Showing 10 results of 79 tagged “Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science”.

Dual-mode heating and cooling device testing system for solar building climate control.

Engineers Develop Heating and Cooling Device That Could Reduce HVAC energy use by nearly 20 percent

(L-R) Banks, Brinson, Calakos, Farahany, Lisberger, Permar.

Six from Duke Named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Elected by their peers for distinguished efforts to advance science and its applications

Six members of the Duke faculty have been named have been named Fellows of the American...

XIAOYUE NI

Xiaoyue Ni: Designing Smart Materials and Wearable Technologies to Improve Health

View of Hudson Hall, the home of the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science at Duke, as seen through a walkway arch of the nearby Fitzpatrick Center.

Duke Names Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science Department for Benefactor Thomas Lord

graphic representing artificial intelligence

$3 Million Grant to Help Pratt to Fill an AI and Materials Science Training Gap

Fundamental Concepts: What Is Rocket Science?

Pratt School of Engineering’s Professor Greg Twiss discusses how engineers observe the...

Three proof of concept experimental setups that use acoustic tweezers in Petri dishes. From left to right, a standing pattern for sorting, a whirlpool for concentrating, and high-frequency beam-like waves for concentration and stimulation.

Sound Waves Replace Human Hands in Petri Dish Experiments

Expedition 32 Flight Engineer Akihiko Hoshide after undergoing a generic blood draw in the European Laboratory/Columbus Orbital Facility. Duke engineers are building a robot that would replace the need for specialized astronaut training to access a vein f

Pratt Robot May Blast Off With Astronauts to Assist With Health Care

Duke researchers have developed the first gel-based synthetic cartilage with the strength of the real thing. A quarter-sized disc of the material can withstand the weight of a 100-pound kettlebell without tearing or losing its shape. By Feichen Yang.

From the Lab, the First Cartilage-Mimicking Gel That’s Strong Enough for Knees

Cartilage provides a combination of cushiony-yet-strong that hydrogels haven’t been able to match, until now

The thin, slippery layer of cartilage between the bones in the knee is magical stuff: strong...

Rohan Rajan, Kevin Peng and Mengfan Li give a presentation during a team meeting in 2019. (Photo: Milena Ozernova)

Bass Connections Team Follows a Glimmer of Hope for 'Flattening the Curve' on Climate Change Emissions