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Duke University Pratt School of Engineering

February 15, 2024

The Pratt School of Engineering is located at Duke University in the United States. The school's associated research, education, alumni and service-to-society efforts are collectively known as Duke Engineering.

Pratt School of Engineering
Established1939
Parent institution
Duke University
DeanJerome P. Lynch, PhD, F.EMI
Academic staff
156
Undergraduates1,257[1]
Postgraduates1,281
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Websitepratt.duke.edu

Research expenditures at Duke Engineering exceed $88 million per year. Its faculty is highly ranked in overall research productivity among U.S. engineering schools by Academic Analytics.[2] More than 30 Duke alumni and faculty have been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Engineering since its founding in 1964.[3]

The Pratt School of Engineering also maintains these academic departments:[4]

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Civil & Environmental Engineering
  • Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science

The school was created by Duke's Board of Trustees in 1939. It was named in 1999 following a $35 million gift by Edmund T. Pratt Jr., a 1947 graduate and former chief executive of Pfizer.[5] The Duke University Pratt School of Engineering celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2014–2015.[6]

Education edit

Undergraduate edit

Majors edit

Duke awards the Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BSE) and offers five ABET-accredited engineering majors and independent interdisciplinary options:[7]

Minors edit

Engineering minors offered at Duke include:

Certificates edit

Undergraduate engineering certificates offered by Duke include:[8]

Master's Degrees edit

Duke awards master's degrees in:[9]

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Duke’s Pratt School of Engineering entered into partnership to support technological innovation in the banking and financial services sectors. According to Jimmie Lenz, director of Duke’s Master of Engineering programs in FinTech and Cybersecurity, “...This partnership highlights the dramatic changes taking place in finance, and recognition by the FDIC of the key role Duke Engineering is playing in this dynamic environment.”[10]

Doctorate edit

Duke's Pratt School of Engineering awards PhDs in:[11]

With Duke's School of Medicine, Duke's Department of Biomedical Engineering offers a dual MD-Master of Engineering degree program.[12] Also, medical students in Duke's MD/PhD Medical Science Training Program, can earn a doctorate in an engineering discipline in partnership with Duke's Pratt School of Engineering.[13]

Doctoral Certificate Programs edit

Professional Education/Graduate Certificates edit

Standalone graduate-level certificates, intended for working professionals, are granted in:[14]

Research and Innovation edit

Duke Engineering faculty research is grouped into four signature themes:[15]

  • Data Science, Advanced Computing and Intelligent Systems
  • Materials Discovery and Development
  • Personal, Environmental & Population Health
  • Resilient Systems and the Environment

Faculty Research edit

The school's faculty research laboratories have played major roles in the development of many high-impact technologies,[16] including:

Student Research edit

More than 62 percent of all Duke engineering undergraduates report having participated in some way in research in a faculty research lab.[17]

Since July 2018, Duke engineering students have held the Guinness World Record for inventing the world's most fuel-efficient vehicle—powered by a fuel cell, it achieved 14,573 miles per gallon equivalent.[18] In 2019, Duke Engineering students earned a second Guinness World Record for the world's most efficient all-electric vehicle—797 miles per kilowatt-hour.[19]

Leadership edit

Former Deans edit

History edit

The precursor to the school of engineering dates back to 1851, when Duke was known as Normal College and located in Randolph County, North Carolina. At that time, engineering was included in a classical course for seniors. A course in engineering was introduced in 1887, eventually becoming a regular course offering in 1903. ' At that time, engineering courses were limited to such fields as architecture and surveying until 1924, when Trinity College was renamed Duke University. Engineering was taught in the new separate departments of civil and electrical engineering. In 1931, a mechanical engineering department was created. Duke's Board of Trustees created the College of Engineering in 1939, with William H. Hall its first dean.

The College of Engineering graduated its first female graduates in 1946. The next year, the three departments moved from East Campus to West Campus. It became the Duke School of Engineering in 1966. Two years later the school's first black students graduated. The Division of Biomedical Engineering was created in 1967 — the first accredited biomedical engineering department at a U.S. university — in September 1972.[21]

In 1997, the Master of Engineering Management was established.

The school was renamed the Edmund T. Pratt Jr. School of Engineering in 1999, in honor of the 1947 graduate and former CEO of Pfizer.

Facilities edit

Duke Engineering occupies more than 300,000 net square feet of educational, administrative and research space on and near the Duke campus in Durham, North Carolina.[22]

The Duke Engineering campus is adjacent to Duke University Medical Center and 10 miles from Research Triangle Park.

Pratt's faculty, labs, and courses can be found in Hudson Hall, the Nello L. Teer Engineering Building, the Fitzpatrick Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Sciences (also known as FCIEMAS), Gross Hall, the North Building, the Levine Science Research Center (also known as the LSRC) and in The Chesterfield, a former cigarette factory near downtown Durham that has been redeveloped into academic and industry research space.[23]

Wilkinson Building edit

This 150,000-square-foot building opened for classes in early 2021 with new spaces for education and research related to interdisciplinary themes of improving human health, advancing computing and intelligent systems, and sustainability.[24]

The Wilkinson Building, located at Research Drive and Telcom Drive next to Bostock Library, also houses Duke Engineering's entrepreneurship initiatives.

The building's name recognizes lifetime philanthropic and service contributions of Duke Engineering alumnus Jerry C. Wilkinson and family.[25]

Fitzpatrick Center edit

The Fitzpatrick Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Sciences (FCIEMAS) opened in August 2004. Research facilities focus on the fields of photonics, bioengineering, communications, and materials science and materials engineering. The aim of the building was to emphasize interdisciplinary activities and encourage cross-departmental interactions. The building houses numerous wet bench laboratories (highlighted by a world-class nanotechnology research wing), offices, teaching spaces, and a café.[26] FCIEMAS is also home to the Master of Engineering Management Program offices. The construction of FCIEMAS took more than three years and cost more than $97 million.

Levine Science Research Center edit

The Levine Science Research Center (LSRC) is a 341,000-square-foot (31,700 m2) facility. When it was opened in 1994, the LSRC was the largest single-site interdisciplinary research facility in the U.S. Its classrooms are shared by several departments, but the majority of its offices and laboratories are utilized by the Nicholas School of the Environment, the Pratt School of Engineering, the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience and Developmental and the departments of Computer Science, Pharmacology and Cancer Biology and Cell and Molecular Biology.[27] The building was named for Leon Levine, the CEO of Family Dollar Stores.[26]

Hudson Hall edit

Hudson Hall is the oldest engineering building at Duke, constructed in 1948. It was renamed to honor Fitzgerald S. "Jerry" Hudson (E'46) in 1992.[26]

Nello L. Teer Building edit

The Nello L. Teer Library Building opened in 1984. Located adjacent to Hudson Hall, it is now called the Nello L. Teer Building, and houses the Dean's offices, a computing lab, a circuits lab, an auditorium and a student lounge. The building's name honors Teer, its donor and a Durham, North Carolina-based builder and philanthropist.[26]

 
Hudson Hall
 
Nello L. Teer Building
 
Fitzpatrick Center
 
LSRC

Notable alumni edit

Main article: List of Duke University people

Notes edit

  1. ^ "About Duke Engineering". Duke University Pratt School of Engineering. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
  2. ^ "Duke Engineering Facts & Stats". Duke Pratt School of Engineering. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
  3. ^ "Duke Members of the National Academy of Engineering". Duke Pratt School of Engineering. May 8, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  4. ^ "Departments & Centers". Duke Pratt School of Engineering. April 2, 2012. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  5. ^ "Distinguished Alumnus, Edmund Pratt | Duke magazine". dukemagazine.duke.edu. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  6. ^ "Our History". Duke Pratt School of Engineering. January 23, 2014. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  7. ^ "Undergraduate Studies". Duke Pratt School of Engineering. March 15, 2012. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  8. ^ "Undergraduate Certificates at Duke". Duke University Pratt School of Engineering. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  9. ^ "Master's Degree Programs". Duke Pratt School of Engineering. September 6, 2017. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  10. ^ "FDIC and Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering Announce Strategic Partnership to Promote Innovation". FDIC. April 12, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
  11. ^ "PhD Programs". Duke Pratt School of Engineering. March 19, 2012. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  12. ^ "MD-Master of Engineering Dual Degree". Duke Biomedical Engineering. Duke University Pratt School of Engineering. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  13. ^ "Medical Science Training Program (MD/PhD)". Duke University School of Medicine. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  14. ^ "Online Graduate Certificates". Duke Pratt School of Engineering. May 29, 2020. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  15. ^ "High-Impact Research". Duke University Pratt School of Engineering. April 19, 2018. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  16. ^ "Research Timeline". Duke Pratt School of Engineering. October 17, 2014. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  17. ^ "About Duke Engineering". Duke University Pratt School of Engineering. March 14, 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  18. ^ "Duke students make Guinness record for world's most efficient vehicle". newsobserver. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  19. ^ "Duke students set world record with electric vehicle". ABC 11 WTVD. July 11, 2019. Retrieved September 3, 2019.
  20. ^ "Bellamkonda Named Provost at Emory; Glass to Serve as Interim Dean". February 16, 2021.
  21. ^ Biomedical Engineering Celebrates 30 Years, Pratt School of Engineering, November 2001
  22. ^ "About Duke Engineering | Location". March 14, 2012. Retrieved August 20, 2019.
  23. ^ "The Chesterfield Re-Engineered: Collaborative Space for High-Impact Discovery and Entrepreneurship Opens". Duke University. May 15, 2018. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
  24. ^ "Duke Engineering New Building". Retrieved May 23, 2019.
  25. ^ "Duke's New Engineering Building Named to Honor Wilkinson Family". Duke Pratt School of Engineering. October 15, 2020. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  26. ^ a b c d About Pratt Facilities
  27. ^ "Duke University Maps".
  28. ^ "Citation for Dr. Robert E. Fischell, member, National Academy of Engineering". National Academy of Engineering. Retrieved May 30, 2019.

External links edit

  • Official website

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reliable independent third party sources January 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message The Pratt School of Engineering is located at Duke University in the United States The school s associated research education alumni and service to society efforts are collectively known as Duke Engineering Pratt School of EngineeringEstablished1939Parent institutionDuke UniversityDeanJerome P Lynch PhD F EMIAcademic staff156Undergraduates1 257 1 Postgraduates1 281LocationDurham North Carolina United StatesWebsitepratt duke eduResearch expenditures at Duke Engineering exceed 88 million per year Its faculty is highly ranked in overall research productivity among U S engineering schools by Academic Analytics 2 More than 30 Duke alumni and faculty have been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Engineering since its founding in 1964 3 The Pratt School of Engineering also maintains these academic departments 4 Biomedical Engineering Civil amp Environmental Engineering Electrical amp Computer Engineering Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering amp Materials ScienceThe school was created by Duke s Board of Trustees in 1939 It was named in 1999 following a 35 million gift by Edmund T Pratt Jr a 1947 graduate and former chief executive of Pfizer 5 The Duke University Pratt School of Engineering celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2014 2015 6 Contents 1 Education 1 1 Undergraduate 1 1 1 Majors 1 1 2 Minors 1 1 3 Certificates 1 2 Master s Degrees 1 3 Doctorate 1 3 1 Doctoral Certificate Programs 1 4 Professional Education Graduate Certificates 2 Research and Innovation 2 1 Faculty Research 2 2 Student Research 3 Leadership 3 1 Former Deans 4 History 5 Facilities 5 1 Wilkinson Building 5 2 Fitzpatrick Center 5 3 Levine Science Research Center 5 4 Hudson Hall 5 5 Nello L Teer Building 6 Notable alumni 7 Notes 8 External linksEducation editUndergraduate edit Majors edit Duke awards the Bachelor of Science in Engineering BSE and offers five ABET accredited engineering majors and independent interdisciplinary options 7 Biomedical Engineering Civil Engineering Environmental Engineering Electrical amp Computer Engineering Mechanical Engineering Interdisciplinary Options IDEAS Minors edit Engineering minors offered at Duke include Machine Learning amp Artificial Intelligence AI Electrical amp Computer Engineering Energy EngineeringCertificates edit Undergraduate engineering certificates offered by Duke include 8 Architectural Engineering Aerospace Engineering Energy amp the Environment Global Development Engineering Materials Science amp EngineeringMaster s Degrees edit Duke awards master s degrees in 9 Biomedical Engineering Civil amp Environmental Engineering Electrical amp Computer Engineering Mechanical Engineering amp Materials Science Artificial Intelligence for Product Innovation Cybersecurity Engineering Management Financial Technology FinTech Materials Science amp EngineeringFederal Deposit Insurance Corporation FDIC and Duke s Pratt School of Engineering entered into partnership to support technological innovation in the banking and financial services sectors According to Jimmie Lenz director of Duke s Master of Engineering programs in FinTech and Cybersecurity This partnership highlights the dramatic changes taking place in finance and recognition by the FDIC of the key role Duke Engineering is playing in this dynamic environment 10 Doctorate edit Duke s Pratt School of Engineering awards PhDs in 11 Biomedical Engineering Civil amp Environmental Engineering Electrical amp Computer Engineering Mechanical Engineering amp Materials ScienceWith Duke s School of Medicine Duke s Department of Biomedical Engineering offers a dual MD Master of Engineering degree program 12 Also medical students in Duke s MD PhD Medical Science Training Program can earn a doctorate in an engineering discipline in partnership with Duke s Pratt School of Engineering 13 Doctoral Certificate Programs edit Biomolecular amp Tissue Engineering Nanoscience PhotonicsProfessional Education Graduate Certificates edit Standalone graduate level certificates intended for working professionals are granted in 14 AI Foundations for Product Innovation Business Foundations for EngineersResearch and Innovation editDuke Engineering faculty research is grouped into four signature themes 15 Data Science Advanced Computing and Intelligent Systems Materials Discovery and Development Personal Environmental amp Population Health Resilient Systems and the EnvironmentFaculty Research edit The school s faculty research laboratories have played major roles in the development of many high impact technologies 16 including Real time ultrasound imaging in clinical practice 1976 Continuous interleaved sampling strategy for cochlear implants 1991 First working invisibility cloak using metamaterials 2006 World s first gigapixel camera 2012 Student Research edit More than 62 percent of all Duke engineering undergraduates report having participated in some way in research in a faculty research lab 17 Since July 2018 Duke engineering students have held the Guinness World Record for inventing the world s most fuel efficient vehicle powered by a fuel cell it achieved 14 573 miles per gallon equivalent 18 In 2019 Duke Engineering students earned a second Guinness World Record for the world s most efficient all electric vehicle 797 miles per kilowatt hour 19 Leadership editFormer Deans edit William H Hall 1939 1953 Walter J Seeley 1953 1962 James L Meriam 1962 1969 George Pearsall 1969 1974 1982 1983 Aleksandar Vesic 1974 1982 Earl H Dowell 1983 1999 Kristina M Johnson 1999 2007 Robert L Clark 2007 2008 Thomas C Katsouleas 2008 2015 George Truskey 2015 2016 Ravi V Bellamkonda 2016 2021 Jeffrey T Glass 2021 20 History editThe precursor to the school of engineering dates back to 1851 when Duke was known as Normal College and located in Randolph County North Carolina At that time engineering was included in a classical course for seniors A course in engineering was introduced in 1887 eventually becoming a regular course offering in 1903 At that time engineering courses were limited to such fields as architecture and surveying until 1924 when Trinity College was renamed Duke University Engineering was taught in the new separate departments of civil and electrical engineering In 1931 a mechanical engineering department was created Duke s Board of Trustees created the College of Engineering in 1939 with William H Hall its first dean The College of Engineering graduated its first female graduates in 1946 The next year the three departments moved from East Campus to West Campus It became the Duke School of Engineering in 1966 Two years later the school s first black students graduated The Division of Biomedical Engineering was created in 1967 the first accredited biomedical engineering department at a U S university in September 1972 21 In 1997 the Master of Engineering Management was established The school was renamed the Edmund T Pratt Jr School of Engineering in 1999 in honor of the 1947 graduate and former CEO of Pfizer Facilities editDuke Engineering occupies more than 300 000 net square feet of educational administrative and research space on and near the Duke campus in Durham North Carolina 22 The Duke Engineering campus is adjacent to Duke University Medical Center and 10 miles from Research Triangle Park Pratt s faculty labs and courses can be found in Hudson Hall the Nello L Teer Engineering Building the Fitzpatrick Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering Medicine and Applied Sciences also known as FCIEMAS Gross Hall the North Building the Levine Science Research Center also known as the LSRC and in The Chesterfield a former cigarette factory near downtown Durham that has been redeveloped into academic and industry research space 23 Wilkinson Building edit This 150 000 square foot building opened for classes in early 2021 with new spaces for education and research related to interdisciplinary themes of improving human health advancing computing and intelligent systems and sustainability 24 The Wilkinson Building located at Research Drive and Telcom Drive next to Bostock Library also houses Duke Engineering s entrepreneurship initiatives The building s name recognizes lifetime philanthropic and service contributions of Duke Engineering alumnus Jerry C Wilkinson and family 25 Fitzpatrick Center edit The Fitzpatrick Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering Medicine and Applied Sciences FCIEMAS opened in August 2004 Research facilities focus on the fields of photonics bioengineering communications and materials science and materials engineering The aim of the building was to emphasize interdisciplinary activities and encourage cross departmental interactions The building houses numerous wet bench laboratories highlighted by a world class nanotechnology research wing offices teaching spaces and a cafe 26 FCIEMAS is also home to the Master of Engineering Management Program offices The construction of FCIEMAS took more than three years and cost more than 97 million Levine Science Research Center edit The Levine Science Research Center LSRC is a 341 000 square foot 31 700 m2 facility When it was opened in 1994 the LSRC was the largest single site interdisciplinary research facility in the U S Its classrooms are shared by several departments but the majority of its offices and laboratories are utilized by the Nicholas School of the Environment the Pratt School of Engineering the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience and Developmental and the departments of Computer Science Pharmacology and Cancer Biology and Cell and Molecular Biology 27 The building was named for Leon Levine the CEO of Family Dollar Stores 26 Hudson Hall edit Hudson Hall is the oldest engineering building at Duke constructed in 1948 It was renamed to honor Fitzgerald S Jerry Hudson E 46 in 1992 26 Nello L Teer Building edit The Nello L Teer Library Building opened in 1984 Located adjacent to Hudson Hall it is now called the Nello L Teer Building and houses the Dean s offices a computing lab a circuits lab an auditorium and a student lounge The building s name honors Teer its donor and a Durham North Carolina based builder and philanthropist 26 nbsp Hudson Hall nbsp Nello L Teer Building nbsp Fitzpatrick Center nbsp LSRCNotable alumni editMain article List of Duke University people M Katherine Banks Phytoremediation of petroleum contamination Robert E Fischell Leadership and innovation in bringing aerospace technology to implantable medical devices 28 William A Hawkins III Leadership in biomedical engineering and translational medicine Blake S Wilson Engineering development of the cochlear implant Kathryn R Nightingale Invention of Ultrasound Acoustic Radiation Force ImagingNotes edit About Duke Engineering Duke University Pratt School of Engineering Retrieved October 15 2019 Duke Engineering Facts amp Stats Duke Pratt School of Engineering Retrieved October 15 2019 Duke Members of the National Academy of Engineering Duke Pratt School of Engineering May 8 2015 Retrieved October 15 2020 Departments amp Centers Duke Pratt School of Engineering April 2 2012 Retrieved October 15 2020 Distinguished Alumnus Edmund Pratt Duke magazine dukemagazine duke edu Retrieved November 16 2018 Our History Duke Pratt School of Engineering January 23 2014 Retrieved November 16 2018 Undergraduate Studies Duke Pratt School of Engineering March 15 2012 Retrieved October 15 2020 Undergraduate Certificates at Duke Duke University Pratt School of Engineering Retrieved June 1 2021 Master s Degree Programs Duke Pratt School of Engineering September 6 2017 Retrieved October 15 2020 FDIC and Duke University s Pratt School of Engineering Announce Strategic Partnership to Promote Innovation FDIC April 12 2021 Retrieved February 1 2023 PhD Programs Duke Pratt School of Engineering March 19 2012 Retrieved October 15 2020 MD Master of Engineering Dual Degree Duke Biomedical Engineering Duke University Pratt School of Engineering Retrieved June 1 2021 Medical Science Training Program MD PhD Duke University School of Medicine Retrieved June 1 2021 Online Graduate Certificates Duke Pratt School of Engineering May 29 2020 Retrieved October 15 2020 High Impact Research Duke University Pratt School of Engineering April 19 2018 Retrieved August 7 2019 Research Timeline Duke Pratt School of Engineering October 17 2014 Retrieved November 16 2018 About Duke Engineering Duke University Pratt School of Engineering March 14 2012 Retrieved June 1 2021 Duke students make Guinness record for world s most efficient vehicle newsobserver Retrieved November 16 2018 Duke students set world record with electric vehicle ABC 11 WTVD July 11 2019 Retrieved September 3 2019 Bellamkonda Named Provost at Emory Glass to Serve as Interim Dean February 16 2021 Biomedical Engineering Celebrates 30 Years Pratt School of Engineering November 2001 About Duke Engineering Location March 14 2012 Retrieved August 20 2019 The Chesterfield Re Engineered Collaborative Space for High Impact Discovery and Entrepreneurship Opens Duke University May 15 2018 Retrieved November 9 2018 Duke Engineering New Building Retrieved May 23 2019 Duke s New Engineering Building Named to Honor Wilkinson Family Duke Pratt School of Engineering October 15 2020 Retrieved October 15 2020 a b c d About Pratt Facilities Duke University Maps Citation for Dr Robert E Fischell member National Academy of Engineering National Academy of Engineering Retrieved May 30 2019 External links editOfficial website 36 00 14 N 78 56 25 W 36 0040 N 78 9403 W 36 0040 78 9403 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Duke University Pratt School of Engineering amp oldid 1165090040, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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