Electrical and Computer Engineering

The Pratt School of Engineering's Krishnendu Chakrabarty has been a innovator in how the immense power of computing can be used for a wide variety of tasks.

June 25, 2018

Blue Devil of the Week: Harnessing the Power of Technology

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Student walks on the new Duke Kunshan University campus.

June 18, 2018

New Joint Duke, Duke Kunshan Electrical and Computer Engineering Degree Seeks to Prepare Global Tech Leaders

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Duke participants with their Makerere peers

June 11, 2018

Duke Forms a Special Relationship with the Students at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda

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One the left, a picture of the child; on the right, green dots showing the points on the face that the software detects

June 1, 2018

Mobile App for Autism Screening Yields Useful Data

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A tagged sperm whale mother with her calf, in the offshore waters of the Santos Basin, Brazil. Photo: Dave Haas, under IBAMA permit

May 17, 2018

What Happens When a Dolphin Holds Its Breath?

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An artistic representation of the new custom silicon microparticles floating in water. Each microparticle is coated or embedded with a different type of electrical component, causing them to assemble and reconfigure multiple times under varying frequencie

May 3, 2018

Custom Silicon Microparticles Dynamically Reconfigure On Demand

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Missy Cummings

May 1, 2018

Missy Cummings: 'I Don't Know How Professors Teach Without Fighter-Pilot Experience'

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Artistic representation of the new metasurface technology. Rays of light (red) bombard the silicon cylinders, changing their electromagnetic properties to precisely tune how they interact with electromagnetic waves.

May 1, 2018

Dielectric Metamaterial is Dynamically Tuned by Light

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The textile mill in Coimbatore, India, where the prototype sanitation system is being tested in a real-world setting. Photo by Shamsheer Yousaf.

April 25, 2018

Duke's Community-Based Toilet System Begins Testing in India

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New faculty members of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, from left: Nathaniel Mackey; Richard Powell; Guillermo R. Sapiro; and Fred Nijhout.

April 18, 2018

Four Faculty Members Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

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Ken Brown leads an international consortium in a new $9 million project to investigate the potential advantages of using a spectator qubit in quantum computing systems

April 16, 2018

Spectator Qubits Seek to Improve Control of Four Quantum Computing Systems

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This metamaterial surface has been engineered to perfectly and simultaneously control the transmission and reflection of incoming sound waves.

April 10, 2018

Thin Engineered Material Perfectly Redirects and Reflects Sound

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Professor Missy Cummings says driverless cars currently lack the flexibility human drivers can provide in dangerous situations.

April 9, 2018

Technological, Regulatory Innovation Needed to Ensure Safety in Autonomous Vehicle Research

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A Bass Connections project team is exploring ways to bring these energy flows to life and provoke deeper questioning of the implications of energy usage on our future.

March 29, 2018

Student-Produced Performance Illuminates Links between Energy, Technology and the Body

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A metamaterial device

March 25, 2018

Beyond Materials: From Invisibility Cloaks to Satellite Communications

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After years of work from hundreds of students, the Duke Ocean XPRIZE team has qualified for the final round of competition aimed at autonomously mapping the ocean floor

March 8, 2018

Students Advance to Finals in $7 Million Ocean Discovery XPRIZE Competition

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