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May 20, 2022
Jian Pei: Developing Fair and Transparent Applications for Advances in Data Science
New faculty member Jian Pei connects data science research to real-world applications with an eye on efficiency, fairness and transparency
December 05, 2012
Calderbank Awarded IEEE Hamming Medal
Robert Calderbank was cited for his “fundamental contributions to coding theory that impacted voice-band modems and wireless communication.”
November 12, 2012
Making a Better Invisibility Cloak
These new findings could be important in transforming how light or other waves can be controlled or transmitted.
August 30, 2012
Photonic Interactions at the Atomic Level
By measuring the unique properties of light on the scale of a single atom, researchers from Duke University and Imperial College, London, believe that they have characterized the limits of the ability of metals to be used in devices that rely on the enhancement of light
July 05, 2012
Precise Indoor Localization? There's an App for That
The application has been dubbed UnLoc, short for unsupervised indoor localization.
June 20, 2012
Megapixel Camera? Try Gigapixel
Electrical engineers from Duke University and the University of Arizona have developed a prototype camera that can create images with unprecedented detail.
January 15, 2009
Next Generation Cloaking Device Demonstrated
Duke engineers have produced a device with a broad frequency bandwidth
January 09, 2008
"Invisibility Cloaks" Could Break Sound Barriers
Contrary to earlier predictions, Duke University engineers have found that a three-dimensional sound cloak is possible, at least in theory. Such an acoustic veil would do for sound what the "invisibility cloak" previously demonstrated by the research team does for microwaves--allowing sound waves [...]
December 01, 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."
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.