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Magnetic Memory: Laying the Foundations for Modern AI
6/29 Pratt School of Engineering

Magnetic Memory: Laying the Foundations for Modern AI

Yiran Chen and Helen Li have won the A. Richard Newton Technical Impact Award for their foundational research on magnetic random access memory (MRAM).

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Duke Research Group Shares Annual Faraday Horizon Prize
6/22 Pratt School of Engineering

Duke Research Group Shares Annual Faraday Horizon Prize

A group of Duke undergraduates, doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers and faculty members spanning several years were recognized along with national collaborators for their work to develop novel semiconductor materials that can control spin, charge and light.

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Celebrating Longtime Duke ECE Chair Horace Craig Casey, Jr.
6/9 Pratt School of Engineering

Celebrating Longtime Duke ECE Chair Horace Craig Casey, Jr.

Dr. Horace Craig Casey, Jr., Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University, passed away on June 9, 2026 in Durham, NC. He was 91 years old.

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Duke ECE Hardware Startup Selected for Y Combinator
6/8 Pratt School of Engineering

Duke ECE Hardware Startup Selected for Y Combinator

Researchers Tania Roy and Sanjeev Chauhan will take their retina-inspired semiconductor startup, Synapse Semiconductor, to Y Combinator this summer.

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Senior Spotlight: Eduardo Bortolomiol Passos Explored the Breadth of ECE at Duke
6/3 Pratt School of Engineering

Senior Spotlight: Eduardo Bortolomiol Passos Explored the Breadth of ECE at Duke

Graduating ECE major Eduardo Bartolomiol Passos tried several paths within the field before finding his fit in digital design and computer architecture, while also becoming a familiar face in ECE classrooms and labs.

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Chen Wins IEEE Donald O. Pederson Best Paper Award
6/3 Pratt School of Engineering

Chen Wins IEEE Donald O. Pederson Best Paper Award

Award-winning publication provides a blueprint for chip design companies to train machine learning models that help detect lithography hotspot patterns in IC layouts before fabrication while protecting proprietary layout data.