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Martha Monserrate found her calling in the most unlikely place, a former toxic waste dump. Monserrate was working at the infamous Love...
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Gene Goodson grew up around cars. From the age of 12, he spent his summers helping out in his father’s automobile dealership, doing...
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As the principal of a newly approved charter school in poverty-stricken East Austin, Texas, John Armbrust, ’04, knows the challenges he...
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Duke engineers won big at the Startup Open competition during Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) 2011 in Boston. The team included two...
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On November 4, Duke’s Pratt School of Engineering unveiled a new awards wall honoring the 23 alumni and faculty who have been elected to...
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Huyen Tran, MEMP ‘09 graduate and Co-Founder of women's fashion line, AmareSinh, is using her MEM degree in an interesting and unexpected...
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When Todd Stevens (MEMP ’06) was a graduate student at the Pratt School of Engineering, he never imagined himself building defense...
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The lights are up, the cameraman is ready. Only five seconds to check makeup and review notes before going live in front of a major...
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As a self-professed nerd in college, Richard Alfonsi (ECE ’93) is now probably at the coolest place there is to work – Google – and in...
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For most of his life, Danal Blessis was rooted to the East Coast of the U.S. He lived in North Carolina since the sixth grade, graduating...
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When Duke alumni fondly recall memories from their undergraduate years, such recollections invariably include impromptu games of Frisbee on...
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DURHAM, N.C. -- Two engineering alumnus--Bill Hawkins and Ali Saaem--were named to join the Duke University Board of Trustees on July 1,...
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Civil engineer Kristen Boswell, who graduated from Duke’s Pratt School of Engineering in 2006, earned her Professional Engineer (PE)...
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I had the opportunity to interview Evan Kereiakes (MEMP Class of 2007) regarding his internship with the National Economic Council, where...
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Having a father as a welder and farmer as well as several uncles in construction as superintendents, contractors, brick masons and...
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From systems analyst to bread baker, Abraham Palmer is doing it all on his own.
The former Pi Kappa Phi president and Pep Band trumpet...
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After graduating from Duke in May 2007 with a triple major in Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Economics, Andrew...
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Normally when Duke students think of Study Abroad, Pratt is not the first thought that comes to mind. Finishing all of those engineering...
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By Lyndsey Morgan
Service is a key word in the life of Shah Anil Shah. From receiving the Student Service Award during his career in Pratt...
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By Lyndsey Morgan
Advice to Duke Students from Pratt alumnus Herbie Bohnet: Work hard, have fun.
This is apropos advice coming from...
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By Lyndsey Morgan
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By Lyndsey Morgan
Since graduating in 2005 with a degree in mechanical engineering, Noel Bakhtian has been living the life of an academic....
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Fifty or so years from now, the world’s tallest building could likely be about two feet shorter.
That may not seem like much for a...
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Durham, NC -- J. Stephen Simon, chair of the Board of Visitors for the Pratt School of Engineering and a former director and senior vice...
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Wouldn’t it be cool if an aerospace structure, such as an unmanned drone like the Predator, could continually monitor all its...
