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Hsu-Kim Receives DOE Award

Jun 29, 2011

Heileen Hsu-Kim believes that before scientists can solve the big-picture issue of protecting people and the environment from the harmful effects of mercury, they need to see the small picture. The very small picture.

New Smartphone App Automatically Tags Photos

Jun 29, 2011

DURHAM, N.C. -- So much for tagging photographs with names, locations and activities yourself – a new cell phone application can take care of that for you. The system works by taking advantage of the multiple sensors on a mobile phone, as well as...

Gunsch One of 85 Young Faculty at NAE Meeting

Jun 28, 2011

Claudia Gunsch, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, is one of 85 of the nation's young engineers to take part in the National Academy of Engineering's (NAE) 17th annual U.S. Frontiers of Engineering symposium.

Engineering Excitable Cells for Studies of Bioelectricity and Cell Therapy

Jun 20, 2011

By altering the genetic makeup of normally “unexcitable” cells, Duke University bioengineers have turned them into cells capable of generating and passing electrical current. This proof-of-concept advance could have broad implications in...

More than 550 New Engineering Degrees Awarded

Jun 20, 2011

Duke University awarded degrees to more than 550 undergraduate and graduate engineering students this spring in ceremonies that began with university-wide ceremonies at Wallace Wade Stadium and Pratt School of Engineering-specific sites at Cameron...

Precision Photonics Internship

Jun 17, 2011

This past summer I worked for Precision Photonics, a relatively small laser optics company in my hometown of Boulder, CO. Its primary business is manufacturing optical components for laser applications in the telecom, defense, and R&D industries...

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