Research News

March 08, 2013 | Duke Engineering

Calderbank to Direct Interdisciplinary 'Big Data' Effort at Duke

The program's initial focus will be to provide seed funding for interdisciplinary research across Duke

January 18, 2013 | Duke Engineering

Novel Sensor Provides Bigger Picture

Duke engineers created a unique metamaterial to image scenes using fewer components than conventional detectors

January 07, 2013 | Duke Engineering

Duke Alum Nathan Kundtz Invents New Satellite Antenna

The mTenna uses some of the materials and technology used in David Smith’s so-called invisibility cloak, but in a novel way.

December 06, 2012 | Duke Engineering

Silver Nanocubes Super Light Absorbers

The metamaterial research was conducted in the lab of Duke's David R. Smith

December 05, 2012 | Duke Engineering

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 | Duke Engineering

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 | Duke Engineering

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 | Duke Engineering

Precise Indoor Localization? There's an App for That

The application has been dubbed UnLoc, short for unsupervised indoor localization.

January 15, 2009 | Duke Engineering

Next Generation Cloaking Device Demonstrated

Duke engineers have produced a device with a broad frequency bandwidth

December 01, 2006 | Duke Engineering

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."