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March 2012

Focus on Water Distribution in Uganda, Bridges in El Salvador
Senior Joined Engineers Without Borders Freshman Year
Pratt Senior a Researcher, and Entrepreneur
Applying Voltage Changes Surface at Will
Researchers Create Holograms with Infrared Light
Runs New Charter School in Texas
Findings Could Lead to Better Real-Life Energy Harvesters
Could Make Mag-Lev Trains More Efficient

January 2012

New Telemetry Chip Needs No Battery
. . . As Long as It Comes in a Cool Way
Will Provide Rational Guide to Elemental Combinations
Novel Nozzle Like Mini-Tornado
New Awards Wall Established
Co-founds Women’s Wear Clothing Company
Creates Models to Test Folding-Wing Aircraft
Pratt Nanoscience Research Featured in Video

November 2011

Same Technology Worked in Esophagus
Discovery Used in All Facets of Biological Research
Power Densities Can Improve as Much as Ten-Fold
Represents Unique of Translatio of Navy Research
Grant Funds Unconventional Approaches
Gives Physicians Better Information
Both Awarded EPA Star Fellowships
System Processes Waste, Kills Pathogens

September 2011

Duke Leads Four-University Program
Pratt's Effective, Simple and Low-Cost Solution
New Pratt Technologies, Scientists to Contribute
North Carolina Native Now West Coast Guy
First MEMS Faculty Member with Ph.D.
Uses a Fractal Approach
Cheered at Classic Basketball Games
Also Earning an M.B.A. Degree

June 2009

More Than 500 New Engineers Graduate
Limping Rat Provides Sciatica Insights
Duke Motorsports Finishes Its Best
Magnetic Nano-'Shepards' Organize Cells
MEM Student Brings Many Talents to the Entrepreneurial World
Novel Approach Estimates Nanoparticles in Environment
Working in the Nano World
For the First Time, Pratt Wins at WERC Contest

June 2011

$20 Million Endowment For Biomedical Engineering Research
Novel Chip Produces DNA Faster, Less Expensively
Mark Wiesner Receives the 2011 Clarke Prize
In Recognition of Contributions to the Field
Engineering Excitable Cells for Studies of Bioelectricity and Cell Therapy
Improving Engineering Communications Through Movement
More than 550 New Engineering Degrees Awarded
Novel Man-Made Material Could Facilitate Wireless Power

August 2011

Measuring Precipitation, One Drop at Time
WiFi Napping Doubles Battery Life
Novel Solar System Could Be More Efficient than Conventional Technologies
Seeing the S-Curve in Everything
New Smartphone App Automatically Tags Photos
Manipulating Light at Will
Effortless Sailing with Fluid Flow Cloak
1982 Engineering Alum

April 2011

To Dig, or Not to Dig?
From Individual Cells To Entire Bodies, Lasers Shine
New Machine Shop Open for Business
Irrigating Projects in Foreign Lands
Creasing To Cratering: Voltage Breaks Down Plastic
Pratt Students Honored for Work in Durham Community
Smart Home Named to Green Hall of Fame
New Method for Rapidly Producing Protein-Polymers

January 2011

Noninvasively Detecting Esophageal Cancer
Carrying Information Faster with Light
Novel Method for Targetting Drugs and Cells
Sneaking Spies into a Cell’s Nucleus
New Technology Gives On-Site Assessments in Archeology
Pratt Student Wins Rhodes Scholarship
Genetic Switch Underlies Noisy Cell Division
Smaller Is Better in the Viscous Zone

BME Special

Engineering for Humanity, Fun and Profit
Getting from the Lab to the Bedside
Chance Encounters Key to BME Beginning
Can Devices Solve Disorders of the Central Nervous System?
Biomedical Imaging: Not Just a Pretty Picture
Biomolecular and Tissue Engineering: New Frontiers
Bill Hawkins: Great Expectations

August 2010

Two Bubbles Better Than One
For Use in Prostate, Breast Cancers
Have Built In Suicide Switch
Officials Should Concentrate on Mercury in Freshwater
Consortium Focuses on Agricultural Lands
Like Grafting Limbs to Trunks
For At-Home Births
Cheap, Limitless Supply

Special Issue 2010

Or Super Heroes
The View from GE
Hooked on Carbon-Based Fuels
Care Tailored to the Individual
Is Nuclear Fusion in the Energy Future?
More Scientists Needed -- Fast!
Can Nuclear Risk Be Reduced to Zero?
A Much Different World Ahead

March 2010

New Breed of Scholars to Tackle Grand Challenges
Improving Health One Machine at a Time
From the Land of Superlatives Comes Super Ideas
Out of This World Achievement
Pratt Scientist Named AAAS Fellow
Understanding a Cell's Split Personality Aids Synthetic Circuits
Study to Detect Viral Infection Before Symptoms Appear
Duke, NCSU Launch National K-12 Engineering Program

January 2010

The Creeping of the Burj Khalifa
Genetically Editing Out Human Disease
Raleigh Hosts Regional Grand Challenge Summit
Next Generation Lens Promises More Control
Mystery of the Golden Ratio Explained
Secrets from High-Tech Poking
Sledgehammer Saturdays May Lead to Educational Experience
Duke Develops Nano-Scale Drug Delivery

November 2009

The Secret Behind Super Water Repellancy
Unsticking the Sticky: The Lotus’s Clever Way of Staying Dry
Diver, Chemist Joins Pratt Faculty
Smart Home Recognized for Innovations
New Strategy for Mending Broken Hearts?
Harvesting Energy from Nature’s Motions
Room's Ambience Fingerprinted By Cell Phone
When Nano May Not Be Nano

September 2009

Back in the Bicycle Seat Again
Lightning’s Mirror Image, Only Much Bigger
Capping a Two-Faced Particle Gives Duke Engineers Complete Control
How Mercury Becomes Toxic in the Environment
Novel Approach Could Improve Protein-Based Drugs
Medical Device Internship Inspires Pleatman
Learns Insider Secrets of Pharmaceutical Biz
Mystery Shopping Across Generations

August 2009

Triangles Go Underwater and Supersonic
Finding the Constant in Bacterial Communication
Why Winning Athletes Are Getting Bigger
Two Young ECE Researchers Awarded
Pratt Board of Visitors Chair J. Stephen Simon Dies
Writing on Air Is Not Pie in the Sky
Autonomous Robot Detects Shrapnel
Potential For Non-Invasive Brain Tumor Treatment

April 2009

Increased Efficiency, Solar Power Key
Need to Ween Off Carbon-Based Energy
New Ways of Delivering Drugs to the Body
More Than Engineering Needed to Solve Challenges
Keeping the Digital World Secure
Can Computers Think Like Humans?
Engineering -- the New Liberal Arts?
Swimming Pool Game Inspires Robot Detection

March 2009

Summit Draws More Than 1,000
Half of Americans See Another Country Emerging as World’s Technological Leader
Duke Grad Student Wins National Video/Essay Contest
Sophisticated Nanostructures Assembled With Magnets
New Brain Helmet Could Detect Stroke Earlier
First Step to Autonomous Breast Biopsy Robot
Buckyballs Could Keep Water Systems Flowing

February 2009

Next Generation Cloaking Device Demonstrated
Stiff-Roberts Honored for Research
Game Provides Clue To Improving Remote Sensing
Curtarolo Wins Presidential Award From Department Of Defense
Scattered Light Rapidly Detects Tumor Response to Chemotherapy
Unifying the Animate and the Inanimate
Nanotechnology, Membrane Research Goes International

December 2008

Undergrads Now Have Research Voice
A New Paradigm in Electrical Sensing
The Persistence of the Solitary Investigator
Engineering World Health to Expand
Engineering Summit at Duke in March
Start Up Challenge Begins
Senior Wins Marshall Scholarship

November 2008

Treating Third World Spine Injuries
From the Lab Bench to the Patient
Bridging the Divide between the Lab and the Marketplace
Engineering Solutions the Hands-On Way
Renovations Increase Student Opportunities
Taking the Andes Mountains into Account
New Marine Biologist Investigates How Marine Mammals Sound Off
Gold Nanostar: Shape of The Future

October 2008

Bringing Water to Peruvian Community
Internet Cafe Helps Community
Repairing Medical Equipment in Central America, Tanzania
Freshman in the Fast Lane
Teaching Farmers About Groundwater Contamination
New Director for Smart Home
Duke to Lead Nanotechnology Environmental Implication Initiative
Computer Engineer Trivedi Receives IEEE Honor

September 2008

Musical compositions and airport security have more in common than you might think.
Dowell is Guggenheim Medalist for 2008
Freezing the Epileptic Brain
Sometimes the Simplest Things Make the Biggest Difference
Techconnect 2008: Opportunity is knocking
Smart Home New LEEDer
Sustainability Fellowship Brings Together Many Disciplines
Getting to Know Dean Tom Katsouleas