Left: Former Dean, Kristina Johnson, with students Cen Zhang, Jessica Manson, Ashley Burns, Brian Hilgeford and Danielle Hyatt in front of the Fitzpatrick Center.
Middle: Professor Roni Avissar's Helicopter Observational Platform carries specialized instruments attached to its nose and in belly pods to perform environmental observations that are missed by high-flying and fast airplanes, satellites, and balloons and sounding rockets.
Right: Pratt Fellow Chris Einmo's work includes the design and construction of a bench-scale UV reactor, photochemical experiments using toxic materials, and High Performance Liquid Chromatographic ( HPLC)-UV spectrometry analysis of samples.
About Pratt // Our School
Who We Are
Pratt's DiVE Tank
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 2006-2007:
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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
- 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 of Nanomedicine - David
Needham
- Chair, Program Review, Department of Biomoedical Engineering at Texas A&M University - Mort Friedman
- Fellow of the American Heart Association - Mort Friedman
- Member, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Computer Science Study Panel
- Rebecca Willett
- Co-editor, Constructal Theory of Social Dynamics - Adrian Bejan
- Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Henry
Petroski
- Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - Gary Ybarra
- College of Fellows of t he American Institute of Biological and Medical Engineering - Warren Grill, Joe Izatt and Fan Yuan
- Fellow of the International Society for Optical Engineering - David Brady
Teaching, Mentoring and Research Awards
- 2007 Walter J. and Angeline H. crichlow Trust Prize - Earl Dowell
- Spirit of St. Louis Award, ASME - Earl Dowell
- Luikov Medal - Adrian Bejan
- 2006 Intelligent 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 Futures Award - Warren Grill
- Richard Skalak Award, American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Mort Friedman
- Stancell Family Distinguished Research Award - David Brady
- Award for Journalism, Northern Virginia Post, Society of American Military Engineers - Henry Petroski
- Scientific American 50 - David Smith, David Schurig
- Hind Rattan (Jewel of India) Award - Devendra Garg
- Duke Med Scholar - Farshid Guilak
- 2007 Boston University College of Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award - Best Paper for 2006, ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering - Mort Friedman, Heather Himburg
- Van C. Mow Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Lori Setton, Heather Himburg
- Klein Family Distinguished Teaching Award - Kathryn R. Nightingale
- Lois and John L. Imhoff Distinguished Teaching Award - Joseph Nadeau
- Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research
- Earl Dowell
- Capers and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Advising
- George Truskey
Faculty Awards and Recognition in 2005-2006:
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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:
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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
Walking Tours
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 SoundSense room. 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. The tours will be on Monday, Wednesday and Friday @ 10:30 a.m. during this time.
Please check back for the tour schedule that will run from June 30th to August 6th. Our Fall 2008 tour schedule will be begin on August 25, 2008 and run through December 5, 2008---please check back for those details as well.
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.
Questions about regular university tours can be directed to the Admissions Office at 919-684-3214.
