Research News
March 03, 2021 | Duke Today
Amid a Pandemic, New and Renovated Buildings Open
Mitchell Vann, the director of Facilities for the Pratt School of Engineering, knows that the Duke community will find a lot to be proud of in the Wilkinson Building.
March 03, 2021
Comparing the Swab to the Sewer
Duke pilot testing effectiveness of campus wastewater sampling to detect SARS-CoV-2, and comparing it to nasal swabs
February 04, 2021
Re-Engineering the Consumer Product Life Cycle
Duke civil and environmental engineers are working to make raw materials more sustainable and reimagining how we deal with harmful waste
October 14, 2020
Building Air Quality Infrastructure in South Asia
Duke University leads new $2 million program to improve air quality monitoring and public awareness throughout South Asia
September 21, 2020
Filling an AI and Materials Science Training Gap
Duke University awarded $3 million to develop a graduate training program at the nexus of artificial intelligence and materials science
August 09, 2020
Duke Materials Initiative Expands to Include Sustainable Materials Research
DMI adds Civil & Environmental Engineering and Environmental Toxicology faculty who research environmental impacts of materials
March 13, 2020
Barros Provides Scientific Expertise for New N.C. Climate Change Assessment
The North Carolina Climate Science Report benefits from the scientific expertise of two Duke University faculty members
February 10, 2020
What's in North Carolina's Drinking Water?
Faculty report on potential contaminants in the state's drinking water—and how they are helping us get a handle on the problem
January 31, 2020
Engineering Microbial Communities
Microbes hold promise for remediating environmental contaminants, and professor Claudia Gunsch wants to fine-tune them to do the best job possible
January 17, 2020
‘Melting Rock’ Models Predict Mechanical Origins of Earthquakes
New model accurately predicts why and how friction drops as rocks slide past one another with greater speed and undergo a phase change