Left: Support from engineering alumni helps our students turn ideas into reality through groups dedicated to areas like race car design, autonomous robotics, architecture, engineering outreach and service learning.
Right: Middle school students learning about science and engineering at specialized summer camps sponsored by Duke.
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The mission of this Association shall be to advance the cause of Engineering education, to promote the interests of and loyalty for the Duke University School of Engineering, and to promote a spirit of cordiality, mutual acquaintances, good fellowship and communication among the members of the Association.
June 19, 2008
Residence hall/laboratory receives state's first platinum LEED rating
DURHAM, NC -- The Home Depot Smart Home at Duke University, a 10-person student residence hall for green living and learning, has achieved a top-level platinum standard for its design from the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED rating system. The building becomes the first in North Carolina to achieve that standard.
LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design.
The 6,000-square foot-residence, designed by students and advisers, earned 59 ...
May 8, 2008
DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering has received a gift of $5 million from an anonymous donor to establish a new undergraduate curriculum that will encourage students to think critically about problems that lack obvious solutions, like those they will encounter after graduation, President Richard H. Brodhead announced Wednesday.
The planned curriculum will be open to undergraduates from all majors.
“Duke’s strategic plan, ‘Making a Difference,’ calls for investments in programs that help students ...
April 5, 2008
DURHAM, N.C. -- In a meeting in Cary Saturday with leaders of the local Indian community, Duke University President Richard H. Brodhead announced the school has established a fellowship in memory of slain Duke graduate student Abhijit Mahato.
The Abhijit Mahato Memorial Fellowship will provide financial support to a Duke international graduate student who is studying engineering, with preference given to a student from Mahato’s native country of India.
In a letter to Mahato’s parents, Brodhead noted ...
April 2, 2008
DURHAM, N.C. -- Three Duke University students have been selected for Goldwater Scholarships in science, mathematics and engineering for the 2008-09 academic year.They were among 321 sophomores and juniors chosen on the basis of academic merit from a field of 1,035 mathematics, science and
engineering students nationwide. Three of Duke’s four nominees were selected. The award provides up to $7,500 toward annual tuition and expenses.
Duke’s Goldwater Scholars are Mark Hallen, Nicholas Patrick and engineering student Daniel ...
March 25, 2008
When the severe drought in North Carolina precluded his scheduled monsoon rainwater project, Bob Malkin was forced to devise an alternative experience for his Design for the Developing World course.
In an attempt to simulate on the personal level the experience of poverty, he asked his students to live on $2 a day, just as billions of people around the world do. While the costs of lodging, heat and other utilities were not included in the ...
