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January 10, 2020 | Skanska
Duke University students help advance construction safety
Members of Skanska’s Durham NC team supporter first-year Duke University students as they created a solution that could one day improve safety on job sites across the world
December 18, 2019
Duke First-Year Designers Get a Lift from Skanska
The company constructing Duke’s newest engineering building challenged students to solve a tricky safety problem
December 18, 2019 | Pratt School of Engineering
Season's Greetings from where the Magic Happens!
Wishing you and your family a happy and healthy holiday season, as we engineer an outrageously ambitious 2020!
December 5, 2019 | Pratt School of Engineering
FYD Showcase: Solutions for Puffins, Nurses and More
First-year design students spent the semester developing solutions for real clients across Duke, North Carolina and beyond
September 19, 2019
SipClip receives exclusive invite to RESNA
A team's electric toothbrush attachment designed to assist those with ALS gains national attention!
September 4, 2019
'I Can Do This'—Duke’s First-Year Design Course Boosts Student Self-Efficacy
Student surveys also show improved teamwork, communication and leadership skills.
August 27, 2019 | Pratt School of Engineering
Michael Rizk: Personalizing Undergraduate Education
New faculty member Michael Rizk is the latest innovative mind to join Duke Engineering’s design education “dream team”
May 22, 2019 | Duke Forest
Engineering first-years build Mast
Duke Forest provides an update on Duke Student Activity, including how one FYD team took on the challenge of collecting and sorting mast (the fruit of forest trees and shrubs... like, acorns and nuts!).
April 30, 2019 | The Chronicle
Don't ovary-act: Lessons in design
Have you ever thought about what it takes to get a synthetic uterus through the TSA screening line at the airport? Neither had we. Design team members narrate their experiences traveling with a synthetic uterus on the way to a competition.
April 9, 2019 | Duke Engineering News
First Year, First Patent Pending
In Duke Engineering’s first-year design course, five students designed an innovative tool that helps get artwork hung just right
April 3, 2019 | Duke Engineering News
'Three Peas in the Pod' Demo Engineering Design Skills
In 11 fun and encouraging videos, three students demonstrate power tools, but always with a focus on safety.
February 5, 2019 | Duke ECE
Duke Engineering Joins KEEN Network
National network promotes 'entrepreneurial mindset' in engineering education
January 22, 2019 | Duke Today
Pratt Students Engineer a Softer, Gentler Cart Ride for Duke Libraries' Rare Books
May 29, 2018 | Duke Engineering News
Duke Engineering Design Class and Pod
From the 2018 DukEngineer Magazine, a new first-year student experience is catching positive reviews from its first semesters
April 17, 2018 | Laboratory Equipment
Collaborative spaces expand students' minds
Duke University recently repurposed several spaces to foster collaboration, support innovation and showcase design to create places that encourage students to tinker and discover.