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Engineered to Compete: Duke University Motorsports
Jun 11, 2012
Engineered to compete and aerodynamically designed for speed, imagine a car that can go from zero to 60 miles per hour in 3.8 seconds.  When it comes to racing, what else is there?
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“Key” Genetic Search of Novel Electrical Crystals
May 14, 2012
DURHAM, N.C. – After creating a master “ingredient list” describing the properties of more than 2,000 compounds, Duke University engineers have now developed the a key to turning these ingredients into the next generation of electrical components.
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Viniks Give $10 Million for Duke Faculty Who Engage with Engineering Challenges
May 8, 2012
DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University alumnus Jeffrey N. Vinik and his wife Penny have given Duke $10 million to establish a faculty challenge fund that will be used to hire and retain professors who focus on complex societal challenges such as...
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Creating Nano-Structures from the Bottom Up
Apr 24, 2012
DURHAM, N.C. -- Microscopic particles are being coaxed by Duke University engineers to assemble themselves into larger crystalline structures by the use of varying concentrations of microscopic particles and magnetic fields. These nano-scale crystal...
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Dowell Named MEMS Chair
Apr 10, 2012
Earl Dowell has been named chairman of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Sciences at Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering. The announcement was made by Pratt Dean Tom Katsouleas. Dowell, William Holland Hall Professor...
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Metamaterials Will Change Optics
Mar 20, 2012
DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University engineers believe that continued advances in creating ever-more exotic and sophisticated man-made materials will greatly improve their ability to control light at will.

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