Duke’s Pratt School of engineering is a vibrant teaching and
research institution focused on educating and exploring the frontiers
of engineering in a hands-on, cross-disciplinary learning environment.
A Pratt education is built on a foundation of partnership and shared
commitment between students and faculty.
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 Pratt 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 degrees majoring in biomedical engineering, civil and environmental
engineering, electrical and computer engineering, mechanical engineering and
materials science. We also offer a professional master's in engineering management
degree.
Pratt and the 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, 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 2007 semester, Pratt's faculty included 94 tenure-track individuals,
5 professors of the practice, and 13 research professors. We have 1,110 undergraduates
and 449 graduate students.
Faculty Awards and Recognition in 2007-2008:
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Early Career Award
- 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 & 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 & 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:
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Early Career Awards
- 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 2005-2006:
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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
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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:
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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
Society Leadership and Recognition
- SRC Invention Recognition Award — Hisham Z. Massoud
- Edward F. Obert Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers — Adrian Bejan
- Fellows of the Acoustical Society of America — Robert Clark, Qing Huo Liu
- Member of the Physics Resources Policy Committee of the American Institute of Physics— Nan Jokerst
- Associate editor of the Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power— Kenneth Hall
- Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering – Lori Setton
- Associate editor for the ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering— Karl Linden
- Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers — Qing Huo Liu
- Fellow of the World Innovation Foundation — Jeff Glass
- Member of the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board — Henry Petroski
- Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize, American Society of Civil Engineers — Henri Gavin
- Editor,Water Resources Research— Amilcare Porporato
- Member of the Executive Committee of Integrated Land-Ecosystem-Atmosphere Project
of the IGBP — Roni Avissar
- Society of Women Engineers Achievement Award— Kristina Johnson
- Biomedical Engineering Society Distinguished Service Award— Robert Plonsey
- Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society— Roger Barr, Robert Plonsey, Mort Friedman
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
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Faculty Awards and Recognition in 2003-2004
- 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
Summer Tour Schedule 2008
All tours begin in the atrium of the Fitzpatrick Center, at the
bottom of the staircase on the first level. The atrium side of the
Fitzpatrick Center contains the SMIF, the DiVE, and the Duke Interactive Studio. Please be sure you are in this location at the bottom of the
stairs (and NOT at the bottom of the stairs next to Twinnie's Cafe).
Park in the visitor parking section of the Bryan Center PGIV Parking
Garage. Print out these directions to take with you.
Tours are NOT offered on the weekends, and reservations are NOT
necessary. The Pratt tour schedule allows visitors the opportunity to
attend both the University tour, as well as the Pratt tour--which lasts
approximately 45 minutes. The summer tour schedule begins on
May 19, 2008 and runs through June 20th and June 30th through August 6th. The tours will be on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday @ 10:30 a.m. during this time.
Fall Tour Schedule 2008
All tours begin in the atrium of the Fitzpatrick Center, at the
bottom of the staircase on the first level. The atrium side of the
Fitzpatrick Center contains the SMIF, the DiVE, and the Duke
Interactive Studio. Please be sure you are in this location at the
bottom of the
stairs (and NOT at the bottom of the stairs next to Twinnie's Cafe).
Park in the visitor parking section of the Bryan Center PGIV Parking
Garage. Print out these directions to take with you.
Tours are NOT offered on the weekends, and reservations are NOT
necessary for Monday through Friday tours. The Pratt tour schedule allows visitors the opportunity to
attend both the University tour, as well as the Pratt tour--which lasts
approximately 45 minutes. The summer tour schedule ends on August 6th. Summer tours are on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10:30 a.m. during this time.
The Fall 2008 schedule begins on Monday, August 25th and runs through Friday, December 5th. Tours are Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 11:30 a.m. and Tuesday and Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. Please Check back for the Spring 2009 schedule.
Because we rely on the expertise of our students, tours will not be taking place on the following dates:
- Monday, May 26th (Memorial Day Holiday)
- Monday, June 23rd through Friday, June 27th (End of Summer Session 1 and Finals)
- Friday, July 4th (Independence Day Holiday)
- August 7th through August 22nd (end of Summer Session 2 and Finals; Interim and Freshman Orientation)
- Monday September 1st (Labor Day Holiday)
- Friday, October 10th through Tuesday, October 14th (Fall Break, tours will resume on Wednesday, October 15th)
- Wednesday, November 26th through Friday, November 28th (Thanksgiving Holiday, tours will resume on Monday, December 1st)
- Monday, December 9, 2008 through Monday, January 12, 2009 (Holiday Break, check back in December for the Spring 2009 tour schedule)
Questions about tours can be directed to Lupita Temiquel-McMillian at 660-5573 or lupita.mcmillian@duke.edu or Tamika Charles at 660-5386.
Questions about regular university tours can be directed to the Admissions Office at 919-684-3214.
