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A small tablet in a dish. The small tablet can be placed under the tongue where it immediately dissolves and delivers the vaccine into the body Featured

November 28, 2022 | Duke Engineering

Tablet-Based Vaccine Prevents Urinary Tract Infections in Mice

Quick-dissolving tablet shows long-lasting protection from bacteria that causes UTIs

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February 03, 2022 | Duke Engineering

A Fun, Free Crash Course on How Modern Materials Shape Our World

Interdisciplinary Duke researchers present virtual seminars on how biomaterials, AI, sustainable and energy materials, and metamaterials address societal problems

Duke Marine Lab boat

February 01, 2022 | Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment

Five Duke Engineering Students Named Repass-Rodgers Scholars to Study Marine Conservation Technology

The student-scholars benefit from small seminar sizes, intensive mentoring, and hands-on work at the Duke Marine Laboratory developing new marine conservation technology.

Duke neural engineering

February 01, 2022 | Duke Health

Expanding the Armamentarium of Surgical Options for Epilepsy, Movement Disorders

Cameron McIntyre and other Duke neural engineers are developing innovative technologies for awake deep brain stimulation and advancing interneuron transplantation research

Podocyte Models

January 25, 2022 | Duke Engineering

Gene Expression Could Ring Early Kidney Disease Alarm

Stem cell model helps researchers identify potential biomarkers and therapeutic targets for early kidney disease

Junjie Yao

January 24, 2022 | Duke Engineering

Yao Receives NSF CAREER Award to Monitor the Brain Using Photoacoustic Imaging

Competitive five-year grant will help Junjie Yao develop new imaging technologies to explore how oxygen consumption influences brain function

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January 24, 2022 | SPIE

Vo-Dinh Wins 2022 SPIE President’s Award

Award presented to an individual who has rendered a unique and meritorious service of outstanding benefit to the Society

Gregg Trahey

January 20, 2022 | Duke Engineering

Gregg Trahey Named a Fellow of IEEE

Trahey was cited for his contributions to improve imaging methods and technology used in medical ultrasound

A woman on a Zoom call holding a medical colostomy bag

January 12, 2022 | Duke Research Blog

LowCostomy: the Low-Cost Colostomy Bag for Africa

An EGR 101 project looks to engineer a low-cost colostomy bag for use in under-resourced Sub-Saharan Africa

Jessica Shah

January 07, 2022 | Duke Engineering

Jessica Shah Selected as Pratt Research Fellow

Shah, an undergraduate student in the Musah Lab, will explore how to create improved models of kidney disease

Jonathan Viventi

January 05, 2022 | Duke Engineering

Jonathan Viventi Receives $7 Million to Engineer Flexible Brain Interfaces

In three separate projects, Jonathan Viventi will explore how to optimize electrode arrays to improve neuroscience research, enable better neural prostheses and study epilepsy after brain injuries