In the News

October 12, 2021 | phys.org

Cell Pouch

dragonfly

March 25, 2021 | Duke Engineering News

Vardhman and his DraBot

Electronics-free DraBot uses air pressure, microarchitectures and self-healing hydrogels to watch for changes in pH, temperature and oil

October 31, 2019

Vardhman Kumar Passes BME Preliminary Exam

Congrats to our favorite engineer for passing his Preliminary Examination on route to completing his thesis! We are so proud of you.

August 22, 2019 | Duke Engineering News

New Pharmaceutical Target Reverses Osteoporosis in Mice

Varghese Lab shows that activating the adenosine receptor A2B not only halts but reverses bone deterioration in mouse models of osteoporosis.

August 20, 2019 | Duke BME

2nd Annual Biomaterials Seminar Presentations

Congratulations to Jasper and Anna for their excellent research presentations at the Annual Duke BME Biomaterials Seminar!

August 14, 2019

First PhD Proposal at Duke!

Congratulations to Jasper Zeng for completing his thesis proposal. The last link connecting UCSD to Duke has set the bar high!

June 7, 2019 | Korea University

Another Alumnus Becomes Faculty

Fellow PhD Alumni Heemin Kang has joined Korea Univeristy's Department of Material Science and Engineering as an Assistant Professor. Congrats Heemin this is well deserved!

Bioengineered skeletal muscle tissues

May 25, 2018 | DukEngineer Magazine

Advancing Medicine through Stem Cell Research

Shyni Varghese joins the Duke Engineering faculty, splitting her time between medicine and engineering while seeking to impact the medical world.

cartoon looking glass

October 12, 2017

Research openings

We have multiple openings for smart and motivated individuals across all fields of science, engineering, and medicine to join our multidisciplinary team as undergraduate researchers, graduate students, or postdocs.

November 18, 2016 | Duke Engineering News

Shyni Varghese: Making Miniature Models of Muscles, Bones and Tumors

New faculty member Shyni Varghese brings tissue-on-a-chip and bone-healing technologies to Duke.