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November 19, 2020 | Duke Engineering News
What Lives in the Rainforest?
In competition for the newest XPRIZE, Duke engineering students develop drone-deployed tools to inventory the plant and animal life in rainforest ecosystems
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
October 7, 2020 | Duke Engineering News
Undergraduate Duke Engineering Design Teams Win National Prizes
Signature First-Year Design course inspires students to continue refining their projects, even years later
March 2, 2020 | Duke Alumni Magazine
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 | 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 18, 2019 | Pratt School of Engineering
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 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 | Pratt School of Engineering
'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.