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JUNE/JULY 2025

All stories in this issue of the Pratt Blueprint are from the 2025 DukEngineer Magazine. Take a look at what Duke Engineering has been up to the past year through the eyes of our students!

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Engineering Humanitarian Aid

See how students and faculty in multiple programs are working to help those suffering from humanitarian crises.

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Reprogramming First-Year Computing

Get an inside look at how Genevieve Lipp is reimagining the way coding is taught by focusing on process and showing how coding is applicable to every engineering discipine.

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Predicting the Rise of Ghost Forests in NC

Join a Climate+ project as it builds a data mining algorithm capable of connecting satellite imagery data to levels of salinity in coastal rivers to help prepare for the effects of climate change.

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From Student-Athlete to Startup Founder

Find out how former Duke football running back Jaylen Coleman has taken lessons learned in two Duke Engineering degrees to launch a 3D-printed sign business.

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Seeding a More Sustainable Future

Join students in the first Master of Engineering in Climate & Sustainability Engineering cohort as they share their experiences in this new and unique program.

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Computational and Digital Health

Learn how Duke Engineering's newest center led by Professor Amanda Randles will apply data-driven approaches to enhance disease diagnosis, treatment and prevention.

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Focusing Mechatronics on Medicine

See how new Duke Engineering faculty member Joanna Bertram is bringing interdisciplinary, fine-movement robotics research to the school's growing expertise in all things robotics.

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Growth of the MedBlue Incubator

Learn how, with the continuous growth of the entrepreneurial and research spirt at Duke, the MedBlue Incubator (MBI) space serves at the forefront of helping faculty translate their innovative ideas into a viable business.

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Tenting is Better with Engineers

Take an inside look at one engineering student’s journey tenting in Duke’s famous K-ville over four years. You might just be surprised to discover who all drops in on the community from time-to-time!

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Fighting Imposter Syndrome

Join international visiting student Annie Ming Kowalik in her reflections on her experiences as a woman in engineering growing up and coming to Duke.

in other news

  • Brinnae Bent is a co-lead of a newly funded Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Collaborative aimed at society-centered AI.  
  • Boyuan Chen was named to the ASME Mechanical Engineering Magazine Watch List. 
  • Ken Gall’s startup restor3d raised $38 million in growth capital to accelerate its expansion and innovation in personalized orthopedic solutions. 
  • Michael Gehm’s and Joel Greenberg’s startup Quadridox has licensed an additional portfolio of Pratt-developed technologies based on the rapid simulation of X-ray images. 
  • Leanne Gilbertson is co-leading a Multiyear Interdisciplinary Hub focused on critical minerals that are vital for global and domestic economies, the energy transition, and national security. 
  • John Hickey received an Early Career Research Grant from the Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP). 
  • Heileen Hsu-Kim is the lead of a newly funded Interdisciplinary Graduate Education Collaborative aimed at information science and engineering for the public sector. 
  • Tony Huang won the 2025 ASME Per Brüel Gold Medal. 
  • Lisa Huettel completed the ELATES at Drexel program, designed to promote senior faculty in leadership for academic STEM fields. 
  • David Mitzi was awarded the 2025 William R. Cherry Award by the IEEE. 
  • Fletch Rydell, a rising ECE/CS senior, was named a 2025 Faculty Scholar, the highest honor given by the university faculty to undergraduate students. 
  • Pratt’s ECE Department launched a new minor and concentration in software engineering. 
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Advancing Environmental Impact

Last month, more than 1,000 attendees from around the globe came together at Duke Engineering for AEESP 2025, a week dedicated to advancing environmental research for societal impact.

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“The language we use is not helping people understand. What would you think the 100-year storm means? It doesn’t mean that a storm happens every 100 years. It represents the statistics: Every year there’s a 1 percent chance.”

—SARA OLIVER

on how Duke experts are helping communities
deal with extreme climate disasters

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