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Engineering Classes Move Online
3/24/20 Pratt School of Engineering

Engineering Classes Move Online

Duke Engineering faculty members are quickly innovating new ways of delivering their coursework at a distance

Nina Sherwood and Emma Zhang at microscope
A Day of STEM for Girls
3/10/20 Pratt School of Engineering

A Day of STEM for Girls

FEMMES capstone event offers hands-on activities—from practicing lifesaving techniques to learning how the human brain works

students gather around an electron microscope at Duke University
Finding Your Place in Research
3/1/20 Pratt School of Engineering

Finding Your Place in Research

Master's students stress the importance of doing homework on research labs before deciding to join one

A closeup view of a piece of metal machinery
Infinite Opportunities: Pratt Research Fellows
3/1/20 Pratt School of Engineering

Infinite Opportunities: Pratt Research Fellows

The Pratt Research Fellows program offers juniors the opportunity to pursue valuable research experience for three semesters and a summer

Versatility of Machine Learning
3/1/20 Pratt School of Engineering

Versatility of Machine Learning

David Carlson is helping colleagues across campus use machine learning in their own fields of expertise while removing the “black box” from the equation

What’s in North Carolina’s Drinking Water?
2/10/20 Pratt School of Engineering

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

Claudia Gunsch's group
Engineering Microbial Communities
1/31/20 Pratt School of Engineering

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