Miranda Volborth

Apr 1, 2024 | pratt.duke.edu | Miranda Volborth |Ken Kingery

Learn how Lee Ferguson and other researchers across North Carolina are using a technology called mass spectrometry to protect our drinking water Since the discovery of GenX in the Cape Fear River in 2017, Lee Ferguson, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Duke University, has been a leading figure in sussing out other PFAS compounds in water supplies across North Carolina.

Dec 12, 2023 | pratt.duke.edu | Miranda Volborth

The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) announced that its newest class of fellows includes two faculty members of Duke University’s Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering: Yiran Chen and Jungsang Kim. Chen was inducted in recognition of his contributions to building novel storage and computing paradigms atop new nonvolatile memory technologies and hardware acceleration for artificial intelligence (AI).

Nov 15, 2023 | pratt.duke.edu | Miranda Volborth |Mandy Dixon

A tire tech startup hatched at Duke Engineering has fully fledged the nest to become part of one of the world’s largest tire manufacturers Duke professor of electrical and computer engineering Aaron Franklin just lost his job as chief technology officer of the company he founded six years ago, and he’s thrilled. That’s because Franklin’s company Tyrata, which uses electronic sensors to monitor tire tread wear, was acquired—along with eight employees—by Bridgestone Americas.

Oct 19, 2023 | techxplore.com | Miranda Volborth

Quantum computing and artificial intelligence (AI) might seem as distant from each other as New York and Los Angeles. But according to Duke Quantum Center (DQC) director Chris Monroe, the two subjects are practically next-door neighbors.

Oct 11, 2023 | phys.org | Miranda Volborth

For the past couple of decades, tens of thousands of people living in rural Sri Lanka have been devastated by kidney failure due to unclear causes, also known as CKDu. Similar incidences of mysterious kidney diseases have emerged in tropical farming communities around the world.