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October 30, 2020 | Pratt School of Engineering

Introducing Engineering Concepts in a Pandemic

First-Year Design finds ways to provide real-world engineering experiences during a difficult semester

March 2, 2020

Starving the Beast

First-Years work to alleviate trash issues in Durham's local waters.

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.