News
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.
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.
March 22, 2018 | Duke Engineering News
Real-World Design
An innovative course gives first-year students early engineering experience as they work in teams to design, prototype and deliver solutions to meet real community needs
March 7, 2018 | The Chronicle
The Design POD to Host "Repair Café"
Pratt's upcoming Repair Café empowers people to pick up their own tools
March 1, 2018 | Learning Innovation
First Year Engineering Design Course Seeks Clients
If you have an idea, instructors are ready to talk with you about what makes a problem into a FYD project.
February 8, 2018 | Duke Magazine
From the President: Trying and Failing at the Pod
President Price visits the Design POD and takes his turn at seeing how a design team recreates the prosthetic arm to improve training for nursing.
November 22, 2017 | 3D Printing
A Peek into the POD
The Co-Lab went undercover and snuck over to the POD to get an inside look at the makerspace and the first semester of projects.
October 12, 2017 | Duke Research Blog
Engineering Design Pod: The Newest Innovation Center
We know the POD is outfitted and awesome. For street cred, the students say "this place is frickin’ awesome!"
August 24, 2017 | Duke Engineering News
New First-Year Design Course, Space Debut
Program part of new initiative designed to give all Duke Engineering students project- and problem-based experiences right from the start
April 28, 2017 | Duke Engineering News
Saterbak to Lead Redesign of Pratt First-Year Experience
The nationally-recognized engineering education expert will start the new program with a hands-on pilot course for 50 first-year students in this fall.