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Isabel Ruffin received the Daphne Chang Memorial Award for the best undergraduate research thesis

Undergraduate student Isabel Ruffin received the Duke Physics departmental award for her outstanding research accomplishments. Ruffin received the Daphne Chang Memorial Award which is given to the best undergraduate research thesis each year.

2019 ALCC Program Supports 10 Research Teams with 4M Node-Hours at NERSC

Each year, the DOE Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research’s (ASCR’s) Leadership Computing Challenge (ALCC) program awards computing time at ASCR’s high performance computing centers at Lawrence Berkeley, Argonne, and Oak Ridge National Laboratories to scientists from industry, academia…

Ruffin Awarded Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Ms. Isabel Ruffin was awarded the Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Physics and Biophysics and the Dean’s Summer Research Fellowship.

Rubinstein Wins 2019 Soft Matter and Biophysical Chemistry Award

Congratulations to Prof. Rubinstein on receiving the 2019 Soft Matter and Biophysical Chemistry Award by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)!

The Long Overdue Science of Phlegm

UNC School of Medicine and Duke University researchers show why coughing can't force mucus free from airways to help people battle cystic fibrosis and chronic bronchitis, and how new treatments could alter mucus to make coughing more therapeutic

Rubinstein Interview: Tackling Global Issues-Soft Matter: Material for the Future

Hokkaido University’s research magazine series named “Tackling Global Issues” was published in March 2018. This magazine series focuses on research contributing to the resolution of global issues such as an aging society, environmental pollution and resource shortages.

Rubinstein Serves as Leader of the U.S. Unit at the Global Station for Soft Matter

Global Station for Soft Matter (GSS) was established in April 2016 at the Hokkaido University in Japan to further the development of soft matter. GSS is an international research hub in collaboration with ESPCI ParisTech and Duke University and so forth.

Rubinstein Named 2018 Bingham Medalist of the Society of Rheology

Michael Rubinstein recognized for advancing fundamental understanding of complex fluid flows