Duke’s Pratt School of Engineering is a vibrant teaching and research institution focused on education and exploring the frontiers of engineering in a hands-on, cross-disciplinary learning environment. A Duke engineering education is built on a foundation of partnership and shared commitment between students and faculty. Our students become successful leaders, and compete with the very best students in the world for prestigious scholarships and fellowships.
The mission of the Pratt School of Engineering is to provide a rigorous engineering education for our students, enabling them to lead productive, rewarding, and ethical lives for the betterment of society. It is our vision that engineering students and faculty will be catalysts for generating and integrating knowledge across the disciplines required to address complex issues facing a global society.
We offer bachelor, master of science and doctoral degrees majoring in biomedical engineering, civil and environmental engineering, electrical and computer engineering, mechanical engineering and materials science. We also offer a professional Master of Engineering Management degree, and a suite of Master of Engineering degrees for students who want to pursue applied engineering roles in industry.
The Pratt School of Engineering and Trinity College of Arts and Sciences are the undergraduate schools of Duke University. We are also one of Duke’s seven graduate and professional schools and have extensive collaboration with the School of Medicine, , and the Sanford School of Public Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, School of Law, Fuqua School of Business and the Graduate School.
We are located near North Carolina's famed Research Triangle Park, named for the Triangle formed by Duke University in Durham, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University in Raleigh. The 7,000-acre Research Triangle Park, recognized internationally as a center for cutting-edge research and development, is home to more than 140 organizations and more than 100,000 employees.
As of the fall 2010 semester, Pratt's faculty included 124 faculty in five departments. We have 1,200 undergraduates and 749 graduate students.
Faculty Awards and Recognition in 2011-2012:
Faculty Early Career Awards
- National Science Foundation Early CAREER Award for Scientists and Engineers - Ben Lee
- Google Research Award - Ben Lee
- Haythornthwaite Research Initiation Grant, American Society of Mechanical Engineering, Applied Mechanics Division - Xuanhe Zhao
Research Awards
- 2011 Clemson Award for Applied Research, Society for Biomaterials - Kam Leong
- 2011 Clarke Prize, National Water Research Institute - Mark Wiesner
- New Product Award at the MCEE 2011 - Laurens Howle
Professional Society Recognition
- Fellow, American Geophysical Union - Amilcare Porporato
- Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Laurens Howle
- Honorary Fellow, Romanian Academy - Adrian Bejan
- Senior Fellow in the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas - Ana Barros
- Fellow of the Institution of Engineers & Shipbuilders in Scotland - Adrian Bejan
- Kavli Fellow, National Academy of Sciences - Chris Dwyer
- President-Elect, Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) - Mark Wiesner
- Fellow, Biomedical Engineering Society - Warren Grill
- U.S. Delegate, International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics - Linda Franzoni
Teaching Awards
- 2011 Dean's Award for Excellence in Mentoring - Farshid Guilak
- 2011 DSCD Yasundo Takahashi Education Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers Dynamic Systems and Control Division - Devendra Garg
Faculty Awards and Recognition in 2010-2011:
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Early Career Awards
- National Science Foundation Early CAREER Award - Lingchong You
- National Science Foundation Early CAREER Award - Chuan-Hua Chen
- 2010 Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Award - Rebecca Willett
- DARPA Young Faculty Award - Chuan-Hua Chen
- 2011 International Union of Applied Physics Young Scientist Prize in Computational Physics - Stefano Curtarolo
- Department of Energy Early Career Research Award - Heileen Hsu-Kim
Teaching Awards
- Klein Family Distinguished Award - Jonathan Protz
- Lois and John L. Imhoff Distinguished Teaching Award - Daniel Sorin
- Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research - Gregg Trahey
- Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Advising - Devendra Garg
Research Awards
- 2011 Award for Spectrochemical Analysis from the American Chemical Society - Tuan Vo-Dinh
- 2011 ASME Lyapunov Award - Earl Dowell
- Plasma Science Achievement Award, IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society - Tom Katsouleas
- 2011 Clemson Award for Contributions to the Literature, Society for Biomaterials - Ashutosh Chilkoti
- 2010 Clemson Award for Basic Research in Biomaterials, Society for Biomaterials - William Reichert
- 2011 Celebration of Engineering Technology Award (CETI) from FIATECH - Matt Reynolds
- NIH Merit Award - Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse Imaging of Cardiac Tissue - Gregg Trahey
- NIH Merit Award - Innovations in Shock Wave Lithotripsy Technology - Pei Zhong
- Stansell Family Distinguished Research Award - Nimmi Ramanujam
Professional Society Recognition
- Fellow, Institute of Physics - Stefano Curtarolo
- Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Pei Zhong
- Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics - Kenneth Hall
- Fellow, American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering - Gabriel Lopez
- Nicolas Andry De Bois-Regar, Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons - Farshid Guilak
- Fellow, IEEE - Steve Cummer
- Senior Member, Association for Computing Machinery - Chris Dwyer
- Chair, NIH Neurotechnology Study Section - Warren Grill
Faculty Awards and Recognition in 2009-2010:
Early Career Awards
- Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) - Adrienne Stiff-Roberts
- Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) - Chris Dwyer
- National Science Foundation Early CAREER Award - Andrey Khlystov
- 2009 IEEE Early Career Award in Nanotechnology - Adrienne Stiff-Roberts
Teaching Awards
- Capers & Marion McDonald Mentoring & Advising Award - Krishnendu Chakrabarty
- Capers & Marion McDonald Teaching and Research Award - David Katz
- Lois and John L. Imhoff Distinguished Teaching Award - Robert Malkin
- Klein Family Distinguished Teaching Award - Joseph Nadeau
- U.S. Green Building Council’s Green Building Curriculum Recognition Award for 2009 - Duke Smart Home Program
- Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Conference Information Technology Corporate Award - Dina Requena
- 2009 James M. Robbins Excellence in Teaching Award, National Chi Epsilon – Joseph Nadeau
- Distinguished Alumni Award, Indian Institute of Technology in Roorkee - Devendra Garg
- Samuel DuBois Cook Award - Gary Ybarra
Research Awards
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science - Mark Wiesner
- Fellow of the Optical Society of America, Nimmi Ramanujam
- Fellow, Optical Society of America - Adam Wax
- Fellow, International Photonics Society (SPIE) - Adam Wax
- Michael J. Fitzpatrick Professor of Engineering - David Brady
- Lord-Chandran Professor of Engineering - Richard Fair
- Stansell Family Distinguished Research Award - Kam Leong
Professional Society Recognition
- President, Biomedical Engineering Society – George Truskey
- President of the American Institute of Hydrology – Miguel Medina
- Fellow of the Optical Society of America - Nimmi Ramanujam
- Senior Member, IEEE - Chris Dwyer
- Technical Expert, World Health Organization’s Technical Advisory Group on Health Technology - Robert Malkin
- Board Member, National Academies Board on Global Science and Technology - Nan Jokerst
- IEEE Golden Core Member - Krishnendu Chakrabarty
- Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Design & Test of Computers journal - Krishnendu Chakrabarty
- Distinguished Visitor of the IEEE Computer Society - Krishnendu Chakrabarty
- Board of Governors of the IEEE Council for Electronic Design Automation - Krishnendu Chakrabarty
- Editor-in-Chief of the ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems - Krishnendu Chakrabarty
- Member, 2009 DARPA Computer Science Study Group, Department of Defense - Chris Dwyer
- Editor, Biomedical Optics Express - Joseph Izatt
- NIH grant review study section for cancer nanotechnology partnership - David Needham
- Department of Defense breast cancer research program integration panel - Nimmi Ramanujam
Faculty Awards and Recognition in 2008-2009:
Early Career Awards
- Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) - Stefano Curtarolo
- National Science Foundation Early CAREER Award – Claudia Gunsch
- National Science Foundation Early CAREER Award – Chuan Hua Chen
- 2009 IEEE Early Career Award in Nanotechnology - Adrienne Stiff-Roberts
- 2008 Young Investigator Award in Experimental Science, International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering and Sciences – Stefan Zauscher
- Oak Ridge Associated Universities Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award - Chuan-Hua Chen
- Army Research Office Young Investigator Award - Chris Dwyer
Teaching Awards
- Klein Family Distinguished Teaching Award - Craig Henriquez
- Lois and John L. Imhoff Distinguished Teaching Award - Brian Mann
- Capers and Marion McDonald for Excellence in Teaching and Research - Steve Cummer
- Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Advising - Pei Zhong
- Duke University Graduate School Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring – Krishnendu Chakrabarty
- 2009 James M. Robbins Excellence in Teaching Award, National Chi Epsilon – Joseph Nadeau
Research Awards
- 2008 Daniel Guggenheim Medal Award – Earl Dowell
- 2008 Technical Achievement Award, IEEE Computer Society - Kishor Trivedi
- John Booker Medal of Excellence, International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics - Tomasz Hueckel
- Bronze Medal, Army Science Conference – Stefan Zauscher, Pei Zhong
- Best Paper Award Force Protection /Survivability session, Army Science Conference – Stefan Zauscher, Pei Zhong
- Stansell Family Distinguished Research Award - Mark Wiesner
- Best paper award, 2008 Association for Computing Machinery Conference on Ubiquitous Computing - Matt Reynolds
Professional Society Recognition
- President, Biomedical Engineering Society – George Truskey
- President of the American Institute of Hydrology – Miguel Medina
- Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Farshid Guilak
- Norm Augustine Award for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Communications, American Association of Engineering Societies – Henry Petroski
- Distinguished Member, American Society of Civil Engineers – Henry Petroski
- Forensic Engineer of the Year 2008, ASCE Technical Council on Forensic Engineering – Henry Petroski
- Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering - Robert Malkin
- Fellow of the Optical Society of America - Joseph Izatt
- Fellow of the IEEE – David Brady
- Distinguished Member of the Association for Computing Machinery - Krishnendu Chakrabarty
- Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science – Krishnendu Chakrabarty
- Fellow of the IEEE – Krishnendu Chakrabarty
- Golden Core Member, IEEE Computer Society - Krishnendu Chakrabarty
- Distinguished Overseas Young Scholar, National Science Foundation of China – Qing Liu
- Senior member of the IEEE - Lisa Huettel
- Diplomate of the American Academy of Water Resources Engineers – David Schaad
- Inaugural chair, Nanotechnology Study Section at the National Institutes of Health - Ashutosh Chilkoti
- Chair of the Optical Society of America Image Sensing and Pattern Recognition Group – David Brady
- Representative to the United States National Committee on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Acoustical Society of America (ASA) – Linda Franzoni
Faculty Awards and Recognition in 2007-2008:
Early Career Awards
- Office of Naval Research Young Investigator – Brian Mann
- 2008 Young Investigator Award from the International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering and Sciences - Stefan Zauscher
- Young Investigator award, International Association for Computational Mechanics - John Dolbow
- National Science Foundation CAREER award - Jeffrey T. Scruggs
- National Science Foundation CAREER award - Romit Roy Choudhury
Society Recognition and Research Awards
- Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers – Tod Laursen
- Distinguished Member, American Society of Civil Engineers - Henry Petroski
- Senior Member, IEEE – Daniel Sorin
- Fellow, American Meteorological Society – Ana Barros
- Fellow, IEEE – Krishnendu Chakrabarty
- Fellow, IEEE – William Joines
- 2008 Daniel Guggehneim Medalist - Earl Dowell
- Spirit of St. Louis Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineering - Earl Dowell
- Fellow, American Institute of Biological and Medical Engineering – Craig Henriquez
- Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Memorial Lectureship Award, International Council of Aeronautical Sciences in Anchorage - Earl Dowell
- President, Biomedical Engineering Society - George Truskey
- Stansell Family Distinguished Research Award - Piotr E. Marszalek
- Fellow, SPIE - Joseph Izatt
- 2008 Donald Q. Kern Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers - Adrian Bejan Fluid Science Research Award, Institute of Fluid Science - Adrian Bejan
- Devendra P. Garg Award for Intelligent Systems, American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Devendra Garg
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Advisory Committee - Warren Grill
- Chair, Nanotechnology Study Section, National Institute of Health - Ashutosh Chilkokti
Teaching and Mentoring Awards
- Duke 2007-08 Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award – Henri Gavin
- Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring – Martha Absher
- American Council on Education Fellowship – Monty Reichert
- Klein Family Distinguished Teaching Award – Wanda Krassowska
- Lois and John L. Imhoff Distinguished Teaching Award - Benjamin B. Yellen
- Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research - Warren M. Grill
- Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Advising - Joseph A. Izatt
- Duke 2008 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring - Justin Jaworski
Faculty Awards and Recognition in 2006-2007:
Early Career Awards
- Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering - Lingchong You
- National Science Foundation Early Career Development (CAREER) Award - Rebecca Willett
- National Science Foundation Early Career Development (CAREER) Award - Stefano Curtarolo
- Office of Naval Young Investigator - Stefano Curtarolo
- Office of Naval Research Young Investigator - Adrienne Stiff-Roberts
Society Leadership and Recognition
- American Academy of Nanomedicine Program Committee - David Needham
- American Academy of Nanomedicine Board of Directors - David Needham
- Chair, 24th North American Conference on Molecular Beam Epitaxy - April Brown
- Member, FDA Cellular, Tissue and Gene Therapies Advisory Committee - Farshid Guilak
- Chair, Joint Tribology Conference - Josiah Knight
- Editorial Board, Journal of Neural Engineering - Warren Grill
- Member, National Science Board panel on Retention Rates in Undergraduate Engineering - Kristina Johnson
- Chair, NIH Computer Modeling Review Group - Mort Friedman
- Associate Editor, Nanomedicine - David Needham
- Chair, Program Review, Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University - Mort Friedman
- Member, Defense Advanced Resaerch Projects Agency Computer Science Study Panel - Rebecca Willett
- Co-editor, Constructal Theory of Social Dynamics - Adrian Bejan
- Elected to American Philosophical Society - Henry Petroski
- Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Henry Petroski
- Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - Gary Ybarra
- Fellow of the American Heart Association - Mort Friedman
- College of Fellows of the American Institute of Biological and Medical Engineering - Warren Grill, Joseph Izatt, and Fan Yuan
- Fellow of the International Society for Optical Engineering - David Brady
Teaching, Mentoring and Research Awards
- 2007 Walter J. And Angeline Crichlow Trust Prize - Earl Dowell
- Luikov Medal - Adrian Bejan
- 2006 Inteligent Optimal Design Prize - Sylvie Lorente
- 2006 Edward J. Hoffman Medical Imaging Scientist Award - Ronald Jaszczak
- Best Paper Award, 20th IEEE International Conference on VLSI Design - Krish Chakrabarty
- National Academies Keck Future Award - Warren Grill
- Spirit of St. Louis Award - Earl Dowell
- Richard Skalak Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Morton Friedman
- Stansell Family Distinguished Research Award - David Brady
- Award for Journalism, Northern Virginia Post, Society of American Military Engineers - Henry Petroski
- Scientific American 50 - David Smith and David Schurig
- Hind Rattan (Jewel of India) Award - Devendra Garg
- Duke Med Scholar - Farshid Guilak
- 2007 Boston University College of Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award - Warren Grill
- Best Paper for 2006, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering - Morton Friedman and Healther Himburg
- Van C. Mow Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Lori Setton
- Klein Family Distinguished Teaching Award - Kathryn Nightingale
- Lois and John L. Imhoff Distinguished Teaching Award - Joseph Nadeau
- Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Teaching and Rsearch - Earl Dowell
- Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Advising - George Truskey
Faculty Awards and Recognition in 2005-2006:
Early Career Award:
- Presidential Early Career for Scientists and Engineers - Silvia Ferrari
- American Academy of Nanomedicine Young Investigator Award - Stefan Zauscher
- Beckman Young Investigator Award - Jingdong Tian
- National Science Foundation Early Career Development (CAREER) Award - Adrienne Stiff-Roberts
- National Science Foundation Early Career Development (CAREER) Award - Jungsang Kim
- National Science Foundation Early Career Development (CAREER) Award - Sule Ozev
Society Leadership and Recognition:
- Expert panel member, International Physiome Project - Mort Friedman
- Expert panel member, NIH's Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases - Lori Setton
- National Academies, Keck Futures Initiative Program Committee for "Smart Prosthetics: Exploring Devices for the Body and Mind - Warren Grill
- National Institutes of Health, Instrumentation and Systems Development Study Section in Center for Scientific Review - William Reichert
- U.S. National Committee for the UNESCO International Hydrology Program - Ana Barros
- National Institutes of Health: Nanotechnology and Nanoscience Special Emphasis Panel - Piotr Marszalek
- Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering - Ashutosh Chilkoti
- Senior Member of the IEEE - Warren Grill
- Member, National Research Council Biomolecular Materials and Processes Committee - David Needham
- Delegation Member, U.S. State Department/National Academies Global Developments in Emerging Science and Sensor Networks 2005 - Nan Jokerst
- Member of the International Geosphere Biosphere Program (IGBP), Integrated Land Ecosystem-Atmosphere Processes Study - Roni Avissar
- Vice-Chair, Microscopy and OCT Technical Group, Optical Society of America's Science and Engineering Council - Adam Wax
- Marshall Urist Award for Excellence in Tissue Regeneration, Orthopedic Research Society - Farshid Guilak
- Chairman of the Membership and Education Services Council, Optical Society of America - Adam Wax
- Editorial Board of Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing - Warren Grill
- Global Indus Technovators Awards for 2005 - Nimmi Ramanujam
- Board of Governors, IEEE Engineering Management Society - Brad Fox
- 2005 Quadrennial Defense Review - Jonathan Protz
- Board of Directors, International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) - Kristina Johnson
- Director, Boston Scientific Corp. - Kristina Johnson
- Editorial Board of Bioinspiration & Biomimetics - Robert Clark
- Editor in Chief, NanoBiotechnology Journal - Tuan Vo-Dinh
- Member, Model Expert Group of the Americas - Andrew Schuler
- Fellow, Electrochemical Society - Hisham Massoud
Teaching, Mentoring and Research Awards:
- Descartes Award, European Union - David R. Smith
- Washington Award - Henry Petroski
- 2006 Electronics and Photonics Division Award of the Electrochemical Society (ECS) - Hisham Massoud
- 2005 Department of Defense Cleanup Project of the Year - Larry Carin
- 2005 International Crime Analysis Association Research Award - Silvia Ferrari
- 2005 Benjamin Franklin Key Award - Benjamin Yellen
- 2005 Rayleigh Lecturer, American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Robert Clark
- Chandran Research Award for Molecular Imaging in Neuro-oncology - Ashutosh Chilkoti
- Chancellor's Medal, Louisiana State University - Farshid Guilak
- Klein Family Distinguished Teaching Award - Henri Gavin
- Stansell Family Distinguished Research Award - David R. Smith
- Lois and John L. Imhoff Distinguished Teaching Award - John Board
- Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research - Adam Wax
- Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Advising - Linda Franzoni
- Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Advising - David Schaad
- Leading at Duke, Outstanding Volunteer Advisor - David Schaad
- University of Michigan School of Engineering's Alumni Society Merit Award - Gregg Trahey
- University of Southern California 2006 Alumnus Award in Academia - Nan Marie Jokerst
Faculty Awards and Recognition in 2004-2005:
Early Career Awards
- National Science Foundation Career Award — Silvia Ferrari
- National Science Foundation Career Award — Daniel Sorin
- R. H. Gallagher Young Investigator Award, U.S. Association for Computational Mechanics — John Dolbow
- Wallace H. Coulter Foundation 2005 Early Career Award — Adam Wax
Teaching, Mentoring and Research Awards
- Catalyst for Institutional Change Award, Quality Education for Minorities Network — Monty Reichert
- Klein Family Distinguished Teaching Award — Donald Bliss
- Stansell Family Distinguished Research Award — Ashutosh Chilkoti
- Lois and John L. Imhoff Distinguished Teaching Award – Larry Bohs
- Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research — Leslie Collins
- Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Advising — Michael Gustafson
- Duke Graduate School Dean’s Award for Excellence in Mentoring — Monty Reichert
Service Awards
- P.M. Ku Meritorious Award, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers — Josiah Knight
- Pratt Distinguished Service Award – Hadley Cocks
Awards from Previous Academic Years
Faculty Awards and Recognition in 2003-2004
- National Science Foundation CAREER Award - Adam Wax
- National Science Foundation CAREER Award - Andrew Schuler
- 2004 Ragnar Granit Prize - Robert Plonsey
- Fellow of the Optical Society of America - David Brady
- Office of Naval Research Young Investigator - Silvia Ferrari
- Biomedical Engineering Society Distinguished Service Award - Morton Friedman
- 2003 ASME Edwin F. Church Medal for Distinguished Service to Mechanical Engineering Education - Devendra Garg
- Klein Family Distinguished Teaching Award - Lisa G. Huettel
- Society of Women Engineer's Achievement Award - Kristina Johnson
- Stansell Family Distinguished Research Award - Karl Linden
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Henry Petroski
- President of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society - Roger Barr
- Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering - Barry Myers
- Editor-in-Chief, North American, Journal of Biomechanics - Farshid Guilak
- Member of National Institutes of Health's Bioengineering, Technology and Surgical Science Section - Laura Niklason
- Board of Director, World Council on Biomechanics - Lori Setton
- Steering Committee, North Carolina Tissue Engineering Interest Group - Lori Setton
- Permanent Member, National Institutes of Health, Skeletal Biology and Regeneration Study Section - Lori Setton
- Dean's Award for Excellence in Mentoring, Duke Graduate School - Lori Setton
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Henry Petroski
- 2004 Institute Research Institute Maurice Holland Award - Jeff Glass
- Invited participant National Academy of Engineering 10th Annual Frontiers in Engineering Symposium - Robert Clark
- Invited participate Japan-America 4th Annual Frontiers in Engineering Symposium - Robert Clark
- Member of National Institutes of Health’s Biomedical Imaging Technology Study Section - Gregg Trahey
Faculty Awards and Recognition in 2002-2003
- Women in Technology International (WITI) Hall of Fame – Kristina M. Johnson
- Board of Directors of the Biomedical Engineering Society – George Truskey
- President-elect of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society – Roger Barr
- Orthopedics and Musculoskeletal Study Section in the Center for Scientific Review – Lori Setton
- 2003 Ellwood Award from FACCT, the Foundation for Accountability – Professor Emeritus William (Ed) Hammond
- Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II – Krishnendu Chakrabarty
- Electrochemical Society Award in Solid State Science and Technology – Richard Fair
- National Science Foundation Early Career Award from the Division of Materials Research – Stefan Zauscher
- QEM (Quality Education for Minorities) Catalyst for Institutional Change Award – Martha Absher
- Delegate to the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering – Mort Friedman
- Outstanding Engineering Educator Award of the Eastern North Carolina section of IEEE – Gary Ybarra
- ASME Board of Governors Recognition Award for Accomplishments as Chair of the Board of Director of the International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) of the ASME – Robert Kielb
- Board of Director of the International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) of the ASME – Kenneth Hall
- 2003 Electrochemical Society Award in Solid State Science and Technology – Richard B. Fair
- Distinguished Lecturer of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers – Adrian Bejan
- Editor-in-chief, North America, for the Journal of biomechanics – Farshid Guilak
- Duke University Diversity Award – Martha Absher
- Member of the World Council for Biomechanics – Lori Setton
- Co-chair of National Academy of Sciences/Russian Academy of Sciences committee on the Endpoints of High Level Waste and Spent Nuclear Fuel – John Ahearne
- President of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication engineers – Josiah Knight
- Chair of the U.S. National Committee of the International Union of Radio Science – Jeffrey Krolik
- Fulbright Scholar
- Member Air Force Board of Science and Technology of National Academy of Engineering – Earl Dowell
- Co-chair of Aviation R&D Steering Committee of ASME/White House OSTP Committee
- Advisory Board Member, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering – Tod Laursen
- President of the American Medical Informatics Association – W. Ed Hammond
- Chair of the Global Water Cycle Science Steering Committee, US Global Climate Research Program – Roni Avissar
- National Research Council award for outstanding contributions to hydrology – Roni Avissar
- Member of the National Research Council Committee on Radiative Forcing on Climate – Roni Avissar
