Duke Engineers Awarded 24 Major Externally Funded Graduate Fellowships
Highly competitive national awards will help new and returning BME graduate students and post-docs conduct exciting research
Electrical & Computer Engineering
The Future is Bright
We envision—and create—technologies that improve our society in inclusive, equitable and privacy-preserving ways. Having launched ambitious companies and research centers in quantum computing and edge computing, we aren’t afraid to swing for the fences. We aim to equip our students with the skills and knowledge to be leaders in forward-thinking fields— people who recognize the critical role emerging technologies will play in shaping the world.
Duke ECE
is home to 11 major externally funded centers—representing more than $130 million dollars of investment in technologies ranging from machine learning to quantum computing
ECE Faculty
Jason Amsden
Associate Research Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Tyler K Bletsch
Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
John A. Board
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Donald Jon Boulia
Adjunct Instructor in the Engineering Graduate and Professional Programs
Kyle Bradbury
Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
David J. Brady
Michael J. Fitzpatrick Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Photonics
Martin A. Brooke
Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Kenneth R Brown
Michael J. Fitzpatrick Distinguished Professor of Engineering
Robert Calderbank
Charles S. Sydnor Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
David Carlson
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
H. Craig Casey
Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Boyuan Chen
Assistant Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Tingjun Chen
Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Yiran Chen
John Cocke Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Xiang Cheng
Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Steven A. Cummer
Associate Chair, William H. Younger Distinguished Professor of Engineering
Mary “Missy” Cummings
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Stefano Curtarolo
Edmund T. Pratt Jr. School Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Julia Darcy
Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Juan Matias Di Martino
Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Emily Edwards
Associate Research Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Adel F Fahmy
Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Farshad Firouzi
Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Aaron D. Franklin
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Addy Professor of ECE
Jeffrey Glass
Hogg Family Director of Engineering Management & Entrepreneurship, Professor of ECE
Stefan M Goetz
Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Maria Gorlatova
Nortel Networks Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Joel Alter Greenberg
Associate Research Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Sonia Grego
Associate Research Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Michael Richard Gustafson
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Associate Professor of the Practice of ECE
Andrew Douglas Hilton
Director, Innovation in Computing Education, Professor of the Practice in the Department of ECE
Tony Jun Huang
William Bevan Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Lisa Gresham Huettel
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education, Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. School Professor of the Practice of ECE
William T. Joines
Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Nan Marie Jokerst
J. A. Jones Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jungsang Kim
Schiciano Family Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Alexander Y. Kozhanov
Associate Research Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Kyle Jon Lafata
Thaddeus V. Samulski Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology
Hai “Helen” Li
Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clare Boothe Luce Professor
Genevieve Lipp
Director, First-Year Computing Program, Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of ECE
Natalia Litchinitser
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Paolo F Maccarini
Associate Research Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Boyla Octavie Mainsah
Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jordan Milton Malof
Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Peter N. Marinos
Professor Emeritus of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Iman Marvian
Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Maciej A Mazurowski
Associate Professor of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics
Maiken Mikkelsen
James N. and Elizabeth H. Barton Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Christopher R Monroe
Gilhuly Family Presidential Distinguished Professor
James Morizio
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Xiaoyue Ni
Assistant Professor of the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Loren W. Nolte
Professor Emeritus in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Douglas Nowacek
Randolph K. Repass and Sally-Christine Rodgers University Distinguished Professor of Conservation Technology in Environment and Engineering
Steven Noyce
Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Miroslav Pajic
Director of Master’s Studies, Professor in the Department of ECE
Javier Pastorino
Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Henry Pfister
Jeffrey N. Vinik Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Afsaneh Rahbar
Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Galen Reeves
Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Michael Reiter
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
Christ D Richmond
Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Andrew Rindos
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Brian M Rogers
Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Cynthia D. Rudin
Gilbert, Louis, and Edward Lehrman Distinguished Professor
Guillermo Sapiro
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
David R. Smith
Associate Chair, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of ECE
Adrienne Stiff-Roberts
Associate Dean for Community-Based Innovation, Professor of ECE
Brian R. Stoner
Research Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Stacy L. Tantum
Bell-Rhodes Associate Professor of the Practice of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Vahid Tarokh
Rhodes Family Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Kishor S. Trivedi
Hudson Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Patrick Wang
Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Blake Shaw Wilson
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences
Rabih Younes
Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies, Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of ECE
Michael Zavlanos
Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Latest Duke ECE News
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Professor Steve Cummer says, “There is way more going on in thunderstorms than we ever imagined. As it turns out, essentially all big thunderstorms generate gamma rays all day long in many different forms.”
Most Tropical Lightning Storms Are Radioactive
New observations from a retrofitted U2 spy plane reveal a surprising amount and variety of gamma radiation is produced in large tropical thunderstorms