This is not the page you’re looking for.

We’re sorry, but that page was not found or has been archived. Please check the spelling of the page address or use the site search.

Still can’t find what you’re looking for? Contact our web team »

Learning from failure is an essential part of the engineering process.

Read stories of how we’re teaching students to develop resilience, or check out all our recent news.

Browse all news

construction site drawing with terrain lines and building footprint

4/19/23 Pratt School of Engineering

‘Embrace the Ditch,’ and Other Lessons Learned in Duke CEE’s Overture Engineering

Civil and environmental engineering students learn to design buildings within less-than-optimal parameters in a collaborative capstone course

In ECE 110L’s Integrated Design Challenge (IDC), students demonstrate mastery of sensor data acquisition and processing. 2023’s IDC is Star Wars-themed; students build small robots that collect and process data on a tabletop-sized playing field.

4/14/23 Pratt School of Engineering

Integrated Design Challenge in Duke ECE Restores Balance to The Force

On a Star Wars-themed field of play, student teams deployed small robots they had constructed

Computer image and photo of the adjustable, inexpensive and easy-to-store cradle for rare books designed by Duke Engineering first-year students.

9/4/19 Pratt School of Engineering

‘I Can Do This’—Duke’s First-Year Design Course Boosts Student Self-Efficacy

Two projects from First-Year Design course are patent-pending. Student surveys suggest the course also fosters teamwork, leadership and communication skills.

Upcoming Events

View full calendar

Nov 10

CEE Seminar – Fate and transport of PFAS in the vadose zone across scales: controlling processes, mathematical formulation, and practical modeling approaches

PFAS are emerging contaminants that have been widespread in the environment. A growing body of site investigations suggests that PFAS have accumulated significantly in soils at many contaminated sites, posing […]

12:00 pm – 12:00 pm Fitzpatrick Center Schiciano Auditorium Side B, room 1466

Nov 10

Genetic and Modifiable Factors for Age at Onset of Alzheimer’s Disease

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia. Its genetic heritability is estimated to be ~58-79% for AD risk and ~42% for age at onset (AAO). Although numerous […]

12:00 pm – 12:00 pm

Nov 10

Duke Pratt in Ireland Summer 2026 Info Session

Based in Dublin, this exciting new program offers Engineers the opportunity to spend 5 weeks studying the materials that shape modern medicine, while experiencing Ireland’s world-class engineering landscape. Program faculty […]

5:00 pm – 5:00 pm