Earthquake Early Warning in Kathmandu
Duke faculty and students are working with colleagues in Nepal to give the country more warning before deadly earthquakes strike.
Engineering an Uplifting Society
For over a century, Duke has championed knowledge in service of society. Today, we meet people where they are, creating routes to prosperity through active learning, entrepreneurial ventures, and community-driven research.
Engineering Solutions, Empowering Communities
Each year, student-led teams travel around the globe to collaborate with local partners identifying critical needs, co-designing solutions, and implementing projects in the field. Duke Engineers for International Development (DEID) is an immersive program that builds real-world experience and a sense of global responsibility, preparing engineers to drive positive change worldwide.
Bringing Engineering Design to Our Communities
We are committed to inspiring the next generation of STEM leaders through intentional outreach programs led by our passionate faculty, staff, and students. Meeting students and their teachers alike where they are multiplies these efforts.
Outreach Design Education
Through collaborative projects and local partnerships, Outreach Design Education (ODE) expands access to hand-on design learning for students from underserved communities. Real-world STEM challenges build practical skills and spark curiosity, helping students envision and create the innovations of tomorrow.
InventHERs Institute
Our faculty are revolutionizing how girls and women see themselves in STEM fields. By creating a “counterspace” where everyone can authentically belong and thrive, they connect with elementary school girls and their caregivers through a three-tier mentorship model that makes STEM education a more powerful and inclusive tool for common good.
Duke Global Health Institute
Designing cancer screening tools that can be used in rural clinics. Training local engineering students how to design biomedical tools that work in their communities. Field testing sanitation solutions for billions without it in their own distinct circumstances. We work to achieve health equity for vulnerable groups and individuals around the world.
Upcoming Events
NAE Regional Conference 2026
Smarter Skies, More Resilient Systems: The Future of Commercial Aviation The National Academy of Engineering Regional Event at Duke University will convene leading experts from industry, government, and academia to […]
May 20 8:00 am-12:00 pm Fitzpatrick Center Schiciano Auditorium
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May 2
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May 4
ECE Distinguished Speaker Series: Kaushik Roy, “From Dot Products to Softmax: Computing AI Workloads Where the Data Lives”
The energy and performance limits of modern AI systems are increasingly dominated by data movement across the memory hierarchy. Compute-in-Memory (CIM) has emerged as a compelling approach to mitigate this […]
12:00 pm Teer 203
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May 5
The Human Microbiome: From Metagenomes to Therapeutics
Our research combines high-resolution computational reconstructions of the host-microbiome interactome with microbial engineering to devise innovative approaches to create new therapeutic interventions and investigate the underlying ecology of skin microbial […]
12:30 pm Nanaline Duke 147