News
April 23, 2018
Sapiro Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Duke engineer honored for applying machine learning techniques to image processing in a wide range of applications
January 26, 2017
Mikkelsen Wins SPIE Early Career Achievement Award
Maiken H. Mikkelsen, the Nortel Networks Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and assistant professor of physics at Duke University, has won the 2017 Early Career Achievement Award from SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics. The society recognized Mikkelsen [...]
January 23, 2017
Engineering Ph.D. Student Ramirez to Receive Cook Society Award
Juan Ramirez Jr., a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in electrical and computer engineering, has been selected as the recipient of a 2017 Samuel DuBois Cook Society Award. The society was founded in 1997 in honor of the first African American faculty member hired and tenured at Duke and his service to [...]
January 19, 2017
Farsiu Wins ARVO Foundation/Pfizer Ophthalmics Carl Camras Translational Research Award
Sina Farsiu, an associate professor at Duke University with appointments in biomedical engineering, ophthalmology, electrical and computer engineering, and computer science, has won the 2017 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Foundation/Pfizer Ophthalmics Carl Camras [...]
January 04, 2017
Seeing Nano
The sewer gnat is a common nuisance around kitchen and bathroom drains that’s no bigger than a pea. But magnified thousands of times, its compound eyes and bushy antennae resemble a first place winner in a Movember mustache contest. Sewer gnats’ larger cousins, horseflies are known for their [...]
January 03, 2017
Spreading Holiday Cheer by Rewiring Toys
Duke Engineering student group "Project Tadpole" modifies toys for children with disabilities throughout the year
December 22, 2016
Yiran Chen: Integrating Tomorrow’s Technology into Today’s Devices
New faculty member Yiran Chen researches emerging memory technologies, power-saving techniques for mobile devices, and brain-inspired computing systems
December 21, 2016
Hai “Helen” Li: Modeling the Future of Computing After the Human Brain
New faculty member Hai “Helen” Li will create a brain-inspired computing research program at Duke
December 14, 2016
Nanocubes Simplify Printing And Imaging In Color And Infrared
Novel manufacturing technique promises to bring a simplified form of printing and imaging in color and infrared into daily use.
December 13, 2016
Smith, West Named Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors
Distinction recognizes prolific spirit of innovation in creating or facilitating outstanding, impactful inventions
December 08, 2016
Data+ Program Honored for Educational Innovation
Duke’s Data+ summer research program received the gold prize in the natural sciences category at the Reimagine Education Conference and Awards in Philadelphia. Paul Bendich and Ashlee Valente accepted the award on behalf of the Data+ team at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. Hosted [...]