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Kids and adults gather around a student holding a phone while a robot dog stands in the foreground.
Inspiring Future Engineers with NC SciFest
5/8 Pratt School of Engineering

Inspiring Future Engineers with NC SciFest

Through interactive experiments, colorful demos and lively conversations, MEMS and other Duke engineering departments welcomed local families for a day of hands-on discovery.

Aaron Franklin and one of his students study semiconductors in his lab.
Teaching at the Speed of Semiconductor Research
5/1 Pratt School of Engineering

Teaching at the Speed of Semiconductor Research

Aaron Franklin’s ECE 512 course on emerging nanoelectronic devices gives students a current look at the fast-changing world of semiconductor device research.

Jerry Lynch, Amy Herring, Robert Calderbank, Hai Helen Li, and Gary Bennett celebrate Calderbank's election to the NAS.
Robert Calderbank Elected to National Academy of Sciences
4/30 Pratt School of Engineering

Robert Calderbank Elected to National Academy of Sciences

Robert Calderbank, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, is an information technology pioneer who has made important contributions to communications technology.

Scenes from the destruction in Kathmandu caused by a catastrophic earthquake in 2019.
Earthquake Early Warning in Kathmandu
4/23 Pratt School of Engineering

Earthquake Early Warning in Kathmandu

Students from the Tribhuvan University's Institute of Engineering Pulchowk and Duke are co-developing in-country capacity to study and mitigate hazards from earthquakes and air pollution.