PRATT alumni News

  • July 13, 2009

    Pratt Board of Visitor Chair J. Steve Simon Dies

    Durham, NC -- J. Stephen Simon, chair of the Board of Visitors for the Pratt School of Engineering and a former director and senior vice president of Exxon Mobil Corporation, passed away unexpectedly at his home in Dallas, Texas, on Wednesday, July 8, at age 66. Simon had a distinguished career of more than 40 years with the corporation. During this time he held a series of increasingly senior roles, culminating in his election to the ...
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  • June 26, 2009

    Alumnus Reibman Stalks 3D in the Living Room

    Some day, people will routinely watch 3-D movies in their living rooms just as they now watch movies on their computer monitors. Electrical engineer Amy Reibman (B.S. '83, M.S. '84, Ph.D. '87) has been involved in both of these technologies. During her 18 years at AT&T Labs Research, she has worked to improve the quality of video transmitted over networks, just as she is now in the early stages of making 3-D television readily ...
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  • June 24, 2009

    Monserrate Among Four Named Duke Trustees

    DURHAM, N.C. -- Four new members and three new observers will join the Duke University Board of Trustees, the university announced Wednesday. Martha Monserrate E'81, G'82, of Rye, N.Y., Dr. Paul Farmer T'82, of Cambridge, Mass., Peter J. Kahn L'76 of Bethesda, Md., and Ralph Eads III T'81, of Houston, assume their six-year terms on the governing body July 1. Monserrate, 49, is a licensed professional engineer and president and founder of the consulting firm Environmental Excellence ...
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  • December 12, 2008

    A New Paradigm in Electrical Sensing

    When a snake is cut in half, it dies. This illustrates how electrical devices can respond to damage. Since they are at their core closed circuits, devices will fail whenever the circuit is interrupted. However, if these devices could be more like earthworms, intriguing new possibilities arise. Unlike their reptilian counterpart, one functioning worm can become two functioning worms when cut in half. The worm-snake illustration helps explain the recent innovation by a Duke engineering alumnus that ...
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  • November 5, 2007

    Why Engineers Make Good Business People

    Note: The following represents a speech presented by Sy Sternberg, chairman and CEO of New York Life Insurance Co., at Duke's Pratt School of Engineering on Saturday, Nov. 3, during Parents Weekend. Sternberg is an engineer by education, with bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering. Download his power point slides. It's great to be here this week with so many other Duke parents. My son, Matthew, has just entered his senior year at ...
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  • September 19, 2007

    As Founder of Shoeboxed.com, Recent Grad Starts a 'Consumer Revolution'

    The Shoeboxed logo. As an undergraduate, Taylor Mingos ('07) was the first student at the Pratt School of Engineering to officially participate in the Duke-in-Berlin program's special engineering option, in which students take an intensive year of German and enroll in engineering-related courses at the Technical University of Berlin. Immediately after graduating with a triple major in electrical engineering, biomedical engineering and German studies, he led a diverse team of 16 back to the vibrant European ...
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  • September 19, 2007

    As Founder of Shoeboxed.com, Recent Grad Starts a 'Consumer Revolution'

    The Shoeboxed logo. As an undergraduate, Taylor Mingos ('07) was the first student at the Pratt School of Engineering to officially participate in the Duke-in-Berlin program's special engineering option, in which students take an intensive year of German and enroll in engineering-related courses at the Technical University of Berlin. Immediately after graduating with a triple major in electrical engineering, biomedical engineering and German studies, he led a diverse team of 16 back to the vibrant European ...
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  • June 21, 2007

    Duke Engineer Named to 2007-2008 Class of White House Fellows

    WASHINGTON, June 19, 2007 The White House today announced the appointment of 15 outstanding individuals from across the country to serve as White House Fellows, including 1996 graduate in electrical engineering, Kristine Singley, of Celebration, Florida. The 2007-2008 Class of White House Fellows represents a diverse cross-section of professions including medicine, law, finance, media, engineering, education and state government. Additionally, three branches of the military are represented among the Fellows. The White House Fellows ...
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  • June 11, 2007

    Startup Advanced Liquid Logic Receives Frost & Sullivan's Entrepreneurial Company of the Year Award

    Advanced Liquid Logic, which is developing miniscule fluidic technology that can turn silicon chips into labs, is consulting firm Frost & Sullivan's choice for its 2007 Entrepreneurial Company of the Year award. The rising startup company, founded by former Duke engineering graduate students Michael Pollack and Vamsee Pamula, is a spin-out from Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering. The microfluidic technology originated in the laboratoy of the Pratt School's Richard Fair, a professor of electrical and ...
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  • June 1, 2007

    Duke Engineers Without Borders Co-Founder Has Career in Concrete Design

    As an undergrad, Deirdre McShane (second from left) traveled to Indonesia with the Engineers Without Borders (EWB) chapter she co-founded. Now, she works as a structural engineer at Thornton Tomasetti and is a professional member of New York City's EWB chapter. Photo credit: Matthew Edmundson Just two years after graduation, CEE alumna Deirdre McShane spends her days designing concrete and steel elements for major academic and commercial buildings around the country as a structural engineer for ...
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  • June 1, 2007

    Duke Engineers Without Borders Co-Founder Has Career in Concrete Design

    As an undergrad, Deirdre McShane (second from left) traveled to Indonesia with the Engineers Without Borders (EWB) chapter she co-founded. Now, she works as a structural engineer at Thornton Tomasetti and is a professional member of New York City's EWB chapter. Photo credit: Matthew Edmundson Just two years after graduation, CEE alumna Deirdre McShane spends her days designing concrete and steel elements for major academic and commercial buildings around the country as a structural engineer for ...
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  • April 2, 2007

    Vote for InnoWorks

    United Innoworks Academy, an organization founded at Duke by recent Pratt graduate William Hwang, is in the running for a Golden BR!CK award worth $15,000 in funding from the not-for-profit organization Do Something Inc. InnoWorks is competing against 11 other finalists for the top prize. The award will go to the organization that generates the greatest number of web-based votes. Vote now. InnoWorks has made it possible for middle-school kids all over the country to attend free, ...
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  • December 15, 2006

    President and CEO of Hi-G-Tek, A Pratt Alumnus, Assembled Executive Team

    Source: PRNewswire Hi-G-Tek, a leading developer and provider of radio frequency ID (RFID) solutions for high-value assets and sensitive materials, has assembled an executive team with decades of combined management experience and an impressive list of advanced technology expertise to its credit. Larry A. Blue who was appointed the new President and Chief Executive Officer of Hi-G-Tek, has assembled a U.S. executive team that combines seasoned veterans, with entrepreneurial company builders who have taken former start-ups and ...
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  • December 1, 2006

    Reassurance, Advice and Laughs at 2006 Engineering Parents' Weekend

    Brook Byers Brook Byers, a venture capitalist and Pratt parent, kicked off the 2006 Parents' Weekend seminar and barbeque by soothing parents' fears that their child wouldn't get a good job. He described five hot technology areas, and gave seniors advice on how to choose their first position. His presentation to the crowd of 600 parents and students Oct. 27 was followed by an interactive panel of four Duke engineering seniors who provided their own take on ...
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  • December 1, 2006

    Reassurance, Advice and Laughs at 2006 Engineering Parents' Weekend

    Brook Byers Brook Byers, a venture capitalist and Pratt parent, kicked off the 2006 Parents' Weekend seminar and barbeque by soothing parents' fears that their child wouldn't get a good job. He described five hot technology areas, and gave seniors advice on how to choose their first position. His presentation to the crowd of 600 parents and students Oct. 27 was followed by an interactive panel of four Duke engineering seniors who provided their own take on ...
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  • September 1, 2006

    Rising Startup Sets Sights on Diagnostics for Research Animals

    Advanced Liquid Logic's founders got their start in the lab of ECE professor Richard Fair (above). Advanced Liquid Logic, a startup company founded by two Ph.D. graduates from Duke electrical and computer engineering, is growing by leaps and bounds. The company aims to miniaturize and automate clinical and research laboratory tests by taking advantage of the natural surface tension of liquid drops. "Our vision is to make chemical processing as routine and simple as information processing is ...
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  • September 1, 2006

    Rising Startup Sets Sights on Diagnostics for Research Animals

    Advanced Liquid Logic's founders got their start in the lab of ECE professor Richard Fair (above). Advanced Liquid Logic, a startup company founded by two Ph.D. graduates from Duke electrical and computer engineering, is growing by leaps and bounds. The company aims to miniaturize and automate clinical and research laboratory tests by taking advantage of the natural surface tension of liquid drops. "Our vision is to make chemical processing as routine and simple as information processing is ...
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  • August 1, 2006

    Duke Engineering Alum Heads Purdue's Civil Engineering School

    WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. M. Katherine Banks, who received her Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering from Duke University in 1989, has been named head of Purdue University's School of Civil Engineering. Banks, a Purdue civil engineering professor, assumed her new post on Aug. 1. "Kathy's vision, creativity and energy, combined with a stellar research record, set her apart from the rest of the candidates," said Leah Jamieson, interim dean for the Purdue College of Engineering and ...
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  • June 1, 2006

    Pratt School Celebrates Graduation of Class of 2006

    Ian Kazi Shakil receives the Pratt School of Engineering Student Service Award from Associate Dean Linda Franzoni Duke University awarded degrees to 346 undergraduate and graduate engineering students on May 14 in ceremonies beginning with a university-wide commencement celebration in Wallace Wade Stadium and ending with a Pratt School of Engineering ceremony in Duke Chapel. Pratt Dean Kristina M. Johnson presented Bachelor of Science in Engineering diplomas to 244 students, including 12 who completed their work in ...
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  • June 1, 2006

    Pratt School Celebrates Graduation of Class of 2006

    Ian Kazi Shakil receives the Pratt School of Engineering Student Service Award from Associate Dean Linda Franzoni Duke University awarded degrees to 346 undergraduate and graduate engineering students on May 14 in ceremonies beginning with a university-wide commencement celebration in Wallace Wade Stadium and ending with a Pratt School of Engineering ceremony in Duke Chapel. Pratt Dean Kristina M. Johnson presented Bachelor of Science in Engineering diplomas to 244 students, including 12 who completed their work in ...
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  • May 1, 2006

    Distinguished Alums and Faculty Honored at Awards Ceremony

    Three distinguished alumni and six faculty members were honored for their career accomplishments, service to Pratt and excellence in teaching, mentoring and research at the 2006 annual Engineering Alumni Council Banquet held at the Searle Center on April 28. William A. Hawkins III E'76, was awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award. James G. Whayne E'90, was awarded the Distinguished Young Alumnus Award. And Pratt Senior Associate Dean of Development and Alumni Affairss Judge Carr was awarded the ...
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  • May 1, 2006

    Distinguished Alums and Faculty Honored at Awards Ceremony

    Three distinguished alumni and six faculty members were honored for their career accomplishments, service to Pratt and excellence in teaching, mentoring and research at the 2006 annual Engineering Alumni Council Banquet held at the Searle Center on April 28. William A. Hawkins III E'76, was awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award. James G. Whayne E'90, was awarded the Distinguished Young Alumnus Award. And Pratt Senior Associate Dean of Development and Alumni Affairss Judge Carr was awarded the ...
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  • January 1, 2006

    Prolific Alum Offers Students Roadmap for Success

    George Truskey, Robert Fischell and Dean Kristina Johnson A prolific innovator and entrepreneur who Dean Kristina Johnson calls "one of Duke's most successful alumni" offered Pratt School of Engineering students a roadmap for finding fun and profit while also benefiting humanity at a Distinguished Alumni Seminar held in the Fitzpatrick Center on Jan. 11. Robert Fischell ('51) invented drug-eluting stents that keep heart vessels open in those prone to heart attacks and a series of other ...
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  • January 1, 2006

    Prolific Alum Offers Students Roadmap for Success

    George Truskey, Robert Fischell and Dean Kristina Johnson A prolific innovator and entrepreneur who Dean Kristina Johnson calls "one of Duke's most successful alumni" offered Pratt School of Engineering students a roadmap for finding fun and profit while also benefiting humanity at a Distinguished Alumni Seminar held in the Fitzpatrick Center on Jan. 11. Robert Fischell ('51) invented drug-eluting stents that keep heart vessels open in those prone to heart attacks and a series of other ...
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  • May 1, 2005

    Alumni, Faculty Honored at Engineering Banquet

    Duke's Engineering Alumni Association Saturday night honored 1974 graduate Capers McDonald of Potomac, Md., with its Distinguished Alumnus Award and 1990 graduate Edward L. Trimble of Atlanta with the Distinguished Young Alumnus Award. Professor F. Hadley Cocks of the Pratt School of Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science (MEMS), received the Distinguished Service Award for 33 years of service to the School of Engineering, joining the school in 1972 as assistant professor after six ...
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  • May 1, 2005

    Alumni, Faculty Honored at Engineering Banquet

    Duke's Engineering Alumni Association Saturday night honored 1974 graduate Capers McDonald of Potomac, Md., with its Distinguished Alumnus Award and 1990 graduate Edward L. Trimble of Atlanta with the Distinguished Young Alumnus Award. Professor F. Hadley Cocks of the Pratt School of Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science (MEMS), received the Distinguished Service Award for 33 years of service to the School of Engineering, joining the school in 1972 as assistant professor after six ...
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  • April 24, 2005

    Engineering Alumni and Faculty Members Honored

    Duke's Engineering Alumni Association April 23 honored 1974 graduate Capers McDonald of Potomac, Md., with its Distinguished Alumnus Award and 1990 graduate Edward L. Trimble of Atlanta with the Distinguished Young Alumnus Award. Professor F. Hadley Cocks of the Pratt School of Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science (MEMS), received the Distinguished Service Award for 33 years of service to the School of Engineering, joining the school in 1972 as assistant professor after six ...
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  • January 1, 2005

    Duke Trustees Name CIEMAS for Fitzpatricks

    Duke's Board of Trustees has named the Pratt School of Engineering's new Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Sciences (CIEMAS) for Duke alumni Michael and Patty Fitzpatrick. The Fitzpatrick Center naming, announced Dec. 3 by President Richard H. Brodhead, followed by two weeks the official dedication of the $97 million, 322,000 square-foot facility. At the end of the dedication program, Brodhead told a dinner audience that he planned to ask the trustees to consider the ...
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  • January 1, 2005

    Duke Trustees Name CIEMAS for Fitzpatricks

    Duke's Board of Trustees has named the Pratt School of Engineering's new Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Sciences (CIEMAS) for Duke alumni Michael and Patty Fitzpatrick. The Fitzpatrick Center naming, announced Dec. 3 by President Richard H. Brodhead, followed by two weeks the official dedication of the $97 million, 322,000 square-foot facility. At the end of the dedication program, Brodhead told a dinner audience that he planned to ask the trustees to consider the ...
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  • December 4, 2004

    Duke Interdisciplinary Engineering Center Named for Fitzpatricks

    DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University's Board of Trustees has named the Pratt School of Engineering's new Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Sciences (CIEMAS) for Duke alumni Michael and Patty Fitzpatrick, President Richard H. Brodhead announced Dec. 3. The Fitzpatrick Center naming came just two weeks after the $97 million, 322,000 square-foot facility was officially dedicated at Duke. At the end of the two-day dedication program, which featured a talk on the future of technology ...
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  • May 1, 2004

    2004 Alumni Banquet

    On April 24, the Pratt School of Engineering honored three exceptional individuals at the annual Engineering Alumni Banquet, held at the Washington Duke Inn. Alan L. Kaganov BSME'60, received the Distinguished Alumnus Award; Gregory R. Maletic BSE'90, received the Distinguished Young Alumnus Award; and William H. Younger Jr. received the Distinguished Service Award. Kaganov was awarded the 2004 Distinguished Alumnus by the Engineering Alumni Association for his achievement in the health care and medical device industries, ...
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  • May 1, 2004

    2004 Alumni Banquet

    On April 24, the Pratt School of Engineering honored three exceptional individuals at the annual Engineering Alumni Banquet, held at the Washington Duke Inn. Alan L. Kaganov BSME'60, received the Distinguished Alumnus Award; Gregory R. Maletic BSE'90, received the Distinguished Young Alumnus Award; and William H. Younger Jr. received the Distinguished Service Award. Kaganov was awarded the 2004 Distinguished Alumnus by the Engineering Alumni Association for his achievement in the health care and medical device industries, ...
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  • April 28, 2004

    Professor Lisa Huettel Wins Klein Family Distinguished Teaching Award

    Lisa Huettel receives her award from Stacy Klein Lisa G. Huettel, assistant professor of the practice of electrical and computer engineering, has won the first Klein Family Distinguished Teaching Award at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering. Huettel, who received a plaque and $2,000 at the Engineering Alumni Banquet April 24, was nominated by Pratt undergraduates and selected by a faculty committee. "You should take great pride in the fact that in a school with many outstanding teachers, ...
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  • April 28, 2004

    Professor Karl Linden Wins Stansell Family Distinguished Research Award

    Karl Linden receives his research award from Stacy Klein Karl Linden, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering, has received the new Stansell Family Distinguished Research Award for his work on using ultraviolet light to disinfect drinking water and destroy chemical pollutants. Linden, who joined the Pratt faculty in 1999, was selected by a committee of senior associate deans headed by Pratt Dean Kristina M. Johnson. The award, consisting of ...
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  • April 1, 2004

    Pratt Alumnus Wins Soros Fellowship

    Pavan Cheruvu, a 2001 Pratt alumnus and Rhodes Scholar, has won a 2004 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans and will enter the Health Science and Technology program of Harvard University and MIT in September. Cheruvu, a triple major at Duke in electrical and biomedical engineering and chemistry, is currently pursuing M.S. degrees in Neuroscience and Computer Science at Oxford University. He was among 30 2004 recipients of the Soros Fellowships selected from 1,300 applicants. ...
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  • April 1, 2004

    Pratt Alumnus Wins Soros Fellowship

    Pavan Cheruvu, a 2001 Pratt alumnus and Rhodes Scholar, has won a 2004 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans and will enter the Health Science and Technology program of Harvard University and MIT in September. Cheruvu, a triple major at Duke in electrical and biomedical engineering and chemistry, is currently pursuing M.S. degrees in Neuroscience and Computer Science at Oxford University. He was among 30 2004 recipients of the Soros Fellowships selected from 1,300 applicants. ...
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  • January 1, 2004

    Hawkins Encourages Students on Parents' Weekend

    Bill Hawkins Distinguished alumnus Bill Hawkins presented the annual engineering seminar to an audience of more than 300 during the Parents' Weekend event on Oct. 23. Afterwards the school sponsored a barbeque attended by more than 675 parents, engineering students, faculty and staff. Hawkins, who graduated from Duke with a double major in electrical and biomedical engineering in 1976, was elected president and chief operating officer of Medtronic Inc., effective May 3. Previously, he served as senior ...
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  • January 1, 2004

    Hawkins Encourages Students on Parents' Weekend

    Bill Hawkins Distinguished alumnus Bill Hawkins presented the annual engineering seminar to an audience of more than 300 during the Parents' Weekend event on Oct. 23. Afterwards the school sponsored a barbeque attended by more than 675 parents, engineering students, faculty and staff. Hawkins, who graduated from Duke with a double major in electrical and biomedical engineering in 1976, was elected president and chief operating officer of Medtronic Inc., effective May 3. Previously, he served as senior ...
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  • December 16, 2003

    Gift to Endow Joint Professorship; Help Fund New Marine Lab Building

    A $2.3 million gift by Randy K. Repass, chairman of West Marine Inc., and his wife, Sally-Christine Rodgers, will fund a joint professorship in marine conservation technology in the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences and in the Pratt School of Engineering. The gift also will enable the construction of Duke University's first totally "green" building at the Duke Marine Laboratory in Beaufort, President Nannerl O. Keohane announced Monday. A total of $1.3 million of ...
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  • December 1, 2003

    Droplets Key to Next Generation Diagnostic Testing Tool

    Two Duke electrical engineering postdocs parlayed their graduate work into a new business in the spring of 2004. Advanced Liquid Logic founders Michael Pollack, Ph.D., and Vamsee Pamula, Ph.D., are now carefully cultivating their company at a new business incubator in Research Triangle Park, N.C. The concept behind Advanced Liquid Logic is simple take advantage of a natural property of liquid drops called surface tension. Surface tension keeps drops sphere-shaped instead of flattened out. Pollack and ...
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  • December 1, 2003

    Droplets Key to Next Generation Diagnostic Testing Tool

    Two Duke electrical engineering postdocs parlayed their graduate work into a new business in the spring of 2004. Advanced Liquid Logic founders Michael Pollack, Ph.D., and Vamsee Pamula, Ph.D., are now carefully cultivating their company at a new business incubator in Research Triangle Park, N.C. The concept behind Advanced Liquid Logic is simple take advantage of a natural property of liquid drops called surface tension. Surface tension keeps drops sphere-shaped instead of flattened out. Pollack and ...
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  • December 1, 2003

    Friendly Competition Makes Annual Phonathon a Success

    Seventy-five students donated three evenings to kick off this year's annual fund campaign with a successful phonathon. The student callers, made up of Pratt engineers and two Trinity students, secured 972 pledges for a total of $172,000 in funding for the school. "I think this was one of our most successful phonathons in recent years," said Pam Hanson, Pratt's director of young alumni and events. The phonathon is primarily a student organized fund-raising activity, coordinated by a ...
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  • December 1, 2003

    Friendly Competition Makes Annual Phonathon a Success

    Seventy-five students donated three evenings to kick off this year's annual fund campaign with a successful phonathon. The student callers, made up of Pratt engineers and two Trinity students, secured 972 pledges for a total of $172,000 in funding for the school. "I think this was one of our most successful phonathons in recent years," said Pam Hanson, Pratt's director of young alumni and events. The phonathon is primarily a student organized fund-raising activity, coordinated by a ...
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  • October 16, 2003

    Alum Capers McDonald Describes Undergrad as Time for Growth

    Capers W. McDonald, President and Chief Executive Officer of BioReliance Corporation since 1992, graduated from Duke University in 1974 with a Bachelors degree in engineering. After moving on to earn a Masters degree in engineering from MIT (1976), an MBA from Harvard Business School (1983), and establishing himself as a successful corporate leader, community member and family man, McDonald proudly admits, "I still bleed Duke Blue after all these years." McDonald describes his undergraduate experience as ...
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  • June 1, 2003

    Jerry Hudson, Pratt Alumnus and Supporter, Dies in Alabama

    Fitzgerald S. "Jerry" Hudson, former chairman of the Duke board of trustees and for whom Pratt School of Engineering's oldest building was named, died of complications from a stroke May 9 in Montgomery, Ala. He was 78. As trustee chairman from 1988 to 1991, Hudson provided the leadership on several important university initiatives at a time of change for the university. Duke officials said his support was instrumental in the construction of the $80 million Levine ...
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  • June 1, 2003

    Jerry Hudson, Pratt Alumnus and Supporter, Dies in Alabama

    Fitzgerald S. "Jerry" Hudson, former chairman of the Duke board of trustees and for whom Pratt School of Engineering's oldest building was named, died of complications from a stroke May 9 in Montgomery, Ala. He was 78. As trustee chairman from 1988 to 1991, Hudson provided the leadership on several important university initiatives at a time of change for the university. Duke officials said his support was instrumental in the construction of the $80 million Levine ...
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  • May 17, 2003

    Obituary: Jerry Hudson, For Whom Pratt's Hudson Hall Was Named

    Fitzgerald S. "Jerry" Hudson, former chairman of the Duke board of trustees and for whom Pratt School of Engineering's oldest building was named, died of complications from a stroke May 9 in Montgomery, Ala. He was 78. As trustee chairman from 1988 to 1991, Hudson provided the leadership on several important university initiatives at a time of change for the university. Duke officials said his support was instrumental in the construction of the $80 million Levine ...
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  • May 1, 2003

    Pratt Honors Faculty and Alumni

    Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering recognized two alumni for their achievements and two faculty members for excellence in teaching and research at the annual alumni banquet April 26 that concluded the spring meeting of the school's Board of Visitors. Mechanical Engineering and Materials Sciences Professor Charles Harman received the distinguished faculty teaching award, consisting of a plaque and $2,000. The award, selected by a faculty committee with student input, recognizes "superior dedication to undergraduate teaching." Harman joined the faculty in 1961 and ...
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  • May 1, 2003

    Pratt Honors Faculty and Alumni

    Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering recognized two alumni for their achievements and two faculty members for excellence in teaching and research at the annual alumni banquet April 26 that concluded the spring meeting of the school's Board of Visitors. Mechanical Engineering and Materials Sciences Professor Charles Harman received the distinguished faculty teaching award, consisting of a plaque and $2,000. The award, selected by a faculty committee with student input, recognizes "superior dedication to undergraduate teaching." Harman joined the faculty in 1961 and ...
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  • April 27, 2003

    Pratt School of Engineering Honors Faculty and Alumni

    Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering recognized two alumni for their achievements and two faculty members for excellence in teaching and research at the annual alumni banquet April 26 that concluded the spring meeting of the school's Board of Visitors. Mechanical Engineering and Materials Sciences Professor Charles Harman received the distinguished faculty teaching award, consisting of a plaque and $2,000. The award, selected by a faculty committee with student input, recognizes "superior dedication to undergraduate teaching." Harman ...
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  • April 1, 2003

    Chandran Family Giving $1 Million to Pratt School of Engineering

    Clarence Chandran and his late wife Beverley are giving Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering $1 million in separate gifts for the new Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Sciences (CIEMAS) and for research in brain tumor imaging. "These gifts are a very significant contribution to our effort to make Pratt a global leader in engineering research and education," said Duke President Nannerl O. Keohane in announcing the gifts March 24. "We are deeply grateful to Clarence and Beverley for their ...
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  • April 1, 2003

    Chandran Family Giving $1 Million to Pratt School of Engineering

    Clarence Chandran and his late wife Beverley are giving Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering $1 million in separate gifts for the new Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Sciences (CIEMAS) and for research in brain tumor imaging. "These gifts are a very significant contribution to our effort to make Pratt a global leader in engineering research and education," said Duke President Nannerl O. Keohane in announcing the gifts March 24. "We are deeply grateful to Clarence and Beverley for their ...
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  • February 1, 2003

    After Graduation: Getting Comfortable in a New Town

    by Max Cohen, Pratt '03 Some newly-minted Duke Alumni head off to a new campus for graduate school, and others return home or travel abroad to take some time off. But some of them take the plunge and go to a completely unfamiliar city to start their professional careers. For those who do go to new jobs, getting to know their surroundings and making new friends can seem a daunting task. When you go off to college, ...
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  • February 1, 2003

    After Graduation: Getting Comfortable in a New Town

    by Max Cohen, Pratt '03 Some newly-minted Duke Alumni head off to a new campus for graduate school, and others return home or travel abroad to take some time off. But some of them take the plunge and go to a completely unfamiliar city to start their professional careers. For those who do go to new jobs, getting to know their surroundings and making new friends can seem a daunting task. When you go off to college, ...
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  • January 1, 2003

    Parents Weekend Picnic

    More than 600 parents, students and faculty members gathered in our "backyard" between Teer Engineering Library and the Levine Science Research Center Saturday October 25 for the annual Parents Weekend BBQ. Freshly prepared hush puppies, fried chicken and pulled pork fed the hungry masses. "The food was excellent, the weather cooperated and the conversation was great," said Pratt Dean Kristina Johnson. Pratt parents mingled with the dean, department chairs and faculty and Pratt staff to learn more ...
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  • January 1, 2003

    Parents Weekend Picnic

    More than 600 parents, students and faculty members gathered in our "backyard" between Teer Engineering Library and the Levine Science Research Center Saturday October 25 for the annual Parents Weekend BBQ. Freshly prepared hush puppies, fried chicken and pulled pork fed the hungry masses. "The food was excellent, the weather cooperated and the conversation was great," said Pratt Dean Kristina Johnson. Pratt parents mingled with the dean, department chairs and faculty and Pratt staff to learn more ...
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  • January 1, 2003

    Graduation Plans - Class of 2003

    By Annie Adams (Adams is a 2003 graduate, majoring in mechanical engineering and economics) As I approached my graduation in May 2003, I was not surprised to find my friends and classmates entering a diverse array of career paths. One lab partner from a mechanical design class moved to Canada to pursue business, one classmate from an electrical engineering class moved to Detroit to design racing cars, and one study partner from a physics class plans to ...
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  • January 1, 2003

    Graduation Plans - Class of 2003

    By Annie Adams (Adams is a 2003 graduate, majoring in mechanical engineering and economics) As I approached my graduation in May 2003, I was not surprised to find my friends and classmates entering a diverse array of career paths. One lab partner from a mechanical design class moved to Canada to pursue business, one classmate from an electrical engineering class moved to Detroit to design racing cars, and one study partner from a physics class plans to ...
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  • January 1, 2003

    Avoiding Pratfalls At Pratt

    Bill Younger, a Pratt parent, member of Pratt's Board of Visitors and managing director of Sutter Hill Ventures in Palo Alto, Calif., kicked off Parents Weekend on Oct. 25 with the annual Engineering Seminar in Griffith Film Theater. He and his son Mark, who graduated from Pratt last May, delighted an audience of over 300 with verbal jousting over career advice for engineering students as they passed a basketball between them. Though often tongue-in- cheek, ...
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  • January 1, 2003

    Avoiding Pratfalls At Pratt

    Bill Younger, a Pratt parent, member of Pratt's Board of Visitors and managing director of Sutter Hill Ventures in Palo Alto, Calif., kicked off Parents Weekend on Oct. 25 with the annual Engineering Seminar in Griffith Film Theater. He and his son Mark, who graduated from Pratt last May, delighted an audience of over 300 with verbal jousting over career advice for engineering students as they passed a basketball between them. Though often tongue-in- cheek, ...
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  • November 2, 2002

    Duke Celebrates the Life of Edmund T. Pratt Jr.

    When 17-year-old Edmund T. Pratt Jr. arrived on campus 58 years ago and first saw Duke Chapel, he said he thought he was going to heaven. University leaders, faculty, students and family members gathered in the towering Gothic church Nov. 1 and celebrated the life of the retired businessman and philanthropist who died in September. "Duke University is a better and more renowned institution because of his example, his stewardship, his love and his gifts," said ...
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  • October 31, 2002

    Life Of Ed Pratt To Be Celebrated Nov. 1 In Duke Chapel

    DURHAM, N.C -- A public celebration of the life of Edmund T. Pratt Jr. will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1, in Duke University Chapel. The retired chairman and chief executive officer of Pfizer Inc., for whom Duke's Pratt School of Engineering is named, died of cancer Sept. 5 at the age of 75. Duke President Nannerl O. Keohane, Pratt Dean Kristina M. Johnson, university Trustee Peter M. Nicholas and Pratt student Kyle ...
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  • September 7, 2002

    Duke Benefactor Edmund T. Pratt Jr. Dies

    DURHAM, N.C. -- Edmund T. Pratt Jr., the retired chairman and chief executive officer of Pfizer Inc. for whom Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering is named, died of cancer at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City on Thursday. He was 75. "Ed Pratt was a wonderful person, gracious and generous, humble and someone who really enjoyed life," said Pratt School Dean Kristina Johnson. "He had an easy rapport with our students, telling them ...
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  • April 12, 2002

    Ernest Elsevier, Retired Duke Engineering Professor, Dies at 87

    DURHAM, N.C. - Ernest Elsevier, associate professor emeritus in mechanical engineering at Duke University, died early Wednesday at Duke University Hospital. He was 87. Elsevier, a native of Holland, had taught at Duke's School of Engineering for 35 years when he retired in 1985. He was honored in 1991 for his service to the university with the Distinguished Service Award of the Engineering Alumni Association. "His passing is a great loss to the Pratt School of Engineering ...
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  • January 1, 2002

    Duke Celebrates the Life of Edmund T. Pratt Jr.

    When 17-year-old Edmund T. Pratt Jr. arrived on campus 58 years ago and first saw Duke Chapel, he said he thought he was going to heaven. University leaders, faculty, students and family members gathered in the towering Gothic church Nov. 1 and celebrated the life of the retired businessman and philanthropist who died in September. "Duke University is a better and more renowned institution because of his example, his stewardship, his love and his gifts," said Duke President Nannerl O. Keohane. "And ...
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  • January 1, 2002

    Duke Celebrates the Life of Edmund T. Pratt Jr.

    When 17-year-old Edmund T. Pratt Jr. arrived on campus 58 years ago and first saw Duke Chapel, he said he thought he was going to heaven. University leaders, faculty, students and family members gathered in the towering Gothic church Nov. 1 and celebrated the life of the retired businessman and philanthropist who died in September. "Duke University is a better and more renowned institution because of his example, his stewardship, his love and his gifts," said Duke President Nannerl O. Keohane. "And ...
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  • December 1, 2001

    Duke Benefactor Edmund T. Pratt Jr. Dies

    Edmund T. Pratt Jr., the retired chairman and chief executive officer of Pfizer Inc. for whom Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering is named, died of cancer at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City on Sept. 5. He was 75. "Ed Pratt was a wonderful person, gracious and generous, humble and someone who really enjoyed life," said Pratt School Dean Kristina Johnson. "He had an easy rapport with our students, telling them that he was 'just lucky' in life. ...
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  • December 1, 2001

    Duke Benefactor Edmund T. Pratt Jr. Dies

    Edmund T. Pratt Jr., the retired chairman and chief executive officer of Pfizer Inc. for whom Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering is named, died of cancer at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City on Sept. 5. He was 75. "Ed Pratt was a wonderful person, gracious and generous, humble and someone who really enjoyed life," said Pratt School Dean Kristina Johnson. "He had an easy rapport with our students, telling them that he was 'just lucky' in life. ...
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  • October 16, 2001

    Larry Lenihan

    Just where can a degree in engineering take a motivated individual? Every issue of the DukEngineer spotlights a different alumnus ...
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  • October 16, 2001

    Brian F. Addy

    The profile of an entrepreneur would include several common characteristics: a desire for responsibility, willingness for moderate risk, confidence in their ability to succeed, a high energy level, and superb organizational skills. Because they are constructing businesses and industries in environments flooded by uncertainty and molded by rapid change, entrepreneurs recognize that failure is likely to be a part of their lives; yet, they are never paralyzed by that fear. One man undoubtedly befitting of ...
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  • October 16, 2000

    Edmund T. Pratt Jr.

    BS in Electrical Engineering Magna Cum Laude, 1947MBA, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business, 1949 Rose from salesman to controller of IBM World Trade Corp. during his 14 years with IBM Recruited to serve as Assistant Secretary for Financial Management ...
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  • October 16, 1999

    Scott Olson

    There is something intriguing about an entrepreneur. Rising from nothingness to become distinguished in a competitive market, a successful entrepreneur has taken great risks to ...
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  • October 16, 1998

    Jeffrey Vinik

    BS in Civil Engineering 1981 Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Vinik Asset Management, which has grown in less than five years into one of the largest hedge ...
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  • October 16, 1998

    Terry Myerson

    Class of 1992, Mechanical Engineering Duke engineering graduates aspiring to work for Microsoft are by no means a rare breed. But when Terry Myerson, class of 1992, moved to Seattle early last year to ...
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  • October 16, 1998

    John Chambers

    Mr. John Chambers was born and raised in West Virginia. As the son of two physicians, his mother was a psychiatrist and his father was an obstetrician, he had early ambitions of becoming a doctor. He soon ...
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  • October 16, 1997

    Edward Reefe

    Architecture and engineering, although often considered separate disciplines, result in a unique and powerful course when Combined. This is the very path that Mr. Edward Reefe has chosen, and ...
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  • October 16, 1997

    James Rabenhorst

    "We can't look to particular institutions to provide success and satisfaction." Wise words from a Duke grad, father, businessman, and community leader. James (Jim) F. Rabenhorst, Engineering '64, a Duke ...
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  • October 16, 1996

    Jerry Wilkinson

    The year was 1967 when Jerry C. Wilkinson graduated from Duke University's School of Engineering with his BSE in ...
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  • October 16, 1996

    Lewis Campbell

    Being the president of a major engineering corporation is the dream of many aspiring engineers. Mr. Lewis Campbell was ...
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  • October 16, 1995

    Curt Rawley

    What do the hit television show "Home Improvement," the blockbuster movie "True Lies, "and the Duke football team all have in common? Very little, you may say at first. One thing they do have in common however is that they all use products ...
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  • October 16, 1995

    Alan L. Kaganov

    Define a "successful career." That's a term that is hard to define, isn't it? However, one man has managed to utilize education to ...
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  • October 16, 1994

    James Vogeley

    What has James Vogeley done since he left Duke University? He has accomplished what every undergraduate engineer wants to do be his own boss! Graduating from Duke with a BSE in Electrical ...
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  • October 16, 1994

    Kenneth Chestnut

    The average Duke Engineering graduate either goes on to graduate school or uses the degree to buy a bigger salary in the job ...
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  • October 16, 1993

    Robert E. Fischell

    What do you call a man who provides advice to the federal government, is Chairman of the Board of Directors of two companies, ...
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  • October 15, 1993

    Harold "Spike" Yoh

    BS in Mechanical Engineering 1958 MBA, Wharton School of Business University of Pennsylvania, 1962 Chairman Emeritus of Day & Zimmerman, a $1.5-billion diversified professional service firm with 24,000 employees that grew tenfold ...
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  • October 16, 1992

    Gary Gerst

    Engineering is an inlet to different outlets of opportunity If you are willing to take a chance, starting out as an engineer does not necessarily imply ending up as one. "Don't ...
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  • October 16, 1991

    W. John Swartz

    Children are easily amused by automation. Young boys love playing with toy cars, train sets, and airplane models. Most decide right at age five that they are going to be train ...
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  • October 16, 1990

    William A. Stokes

    When some people hear the word "engineer," they immediately picture smart people with thick glasses clutching a calculator in one hand and a computer disk in the other. ...
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  • October 16, 1990

    John Derrick

    To be successful in life 1) you should have strong family ties and people to always tend to, 2) you should find a job or hobby that you enjoy, a job which promotes growth ...
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  • October 16, 1990

    James H. Corrigan, Jr.

    James H. Corrigan was a typical Duke engineering student; he studied his thermodynamics during the day and partied with ...
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  • October 16, 1989

    Gary Dickinson

    Engineers have traditionally held a reputation for their analytical abilities, problem solving skills, and contributions to modem technology. Rarely, does a person encounter an engineer ...
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  • October 16, 1988

    Fitzgerald S. Hudson

    Minutes after calling his secretary to say he is on his way, an impressive Jerry Hudson arrives and extends a firm hand ...
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  • October 16, 1988

    John Cocke

    As World War II drew to a close in 1945, Duke University graduated fifty-two engineers from its College of Engineering. In the ...
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  • October 16, 1987

    James L. Vincent

    BS in Mechanical Engineering 1961 MBA, Wharton School of Business University of Pennsylvania, 1963 Chairman of the Board of Biogen, Inc., the oldest independent biotechnology company in the world, with more than 1,400 employees worldwide and ...
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  • October 16, 1987

    Edwin Jones

    This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Duke University School of Engineering, making it appropriate to recognize a man whose family has helped to nurture and lead the school ...
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  • October 16, 1987

    Robert Everett

    Robert Everett, a 1942 Duke graduate, exemplifies the potential for success in engineering after graduation. After obtaining his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Everett ...
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