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Why Flush Toilets are Wasteful
3/22/22 Sci NC

Why Flush Toilets are Wasteful

Modern flush toilets waste a gallon and a half of treated, potable water every time you flush. And for many countries, wastewater infrastructure is too expensive to install. Toilet engineers all over the world are trying to solve this basic question: how do we get rid of waste efficiently?

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23 Amazing Women in Science and Math
3/22/22 Life Science

23 Amazing Women in Science and Math

Math/ECE Professor Ingrid Daubechies is recognized as one of 23 all-time amazing women in science and math

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Reevaluating the Architectures of Measurement
3/21/22 Pratt School of Engineering

Reevaluating the Architectures of Measurement

In this Q&A, the optics expert discusses his lab's computational sensing research and its potential for impact in health and security applications

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Pi Day Cookies with Ingrid Daubechies
3/14/22 Duke Today

Pi Day Cookies with Ingrid Daubechies

Professor of Mathematics and Electrical and Computer Engineering Ingrid Daubechies shares her recipe for Pi-symbol shaped cookies