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New Devils 2027: Isabella Peralta
9/21/23 Duke Today

New Devils 2027: Isabella Peralta

Meet first-year student Isabella “Isa” Peralta, who plans on studying biomedical engineering but could also see herself as a "space doctor"

Never Stop Exploring
9/20/23 Pratt School of Engineering

Never Stop Exploring

From rainforest travels to lab course facilitation and design, senior BME lab administrator Margaret (Maggie) Gatongi never passes up an opportunity to learn

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Sonia Bansal: Creating a Community of Support in the Classroom
9/5/23 Pratt School of Engineering

Sonia Bansal: Creating a Community of Support in the Classroom

New faculty member Sonia Bansal aims to develop courses that will give students foundational skills and practical engineering experiences they need to succeed

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Growing Triple-Decker Hybrid Crystals for Lasers
8/31/23 Pratt School of Engineering

Growing Triple-Decker Hybrid Crystals for Lasers

Collaboration between Duke and Purdue explores the fabrication and optoelectric characterization of multilayered perovskites

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This Week in AI: Experiments, Retirements, and Extinction Events
8/7/23 TechCrunch

This Week in AI: Experiments, Retirements, and Extinction Events

BME Professor Daniel Reker's research using "active learning" to identify weaknesses in a machine learning dataset such as too many of one type of input is included in a weekly roundup on advances in AI.

Easing Hand Grips and Perfecting Needle Insertions
8/3/23 Pratt School of Engineering

Easing Hand Grips and Perfecting Needle Insertions

Two First-Year Design engineering student teams received $5,000 grants from the VentureWell E-Team Program to further develop projects designed in class