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Materials Paper Selected as an Editors’ Suggestion by Physical Review E (PRE)

Authored by Octavio Albarrán, Renata Garcés, Giacomo Po, Christoph F. Schmidt, and Jeff D. Eldredge

New Network to Advance International Efforts for Sustainable Materials

INFRAMES will connect researchers across fields and nations to build the collaborations and resources to study the sustainability of future materials

9/16/21

2020 Triangle Hard Matter Workshop a Huge Success

Milestone inaugural research event for Duke Materials Initiative features top speakers and 300+ attendees

9/15/21 Duke Engineering

Engineering for Impact: Meet Duke Engineering’s Next Dean

Jerome Lynch shares his perspectives on Duke Engineering, initial priorities as dean, and vision for the transformative role engineers can play in society

9/15/21 Duke Engineering

Duke Engineering Lab Offers Public School Science Teachers Nanotechnology Experience

Stefan Zauscher’s lab provides hands-on summer research experiences for two public school science teachers, reaping benefits in the process

9/2/21 Duke Engineering

Jerome Lynch Named New Dean of Pratt School of Engineering

University of Michigan chair is nationally known for developing smart technologies to improve civil infrastructure systems

9/2/21 Duke Today

NSF Creates Polymer Chemistry Optimization Center at Duke for Future Materials

The National Science Foundation has awarded a five-year, $20 million grant to Duke University researchers to explore and optimize the chemical structure and physical properties of individual molecules in a polymer network.

8/30/21 Duke Science and Technology

Algorithms That Show Their Work

Cynthia Rudin writes machine learning algorithms that are interpretable, which increases their accuracy and usefulness

8/18/21 Duke Engineering

‘Shadow Waveguide’ Casts Complex Acoustic Patterns to Control Particles

New approach to 'acoustic tweezers' could help push past limitations for cell and tissue engineering applications

8/10/21 Duke Engineering

Addressing Climate Change with Energy Materials

Duke engineers and materials scientists are discovering and designing new materials to meet energy demands for a more sustainable future

8/2/21 Duke Translation and Commercialization

Tyrata Automated Tire Monitoring Safely Extends Bus Tire Life by 12%

GoDurham bus system saves $1,000 annually per vehicle with Tyrata’s IntelliTread tire monitoring system

8/2/21 Duke Engineering

‘Network of Networks’ to Advance International Efforts for Sustainable Materials

Duke-led INFRAMES initiative will connect researchers across fields and nations to build the collaborations and resources needed to study the sustainability of

7/27/21 Duke Engineering

Setting Boundaries Helps Machine Learning Find One-in-a-Trillion Solutions

New “neural-adjoint” machine learning method can help researchers find optimal solutions in extremely large design spaces such as dielectric metamaterials for c

7/26/21 Center for International and Global Studies

An Exciting Step Towards a Shared Research-Policy Agenda in "Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining"

Stakeholders from academia, NGOs, industry, government, and international organizations convene to identify the most pressing questions in the ASGM sector

7/26/21 Duke Nicholas School of the Environment

New Tests Can Detect Tiny but Toxic Particles of Coal Ash in Soil

DMI member Heather Stapleton is among scientists at Duke University who have developed a suite of four new tests that can be used to detect coal ash contamination in soil with unprecedented sensitivity

7/26/21 Duke Engineering

Catching Waves

QA with ECE professor and metamaterials pioneer, Steve Cummer