Biomedical Engineering
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Consistently ranked as one of the top biomedical engineering programs in the nation, the Biomedical Engineering Department at Duke University provides a superior interdisciplinary research and education environment that prepares graduates to be leaders in the integration of engineering and biology for the detection and treatment of human disease. A unique aspect of the program is the integration of research and education. Over two-thirds of the undergraduates are involved in independent study research projects. Current research activities of the department include biomechanics of cells and hard and soft tissues, cellular and biosurface engineering, electrical activity of the heart and brain, medical imaging systems, and medical informatics. Collaborations exist with many Medical Center departments, the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, and the Center for In Vivo Microscopy.
Faculty and students have access to state-of-the-art resources that include the Tissue Properties and Orthopaedic Laboratory; the Optics and Biosensors Laboratory; the Ultrasonic Laboratories; the Center for In Vivo Microscopy; the Cardiac Stimulation and Simulation Laboratory and the Experimental Electrophysiology Laboratory, and the Cellular and Molecular Imaging Laboratory.
Civil & Environmental Engineering
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The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is pursuing diverse research and educational activities to improve the fundamental health and safety of society. These activities occur across three focus areas: Materials, Structures and Geo-systems; Hydrology and Fluid Dynamics; and Environmental Process Engineering.
Students develop skills in engineering analysis, design, technical communication, and teamwork, while pursuing knowledge in engineered and natural materials, structures, transport phenomena, water resources, hydrology, fluid dynamics and chemical and biological processes for waste treatment and water purification. In addition to conducting innovative research, students in the department also have the ability to apply that academic preparation to assist in improving the constructed and natural environments in which we live.
Electrical & Computer Engineering
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Electrical and computer engineering is a broadly based engineering discipline dealing with the processing, control, and transmission of information and energy by making extensive use of electrical and electromagnetic phenomena, systems theory, and computational hardware and software. The Department also encourages students and faculty to develop synergies with disciplines outside of engineering, such as medicine and the life sciences. Duke undergraduates participate in independent study, a semester abroad, and a degree program with a second major. Electrical engineers complete second majors in biomedical engineering, computer science, physics, mathematics, economics, and public policy studies. Additional interests such as pre-medicine, pre-law, business, other engineering disciplines, art, music, psychology, and social sciences can be accommodated.
ECE faculty members are actively involved in advanced research and teaching in all major areas of electrical and computer engineering. The Department houses several research centers, and promotes graduate and undergraduate curriculum innovation. It is the driving force behind the Pratt School's Strategic Initiative in Photonics and Communications, and a major participant in the Materials Engineering and Materials Systems initiative, as well as several other focus programs. In addition to its own advanced, completely networked computing equipment, the Department has networked access to the resources of the North Carolina microelectronics, supercomputing, and communications centers in nearby Research Triangle Park. Specialized laboratories are devoted to machine intelligence, signal processing, visualization, optoelectronics, computer architecture and digital systems, design automation technology, electromagnetics, molecular beam epitaxy, and an instructional integrated circuit fabrication facility.
Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
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Departmental faculty are engaged in research and education over a wide range of topics in the broad disciplines of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science. This research is innovative and well funded. Educational programs are benefited by the scholarly activities of the faculty and provide many special student opportunities. Research topics currently active in mechanical engineering include adaptive structures, acoustics, aerodynamics, controls, dynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and thermodynamics. A flexible curriculum allows undergraduates a variety of double majors in both other engineering disciplines and the sciences.
Research facilities include a microparticle and cell manipulation laboratory, a fully instrumented anechoic chamber, a wind tunnel, a shock wave lithotripsy facility, electron microscopy and x-ray diffraction equipment, and specialized laboratories in controls, robotics, adaptive structures, dynamic systems, and positron annihilation spectroscopy. Computer support includes fully networked workstations and interconnection with the supercomputing facilities at the Microelectronics Center of North Carolina. Departmental faculty, staff, and students collaborate regularly with researchers from other departments in engineering, physics, chemistry, biology, the basic medical sciences, medicine, and environmental studies, as well as with a number of industry and government laboratories. Active topics in research and education in materials science are centered around soft wet materials and nanostructures as well as electronic materials and the use of positron annihilation methods in materials evaluation. The soft wet materials research effort has recently achieved a major advance in drug delivery.
A number of international exchange arrangements are in place, including extensive interchange with the Max Planck Institute/Halle, where a former faculty member is a co-director. A Duke University in Romania program is directed by a member of the department, and a member of our department was invited by the government of Singapore to participate in a review of proposed new educational initiatives. An upcoming international conference on turbomachinery will be hosted at Duke under the leadership of another departmental faculty member.
Master of Engineering Management Program
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The Master of Engineering Management Program is an interdisciplinary professional program that integrates management, technology, and a practical internship to produce tomorrow's technology leaders. The one-year program is a hands-on, applied master's degree program designed to give graduates a rapid start to careers in technical management. Applicants must have completed either an engineering or science bachelor degree program.
Offered with the support of Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and the School of Law, the management curriculum includes business law, finance, marketing, and management with an emphasis on technology management and entrepreneurship.
Students customize their curriculum by choosing technical electives in core engineering disciplines of biomedical engineering, civil engineering, computer engineering, electrical engineering, environmental engineering, mechanical engineering or material science; interdisciplinary fields such as photonics, biomaterials or nanomaterials; or technology management topics, such as operations management, project management or engineering entrepreneurship.
The curriculum is complemented with a seminar series featuring entrepreneurs and industry leaders who discuss the current challenges they are facing in the area of technology management. In the complex, competitive world of technology driven industry, skilled engineers who understand the essential principles of business and law have a tremendous competitive advantage.