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Walter Neal Simmons

Gendell Family Professor of the Practice
Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
309 Hudson Hall, Box 90300, Durham, NC 27708-0302
309 Hudson Hall, Box 90300, Durham, NC 27708

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Professor of the Practice in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science · 2017 - Present Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Pratt School of Engineering

Recent Publications


A Portable Negative Pressure Isolation System as a Solution to Minimize Exposure of Health Care Providers to Infectious Pathogens.

Journal Article Am Surg · August 2022 The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the exposure of many surgeons and healthcare providers (HCPs) to disease given high patient loads and limited availability of negative pressure rooms. For these reasons we pursued the development of a portable patient ... Full text Link to item Cite

Evaluation of a Novel Single-Use Flexible Ureteroscope.

Journal Article J Endourol · June 2021 Introduction: A novel single-use flexible ureteroscope promises the optical characteristics and maneuverability of a reusable fourth-generation flexible ureteroscope. In this study, the LithoVue Single-Use Digital flexible ureteroscope was directly compare ... Full text Link to item Cite
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Recent Grants


High Sensitivity Low Cost Solid State Neutron Detection

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by US Department of Homeland Security · 2014 - 2019

DMREF: GOALI: Collaborative Research: High-Throughput Simulations and Experiments to Develop Metallic Glasses

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2014 - 2018

An Assessment of Working Channel Damage by the FlexivaTracTipTM Holmium Laser Fiber

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Boston Scientific Corporation · 2015 - 2017

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Education, Training & Certifications


Duke University · 2001 Ph.D.
Bucknell University · 1998 B.S.E.