Rate of Change
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A podcast from Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering, dedicated to the ingenious ways that engineers are solving society's toughest problems
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Mar 14, 2023
Resonance
She’s an analyst. He’s an algebrist. She loves displays of unbridled creativity; he has journaled every day for thirty years. Between the two of them, Duke power couple Ingrid Daubechies and Robert Calderbank have changed the way society shares and processes information.
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Feb 20, 2023
The Inescapable Need for Freedom
Duke Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science professor Adrian Bejan escaped the Iron Curtain to pursue his dreams. Listen to discover how his freedom led him to formulate constructal theory, which connects physics to evolution through the freedom of change.
Transcript available at https://pratt.duke.edu/about/news/podcast/inescapable-need-freedom
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Dec 1, 2021
The Chemical Detective
What’s in our drinking water? Duke professor of civil and environmental engineering Lee Ferguson uses non-targeted analysis to gather clues about chemical contaminants, making it possible to identify them and trace them back to their points of origin.
Transcript available at pratt.duke.edu/about/news/podcast/chemical-detective
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Nov 17, 2021
Reversing Bone Loss Due to Osteoporosis
Current drugs for osteoporosis can only slow or stop progression of bone loss. What’s gone is gone. Duke University Professor Shyni Varghese has built a new molecule that rebuilds bone—and may transform osteoporosis treatment.
Transcript available at https://pratt.duke.edu/about/news/podcast/reversing-bone-loss-due-osteoporosis
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Oct 20, 2021
How Re-engineered Ketchup Packets Are Saving Babies Worldwide
Duke Biomedical Engineering Professor Emeritus Bob Malkin and a string of undergraduates have built a program to deliver anti-HIV medication to birthing mothers in rural settings around the world
Transcript available at https://pratt.duke.edu/about/news/podcast/re-engineered-ketchup-packets-saving-babies
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Oct 6, 2021
Turning Photons into Soundwaves
Duke Biomedical Engineering professor Junjie Yao has helped pioneer the field of photoacoustic imaging, which uses light and sound to create detailed and informative biological images of everything from a single cell to an entire body.
Transcript available at https://pratt.duke.edu/about/news/podcast/turning-photons-soundwaves
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Nov 20, 2020
In the Kitchen with NanoMine
If discovering and designing next-gen materials is like cooking, Duke engineer Cate Brinson is writing the materials cookbook.
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Oct 29, 2020
How to Catch COVID-19
If the last year has shown us anything, it’s that fast and accurate diagnostic tests are key for helping to control the spread of a dangerous disease. In this episode, Duke BME’s Ashutosh Chilkoti and his PhD students explain how the lab’s signature diagnostic platform is being modified to quickly and accurately detect COVID-19.
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Oct 15, 2020
The Blind Spots in Our Biomedical Data
Between measuring our activity levels, heart rate and sleeping schedules, today’s smart watches seem to give us a better picture of our overall health. Duke BME’s Jessilyn Dunn explores the endless potential—and hidden limitations—of this data.
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Sep 29, 2020
Safe Hygiene for Everyone, Period
Women and girls are disproportionately affected when access to safely managed sanitation is lacking. Duke ECE engineer Sonia Grego wants to change that.
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Sep 15, 2020
Reclaiming Water from Waste
Washing our hands with soap and running water for at least twenty seconds helps prevent the spread of pathogens. For areas of the world where water is scarce, ECE faculty member Brian Stoner and his colleagues at WaSH-AID are reclaiming usable water from an unlikely source.
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Sep 2, 2020
Of Potholes and Budget Holes
A conversation with Henry Petroski on the current state of disrepair of America’s roads and bridges, why fixing them may require unpopular politics, and what the future might hold for their improvement
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Sep 7, 2019
The World's Coolest T-Shirt
Po-Chun Hsu is developing textiles that heat and cool at the individual level—a scaled-back approach to climate control that could help curb emissions in the U.S.
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Sep 7, 2019
Scratch-Made Muscle
Duke professor of biomedical engineering Nenad Bursac is learning how muscles can recover from injury, by using stem cells to create new muscles from scratch.
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Sep 4, 2019
Opening The Black Box
Cynthia Rudin is a professor of computer science and electrical and computer engineering at Duke University, and a harsh critic of using black box algorithms in high-stakes decisions.
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Sep 3, 2019
End Transmission
Duke professor David Katz works at the intersection of biomedical engineering and reproductive health. His research informs efforts to prevent the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases—most notably human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV.
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Sep 2, 2019
Air Quality, Quick and Dirty
Air pollution in India degrades everything from cultural heritage sites like the Taj Mahal to solar energy production. Duke civil and environmental engineering professor Mike Bergin is trying to fill in some of the knowledge gaps about what the pollution is and where it comes from, to better manage its effects.
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Aug 28, 2019
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Rate of Change is a new podcast from Duke Engineering, dedicated to the ingenious ways that engineers are solving society's toughest problems.
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