Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Ken Hall

February 11, 2020

Hall Elected to National Academy of Engineering

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The Marszalek lab’s new magnetic tweezers setup, which was built according to specifications shared by professor Julio Fernandez (Columbia University). A microfluidic chamber functionalized with polyprotein “brushes” is imaged using an immersion oil objec

January 17, 2020

Learning How Molecules Function by Stretching and Tearing Them Apart

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Nico Hotz in his office.

December 9, 2019

Blue Devil of the Week: Powering a Love of Science

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These types of circular cracks first witnessed on the windshields of supersonic jets flying through rain forests may help researchers create better treatments for kidney stones

November 5, 2019

The Physics of Raindrops Cracking Windows May Help Demolish Kidney Stones

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A new student club brings fighting robots to the Innovation Co-Lab

October 2, 2019

Robots in the Ring: Pratt Students Battle It Out, Terminator Style

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Photo courtesy Duke Electric Vehicles

July 10, 2019

A Second World Record for Pratt Students

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With multiple fan blades spinning thousands of times per minute and air flows moving faster than the speed of sound, accurately modeling complex turbine blades is a daunting challenge

May 23, 2019

Building Faster, Safer Jet Turbines

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Faculty member Neal Simmons (far left) leads students on a tour of Cube Hydro's Badin Lake facility. Students, left to right: Uriel Salazar, Laura Perez, Sahil Mehta, Hunter McNamara, and Laura Perez. Perez will intern at Cube Hydro this summer.

May 7, 2019

Class of 2019: How Seniors Do Energy

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Researchers have created a new ‘oil and vinegar’ approach to forming nanoparticle structures. In this conceptual model, green and blue elements repel one another. Not only does this create a boundary layer where particles tend to congregate, researchers c

March 27, 2019

To Engineer New Nanoparticle Spheres, Pratt Researchers Take a Vinaigrette Approach

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December 21, 2018

The Year In Good News from the Pratt School of Engineering

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Greg Twiss checks the retrieved target to see if the robot correctly sensed the material hidden in the core

December 12, 2018

Mission Impossible? Engineering Students Take on the Challenges

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December 6, 2018

The Challenge: Controlling Drones After You Lose Communication With Them

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Julie Uchitel and Shomik Verma

December 3, 2018

Two Duke Students Win Marshall Scholarships

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A computer model of the atomic structure of one of the new carbides. The jumbled mess of carbon and five metal elements gives stability to the overall structure.

November 26, 2018

Disordered Materials Could Be Hardest, Most Heat-Tolerant Ever

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Supercomputer Predicts Optical and Thermal Properties of Complex Hybrid Materials

October 8, 2018

Supercomputer Predicts Optical and Thermal Properties of Complex Hybrid Materials

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An artistic rendition of the intriguing superionic crystalline structure of CuCrSe2, which has copper ions that move like liquid between solid layers of chromium and selenium, giving rise to useful electrical properties. Credit - Oak Ridge National Labora

October 8, 2018

Copper Ions Flow Like Liquid through the Frozen Atomic Network of a Crystal

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