CEE,Fellows NewsJanuary 22, 2008
Liza Crabtree, a Pratt Undergraduate Research Fellow and civil and environmental engineering major, is working to understand the flaws that can develop in so-called stimulus-responsive hydrogels. These ‘smart gels,’ which look essentially like Jello, can be made to undergo dramatic transformation in response to changes in their surroundings, including pH and temperature. Thanks to those unique abilities, hydrogels are now poised to become integral mechanical components and sensors in the increasingly tiny devices of the ...
December 5, 2007
This article is part of Summer Stories, a special, online issue of Dukengineer Magazine, in which students wrote about their experiences in the Summer of 2007 during their time away from Duke.
by Lee Pearson, BME/CEE ‘08
“Viva Peeeruuu!” the perfect stranger yelled to me with Pisco on his breath as he threw his arm around my back and we proceeded to walk towards the concert stage. It was July 27th, the night before the Independence Day ...
February 1, 2007
Civil and environmental engineering major Nicole Axelrod’s research as a Pratt Undergraduate Research Fellow could lead to improvements in the design of devices meant to limit damage to sensitive equipment during an earthquake.
In the laboratory of CEE Professor Henri Gavin, Axelrod works on simulated versions of the ISO-Base™ Seismic Isolation Platform, a commercially available product made by the southern California-based company WorkSafe Technologies. The platform consists of a steel ball sandwiched between two load-bearing plates ...
April 15, 2005
By Gabriel Chen, written in 2005
Exotic landscapes are not always distant and unapproachable. In 2002, just before the beginning of his sophomore year, Chris Einmo spent a summer in Montenegro, the heart of the Mediterranean, divided from Italy by the Adriatic Sea. Part of the former Yugoslavia, this republic is only an hour flight from Rome or Budapest, and one hour and a half from Zurich.
Einmo, a senior majoring in civil and environmental engineering, ...
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