Research News

A student works on a chip design project in the Duke Shared Materials Instrumentation Facility

September 14, 2023 | Duke Engineering

Duke Receives $2 Million to Innovate Semiconductor Tech

New round of funding from the National Science Foundation will hasten of development of more sustainable and efficient technologies

a man and a woman posing with toilets in a parking lot

September 08, 2023 | Duke Magazine

Changing the World, One Flush at a Time

A trio of Duke Engineers are leading a decades-long project to provide safer water and better lives – especially for women in poor countries

August 31, 2023 | Duke Engineering

Growing Triple-Decker Hybrid Crystals for Lasers

Collaboration between Duke and Purdue explores the fabrication and optoelectric characterization of multilayered perovskites
A fully recyclable transistor

July 24, 2023 | Duke Engineering

Taming AI’s Outsized Appetite

AI applications demand enormous amounts of energy and water. A new collaboration aims to make circuitry more compact and sustainable

GPS data on a car's display screen

July 24, 2023 | Duke Engineering

It Pays to Share

Big Data’s value lies in its secondary value, and Duke ECE’s Jian Pei aims to encourage model sharing among organizations

a schematic of engineered living material

July 19, 2023 | Duke Engineering

Unlocking the Future Potential of Living Materials

Researchers across campus aim to harness bacteria to engineer adaptive living materials

a metal nozzle pointing at a thin white piece of paper or plastic on a metal table

April 06, 2023 | Duke Engineering

Fully Recyclable Printed Electronics Ditch Toxic Chemicals for Water

First-of-its-kind demonstration suggests a more environmentally friendly future for the electronics industry is possible
finger depressing flush button on toilet

March 22, 2023 | Duke Engineering

Sanitation Lab at Duke Aims to Clean the World's Water

Duke ECE research scientist Brian Hawkins explains a self-contained toilet that requires no infrastructure
An ink jet printer printing silicon electronic onto a plastic sheet

March 07, 2023 | Duke Engineering

Putting the SE Back in Silicon Electronics

Researchers from across the southeastern US gathered at Duke University to answer the CHIPS and Science Act’s call to reinvigorate the nation’s silicon-related research and manufacturing abilities
Composition of Vahid Tarokh of Duke University, a moth, and a wireframe image of a fighter jet

January 27, 2023 | Duke Magazine

Vahid Tarokh: Do the Math and Find the Model

After fleeing Iran, the Duke ECE expert applies math in new ways to accomplish things previously thought impossible