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March 15, 2021 | Duke Engineering News
Twisting, Flexible Crystals Key to Solar Energy Production
Researchers show how shapes and movements of halide perovskites create desirable renewable energy properties

January 21, 2021 | Duke Engineering News
Construction Transforms Campus—and Students
Three Duke Engineering undergraduates gained real-world engineering experience—and helped make the Wilkinson Building a reality—as interns with the Skanska construction team

November 18, 2020 | Duke Engineering News
Four Duke Engineers Recognized as Most Cited
Four Duke Engineers are included in the most highly-cited list this year. Their scholarly publications are viewed as important and influential by their peers.
November 17, 2020 | Duke Engineering News
Cooling Fabrics Fight Climate Change, As Well As Sweat
Duke engineers are developing comfortable textiles that reduce demand for air conditioning

October 13, 2020 | Duke Engineering News
Chiral Ingredients Split Electron Spins in Hybrid Semiconductors
Adding left- or right-handed organic molecules to hybrid perovskite semiconductors may offer a path toward spintronic computing

December 16, 2019 | Duke Engineering News
Understanding How Energy Travels Through Turbulence
Theoretical and computational study shows that "eddies" squeezing themselves are mostly responsible for transferring energy to smaller scales in turbulent flows

November 18, 2019 | Duke Engineering News
Organic Sandwiches Create Quantum Wells for Next Generation Electronics
Computational models created by Duke Engineers help researchers probe the properties of a new class of hybrid perovskite materials
September 26, 2019 | Duke Engineering News
National Science Foundation Awards $970,000 to Duke University and Partners to Improve Access to Global Energy Data
A $970,000 grant aims to conceptualize a new public platform to create an open knowledge network for high-priority energy data

September 25, 2019 | Duke Engineering News
Machine Learning Finds New Metamaterial Designs for Energy Harvesting
Design would enable thermophotovoltaic devices that convert waste heat to electricity

August 27, 2019 | Duke Engineering News
David Mitzi wins 2020 ACS National Award for Chemistry of Materials
Mitzi recognized for revolutionary materials science work in energy applications