratt School of Engineering to take on increasing research responsibilities at the center, Dean Kristina Johnson announced Feb. 4. Brady, who joined Pratt in 2001 to start the Fitzpatrick Center, leads a research program in computational sensors for biomedical and national defense applications and will continue to head the Duke Integrated Sensing and Processing laboratory, one ...
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  • March 1, 2004

    David Brady to Step Down as Director of Duke's Fitzpatrick Center

    David Brady plans to step down as director of the burgeoning Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics and Communications Systems at Duke's Pratt School of Engineering to take on increasing research responsibilities at the center, Dean Kristina Johnson announced Feb. 4. Brady, who joined Pratt in 2001 to start the Fitzpatrick Center, leads a research program in computational sensors for biomedical and national defense applications and will continue to head the Duke Integrated Sensing and Processing laboratory, one ...
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  • February 5, 2004

    David Brady to Step Down as Director of Duke's Fitzpatrick Center

    DURHAM, N.C. -- David Brady plans to step down as director of the burgeoning Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics and Communications Systems at Duke's Pratt School of Engineering to take on increasing research responsibilities at the center, Dean Kristina Johnson announced Wednesday. Brady, who joined Pratt in 2001 to start the Fitzpatrick Center, leads a research program in computational sensors for biomedical and national defense applications and will continue to head the Duke Integrated Sensing and Processing ...
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  • September 23, 2003

    Duke to Partner with Taiwanese University in Photonics Research and Education

    DURHAM, N.C. Duke University and the National Chiao Tung University of Taiwan formally agreed to establish new collaborative education and research programs in photonics and electro-optics, in a ceremony held Tuesday at the Duke campus. Dr. Chun-Yun Chang, president of the National Chiao Tung University (NCTU), and Duke President Nannerl O. Keohane signed the agreement after touring the Duke campus and the future home of Duke's Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics and Communication Systems. Duke's Pratt ...
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  • September 1, 2003

    Summer Course in Photonics a Success

    Pratt's Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics and Communications Systems sponsored its inaugural "Summer Course in Photonics" on July 29-30, in the Teer building on Duke's campus. The event drew more than 70 Duke students and faculty for two days of lectures and socializing. "We are very pleased with this year's course," said David Brady, director of Pratt's Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics and Communication Systems. "The attendance was far greater than we expected, and next year we plan ...
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  • September 1, 2003

    Summer Course in Photonics a Success

    Pratt's Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics and Communications Systems sponsored its inaugural "Summer Course in Photonics" on July 29-30, in the Teer building on Duke's campus. The event drew more than 70 Duke students and faculty for two days of lectures and socializing. "We are very pleased with this year's course," said David Brady, director of Pratt's Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics and Communication Systems. "The attendance was far greater than we expected, and next year we plan ...
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  • November 19, 2002

    Two Grants to Aid Genomic Technology and Biophotonics at Pratt School of Engineering

    DURHAM, N.C. -- The Whitaker Foundation has awarded two grants totaling nearly $2 million to Duke's Pratt School of Engineering to accelerate promising research and teaching programs in genomic technology and biomolecular modeling, and in biophotonics, the merger of optical technologies with medicine. Both "Special Opportunity Awards" went to the school's Department of Biomedical Engineering. Together, they will fund four new faculty members, support new Ph.D. fellowships, outfit two new laboratories and help develop new undergraduate ...
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  • March 2, 2002

    Free Space: Dance Meets Optics

    Dance meets optics by Monte Basgall As befits experimental ventures of the technical kind, the "Free Space" dance concerts, a three-night art and engineering collaboration at Duke's Sheafer Theater Feb. 21-23, started with a problem that needed a quick fix. Because of the oversensitivity of light engineers' heat-sensing cameras, "glowing" performers of Winston-Salem's alban elved dance company failed to materialize as planned in one opening night routine, said Steve Feller, manager of the Duke Information Spaces Project (DISP). DISP, ...
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  • January 19, 2002

    Talking with light: Brady sees growth in photonics

    by Monte Basgall In his futuristic office in Hudson Hall, David Brady uses computers and remote closed-circuit TV links to project images on screens throughout the room. This way, he can observe several events at once at distant out-of-state locations. This proved helpful earlier this year, when he monitored his family's progress as they moved from Illinois to Durham. "I can see what's going on in different places," the Brian F. Addy Endowed Director of Duke's new Fitzpatrick ...
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  • April 24, 2001

    OptXCon Named 'Associate Partner' in Duke's Photonics Center

    DURHAM, N.C. - OptXCon Inc., a Research Triangle Park-based company developing optical communications products, has become an associate partner in the Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics and Communication Systems at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering. In announcing the alliance Monday, Pratt Dean Kristina Johnson said OptXCon will contribute $150,000 over three years to the center, which is a collaboration principally funded by industry, government and private donors. The center will focus research and teaching on light-wave communications ...
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  • April 24, 2001

    OptXCon Named 'Associate Partner' in Duke's Photonics Center

    DURHAM, N.C. - OptXCon Inc., a Research Triangle Park-based company developing optical communications products, has become an associate partner in the Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics and Communication Systems at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering. In announcing the alliance Monday, Pratt Dean Kristina Johnson said OptXCon will contribute $150,000 over three years to the center, which is a collaboration principally funded by industry, government and private donors. The center will focus research and teaching on light-wave communications ...
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  • April 17, 2001

    Nortel Networks Named 'Founding Partner' in Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics at Duke University

    DURHAM, N.C. - Nortel Networks has been named a "founding partner" in the Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics and Communication Systems at Duke's Pratt School of Engineering, opening an industry alliance aimed at boosting the center's research into the burgeoning technology that melds light with electronics. The announcement was made Tuesday by Pratt School Dean Kristina Johnson during a "Photonics in the Forest" symposium at the university on leading-edge photonics technology. As part of its agreement with Duke, ...
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  • April 17, 2001

    Nortel Networks Named 'Founding Partner' in Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics at Duke University

    DURHAM, N.C. - Nortel Networks has been named a "founding partner" in the Fitzpatrick Center for Photonics and Communication Systems at Duke's Pratt School of Engineering, opening an industry alliance aimed at boosting the center's research into the burgeoning technology that melds light with electronics. The announcement was made Tuesday by Pratt School Dean Kristina Johnson during a "Photonics in the Forest" symposium at the university on leading-edge photonics technology. As part of its agreement with Duke, ...
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  • December 14, 2000

    Duke Photonics Center Will Help State Cultivate a 'Photon Forest'

    DURHAM, N.C. -- The new $100 million Fitzpatrick Center for Advanced Photonics and Communications Systems at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering aims to help turn North Carolina into a "photon forest" where research and development in photonics can create the kind of technological advance and economic growth found in California's Silicon Valley. Stimulating the development of the Duke center is a $25 million gift to the university from high-tech entrepreneur Michael J. Fitzpatrick and his ...
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  • December 13, 2000

    $25 Million Gift to Launch Center for Advanced Photonics and Communications Systems at Duke

    $50 MILLION GIFT TO LAUNCH CENTERS FOR ADVANCED PHOTONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS AT STANFORD AND DUKE DURHAM, N.C.-- High-tech entrepreneur Michael J. Fitzpatrick and his wife, Patty, will donate $25 million each to Duke and Stanford universities to establish new centers for advanced photonics, the presidents of both institutions announced Dec. 13, 2000. Engineers say photonics, a technology that melds light with electronics, is at a stage of development similar to where electronics was in the 1950s. ...
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  • December 13, 2000

    $25 Million Gift to Launch Center for Advanced Photonics and Communications Systems at Duke

    $50 MILLION GIFT TO LAUNCH CENTERS FOR ADVANCED PHOTONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS AT STANFORD AND DUKE DURHAM, N.C.-- High-tech entrepreneur Michael J. Fitzpatrick and his wife, Patty, will donate $25 million each to Duke and Stanford universities to establish new centers for advanced photonics, the presidents of both institutions announced Dec. 13, 2000. Engineers say photonics, a technology that melds light with electronics, is at a stage of development similar to where electronics was in the 1950s. ...
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