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| Duke Service Learning

EGR 101 Highlighted in Service-Learning Newsletter

Engineering 101 was featured in a recent Duke Service-Learning newsletter. Click the link above to read about the "magic" that happens with STEM education meets the community.

Spring 2024 CLAMP

First-Year Design recognizes high performing student-staff with second annual CLAMP award

For the second year, the First-Year Design leadership team selected recipients of the “CLAMP” (Committed Leaders Assisting and Mentoring Peers) Award 

| Pratt Instagram

Pratt Instagram Recaps the Design Expo

From a lifting sytem for homeless shelter operations to a pitcher plant that will be used in a drama production of "Little Shop of Horrors", the Pratt Design Expo featured imaginative solutions to real-world needs in the community.    

Inaugural First-Year Design Student Awards Luncheon

The student leaders of the First-Year Design (FYD) program are essential to the EGR 101 student experience. Teaching Assistants (TAs); Writing Consultants (WCs); and LabRATS (technical lab support) are selected from a competitive interview process.

bluebird houses built by Pratt students

Engineering design in action – building a home for NC Bluebirds

The partnership between First-Year Design and the NC Bluebird Society is a win-win. Students have the chance to develop and refine woodworking skills, while supporting the mission of the Society, which is to foster the resurgence of bluebirds.

| Pratt School of Engineering

First-Year Design Director Wins Pratt Teaching Performance Award

Dr. Ann Saterbak, Director of the First-Year Design Program, has won the Pratt School of Engineering Faculty Performance Award in Duke BME. These new awards were created to recognize, encourage and reward exceptional distinction, innovation, and productivity in teaching.…

| Duke Engineering Now

FYD Projects featured in Duke Engineering Now publication

Dr. Aaron Kyle and Dr. Rebecca Simmons highlight the goals of EGR 101 projects, and showcase the end of semester poster symposium. Check out the video for footage from teams and learn more about projects from Fall 2022.

| Duke Nasher Museum

EGR 101 team helps in a pinch

First-year engineering students Rania Challita, Ahnaf Hossain, Liam Byrne, and  Ashley Huang are working togeter to create a stable storage system for chairs at the Duke Nasher Museum of Art. The full article can be found at the link above.

Dr. Michael Rizk wins 2022 Maclin Community Grant

Dr. Michael Rizk, Assistant Professor of the Practice of Biomedical Engineering, has won a Maclin Community Grant.

| Pratt School of Engineering

First-Year Design makerspaces are among top in Higher Education

Both makerspaces which host First-Year Design courses are featured in an article highlighting innovative and creative spaces on campus. The Foundry, and The Design POD function as classrooms, active offices for student orgazations such as Duke Electric Vehicles and Duke Robotics club, and…

Saterbak Wins 2022 AIMBE Professional Impact Award

Ann Saterbak, director of our First-Year Design program, and a professor of the practice in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, has won an award for her innovative and outstanding work as an engineering educator from the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (…

Dispensing Liquids into a Zero-Waste Future

For team members Rodrigo Guerreiro, James Koconis, and Kaitlyn Roegner figuring out how to dispense liquids for a zero-waste store was just a fraction of what they learned during their first spring semester.

| Duke Engineering News

Solutions for Seedling Sunburn, Runaway Trash Bins and Other Woes

First-year design teams develop solutions for real clients with real problems, like crop loss and decreased mobility

You're Invited! Fall 2021 Poster Sessions, Nov. 30 & Dec. 1

The EGR 101 (First-Year Design) poster sessions will be held throughout the day on Nov. 30 and Dec 1.

| Bass Connections

Incorporating Ethics Into Engineering

Undergraduate Reya Magan joined a Bass Connections team to help prepare the next generation of engineers for their careers. The team designed modules for Engineering 101