Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science

the lab of Shyni Varghese, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, and Orthopaedic Surgery PhD student Vardhman Kumar

Discovery & Invention for a Better Tomorrow

If humanity is to harvest solar energy economically, make quantum computing practical and solve other grand challenges, it must develop new materials and it must design robust systems to manage autonomous machines.

Duke BME is working to enable a better tomorrow by transcending the traditional definitions mechanical engineering and materials science.

3

NSF & NIH training programs

AI for Materials Design
Biomolecular & Tissue Engineering
Surgical Technology

#20

mechanical engineering graduate program in the U.S.

U.S. News & World Report

$15M

new research awards

fiscal year 2025

83%

of Duke MEMS undergrads have jobs or offers at graduation

Exciting Areas of Engineering

Our 300 undergraduate and graduate students are studying in high-priority topics areas, including energy, aerospace, soft matter, health care, computer modeling, and autonomous machines.

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Kip Coonley
7/31 Awards

Kip Coonley Named Engineering Unleashed Fellow

Kip Coonley, a faculty member of mechanical engineering and materials science (MEMS) and electrical and computer engineering (ECE), received a fellowship to create electromechanical teaching aids.