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E-Team & Tours

Pratt E-Team

The E-Team is composed of upper-class engineering students eager to help incoming first-year students learn the ropes of engineering at Duke.

The team’s mission is to assist first-year engineering students in their transition to Duke by creating an immediate network of support with engineering students who can answer questions, share experiences and offer advice. Below are the 24-25 E-Team members! 

Blake Brown

ME ‘25, Pre-med

Virginia Beach, VA

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 

Blue Devils vs. Cancer, 

Jewish Life at Duke

Anya Dias-Hawkins

CE ‘25, Global Engineering Certificate

Alpharetta, GA

Duke Engineers for International Development, 

Pratt Tour Guides 

Duke Initiative for Urban Studies, Undergraduate Environmental Union,

American Society of Civil Engineers

Sebi Docters  

BME/ECE ‘25

Larchmont, NY

Duke Catholic Center,

Men's Soccer Team

Jordan Haytaian

Hackettstown, NJ

Society of Women Engineers, 

Girls Who Lift

Emma Pastor Goodingham

BME ‘25,   I&E Certificate

Barcelona, Spain

Duke Women’s Soccer Club, Research in the Chilkoti Lab, Theta Tau Society of Engineering, SWE, & SHPE

Liza Goldstone

ME ‘25, I&E Certificate

Boca Raton , FL

DTech (Duke Technology Scholars),

Baldwin Scholars,

Society of Women Engineers,

Pratt Tour Guide

Carly Fowler

Cherry Hill, NJ

Duke Undergraduate Energy and Climate Club,

Momentum Dance Company,

Duke Admissions Tour Guides,

Bass Connections

B ME/CS ‘2 6, Chemistry

Pratt Tour Guide,

Duke Tour Guide,

Wellness Center Intern Undergraduate, Research Assistant, Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, 

ECE/CS ‘2 6

The Cube LLC, 

Teaching Assistant, 

Society of Women Engineers

Kate Stutheit

BME '26, Markets & Management Certificate

Davidson, NC

ESG Class President & Vice President of Academic Affairs,

James Clark Scholar,  EGR 101 TA, Theta Tau, SWE, BMES, Tour Guide/Admissions Ambassador, Pickleball

Julian Diaz-Ayala

BME '26, Chemistry minor and I&E Certificate

Director of Project S.E.E.D., Resident Assistant, 

Pratt Research Fellows

Patrick Keefe

C E '2 5,   Architectural Engineering Certificate

North Brunswick, NJ

American Society of Civil Engineers, 

Men's Club Soccer, Teaching Assistant

Easha Kuber

Duke Presidential Ambassador,

Society of Women Engineers Mentor,

Duke Tour Guide

Grace Levey

Livingston, NJ

Duke Club Ski and Snowboard,

TAMID Group, 

David Gorman

M E ‘25, Economics

Minneapolis, MN

Duke Motorsports President,  DukeEngineer Magazine Co-Editor-in Chief, American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Catherine Consiglio

BM E ‘25, I&E Certificate

Cranston, RI

Duke Tour Guide, BME Design Fellows,

Society of Women Engineers President, Office of Undergraduate Admissions Intern

Ben Underwood

Upper Arlington, OH

Teaching Assistant,

Bass Connections Research,

Duke Symphony Orchestra

Pratt engineering tours

Student-led tours of Duke's Pratt School of Engineering are available Monday-Friday. Tours depart from the Nello L. Teer Engineering Building. Reservations required and can be scheduled here (based on availability) .

Self-Guided Walking Tour 

When campus tours are full or if you plan to visit campus on your own, we encourage you to take a self-guided walking tour of Duke University's campus. Download the Duke Admissions Tour app, which is available for iPhone and Android users. You may also stop by the Undergraduate Admissions Office to pick up a campus map from our outside information box and explore campus at your own pace. Large groups are also encouraged to use the mobile tour app.

In Service to Communities

Duke Engineering is strengthening local and global connections through community-engaged research, transformative learning and impactful STEM outreach. Our mission is to serve society by turning innovation into action and making a lasting difference in the communities we serve.

Community-Engaged Research

The search for solutions shouldn’t happen in a vacuum. Our faculty and students design with the end user in mind, integrating community input to build trust and create more effective, holistic results.

Center for Global Women’s Health Technologies

From Durham to South America to Central Africa, GWHT collaborates with women of all ages, developing affordable health solutions for field implementation and inspiring interest in the sciences.

Center for Water, Sanitation, Hygiene and Infectious Disease

Initially funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Duke University Center for WaSH-AID collaborates globally to co-design pilot demonstrations for treating blackwater, greywater, and stormwater, while also developing technologies to generate health data through wastewater.

Navigating the Amazon

Duke researchers have spent decades building trust with rural Amazon communities, gaining deep insights into how the region’s evolving economy impacts the health of its people and ecosystems.

PreMiEr Engineering Research Center

Our $26 million Precision Microbiome Engineering Research Center works with local communities to understand and engineer the microbiomes in our homes, workspaces and other built environments to improve human health.

Making an Impact

Nimmi Ramanujam

Growing up in Malaysia, Nimmi Ramanujam’s prospects were limited by her gender. After a series of cancer diagnoses in Texas, she realized technology could be personal and found deeper purpose in health care, blending it with her engineering background. These experiences inspired her to establish Duke’s Center for Global Women’s Health Technologies.

Lee Ferguson

Having built a research portfolio on using mass spectrometry to identify unknown environmental contaminants, Lee Ferguson was well-prepared when high levels of GenX were found in the Cape Fear River. Over the past several years, he has become a leading figure in the fight against PFAS contaminants in North Carolina and across the country.

Claudia Gunsch

Early in her career, Claudia Gunsch engineered microbes to tackle major environmental challenges. Now, as director of the PreMiEr Engineering Research Center, she applies that expertise to improve human health by designing built environments with complex microbiomes in mind.

Holly Leddy

Holly Leddy leads SMIF’s outreach, engaging over 1,800 K-12 students annually through visits to local schools and community centers. A highlight is the annual Girl Scouts STEM Day@Duke, which gathers over 140 girls and their families, supported by 100+ volunteers from 40 local STEM companies.

Community-Based Learning

• Sustainable Design and the Global Community
• Engineering Design & Communication
• DukeEngage: Immersive learning
• Bass Connections: Real-world challenges
• Data+: Rhodes Information Initiative

What is Community-Based Learning?

It’s experiential learning in the community. Students actively learn through direct, hands-on experiences. They see the issues they study firsthand, while meaningfully contributing to the analysis and solution of real-world challenges.

Hours of DukeEngage Service

volunteered each year by Duke Engineering students

Of Engineering Students

participate in service-learning courses

When It Comes to Outreach, It’s in the Community

Find out what Duke and partners have discovered about how to build diverse experiences for local students interested in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

STEM Outreach Programming

Duke Engineering supports a wide range of programs that work with local partners to inspire the next generation of problem-solvers. Come and take a few peeks behind the proverbial curtain.

In the Schools

Modeled after Duke Engineering’s First-Year Design, Duke’s arm of Engineering for US All brings a hands-on design experience to students in Oxford, NC.

On the Duke Campus

In summer, we bring high schoolers to the Duke campus for an immersive experience centered on engineering design through active application.

In the World

Ignite helps middle and high school students illuminate—and solve—challenges in their home communities.

Learning Coding by Building PB&Js

Adam Davidson uses a classic sandwich to teach fourth graders coding fundamentals.

Middle School Hackathon

Outreach Design Education engaged students from Lowe’s Grove Middle School with the world of engineering and offered hands-on opportunities to tackle real world problems.

Inspiring Students Through Nanotechnology

At Duke’s SMIF lab, local students see electron microscopes up close, and go inside our nanotech cleanrooms.

Outreach Design Education

ODE (Outreach Design Education) emphasizes hands-on design over conceptual learning to build engineering identity and spark lasting interest in STEM among local youth. Its goal is to equip students with problem-solving tools and teach them the skills to turn ideas into tangible solutions. Students learn to identify problems, understand their causes, and apply this knowledge in the lab, where they build and test devices, transforming concepts into finished products.

Valence Robotics: A FIRST ® Robotics Competition team

The mission of Valence Robotics is to uplift our diverse student community through opportunities to develop into motivated leaders of science, technology, engineering, art, and math. Created for and initiated by students, our team seeks to guide members to become well-rounded industry professionals.

Explore our Programs

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Solve hard problems. Have fun doing it.

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Master tomorrow’s challenges.

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News from Duke Engineering

Dive into the latest from Duke Engineering: where ambitious discovery fuels societal impact, and our students, faculty and staff continually push the boundaries of what’s possible in the world through insightful engineering.

Javier Pastorino: Developing Expertise in Data Management

New faculty member Javier Pastorino brings a wealth of industry and academia experience in data management to Duke Engineering’s classrooms

Huanqian Loh: Exploring Quantum Systems with Neutral Atoms

New faculty member Huanqian Loh brings a new quantum computing approach to the expanding expertise of the Duke Quantum Center

Jungsang Kim Named 2024 Academic Pioneer in Quantum

Jungsang Kim is recognized for his research in the field of quantum optics and trapped ion systems

Upcoming Events

Join us for a dynamic lineup of upcoming events, where we delve into groundbreaking research, foster collaboration, and celebrate the spirit of innovation. Don’t miss out on these opportunities to connect and be inspired.

Football Tailgate Party for Engineering Graduate Students

All engineering master’s students and engineering PhD students are invited to join us at a tailgating party before the Duke football game against the University of Connecticut on Saturday, September […]

Sep 14 3:00 pm Krzyzewskiville

3:00 pm Krzyzewskiville

Career Coach Drop-In Hours for Engineering Master’s Students

All engineering Master’s students are invited to use this weekday service to have an individual conversation with a career coach about any topic. No appointment is needed and the conversation […]

11:30 am Online

CEE Seminar – Tailoring Supplementary Cementitious Material Reactivity for Optimal Concrete Carbon Reduction

Portland cement concrete, the backbone of civil infrastructure, has a big problem. The portland cement component of concrete is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the high […]

12:00 pm Wilkinson Building, room 021 auditorium

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Connect with Duke Engineering to become a part of our ongoing journey of innovation and discovery.

Institute for Enterprise Engineering

Professional Education, Reimagined

The world is filled with clear examples of great leaders pushing society forward. But what equips those leaders to drive innovation, improve organizational performance and succeed in the face of adversity always remains shrouded in mystery. It’s a shroud the Institute for Enterprise Engineering was designed and built to remove. Come take a peek behind the curtain.

Built in Partnership with Industry

The world moves pretty fast. Advances in data analytics, AI, blockchain, materials science and climate engineering are upending industries on a regular basis. Duke purpose-built the Institute for Enterprise Engineering in collaboration with leaders across these industries to address the problems their organizations are working to solve today and those they see coming tomorrow.

With the rapid pace of change and opportunity for applying technology to solve industry problems, it is exciting to see Duke Engineering lead in bringing such a timely and nimble model of education that fits the speed of innovation in industry. Mike Salvino President and CEO, DXC Technology LinkedIn Logo

Creating Transformative Technical Leaders

With the goal of creating technical leaders who can enhance organizational performance and product innovation through engineering and technology, we provide high-impact educational opportunities in both on-campus and online formats to meet the needs of full-time working professionals.

Educational programs include

• AI for Product Innovation
• Blockchain Applications
• Business Foundations for Engineers
• Cybersecurity
• Design & Technology Innovation
• Engineering Management
• Financial Technology (FinTech)
• Game Design, Development & Innovation

IEnE Faculty

John Carmen Peter Allessio

Adjunct Associate Professor in the Engineering Graduate and Professional Programs

Katharine Marie Amato

Executive in Residence in the Engineering Graduate and Professional Programs

Peter Balnaves

Brinnae Bent

Ajay Bhardwaj

Adjunct Instructor in the Engineering Graduate and Professional Programs

Richard Biever

John Borland

Mark Edward Borsuk

James L. and Elizabeth M. Vincent Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Donald Jon Boulia

Christy Bozic

Executive Director, Engineering Management Master’s Program

Daniel Clayton Braxton

Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Engineering Graduate and Professional Programs

Alessio Brini, Ph.D.

Executive In Residence in the Engineering Graduate and Professional Programs

Eric Brubaker

Mark Arthur Buchmann

Samuel Quincy Campbell

Lawrence Carin

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Alexis Carpenter

Instructor in the Pratt School of Engineering

Royston Edwin Carter

Ramanarao Chamarty

Marvin Chang

Patrick Charbonneau

Professor of Chemistry

Dave Chatterjee

John Cocke Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Pratt School of Engineering

Ashutosh Chilkoti

Acting Chair of Biomedical Engineering, Alan L. Kaganov Distinguished Professor of BME

John Church

Joel Collier

Associate Dean for Doctoral Education, Theodore Kennedy Professor of BME

Bobby Compton

Adjunct Professor in the Engineering Graduate and Professional Programs

Wendy Gates Corbett

Suzanne Crifo

Assistant Professor of the Practice of Mathematics

Stefano Curtarolo

Edmund T. Pratt Jr. School Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Shaundra Daily

Cue Family Professor of the Practice

Alfredo Deza

Adria Shipp Dunbar

Executive In Residence in the Pratt School of Engineering

Jessilyn Dunn

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Daniel Egger

Arturo F Ehuan

Executive Director, Cybersecurity Master’s Program

Ernesto Eduardo Escobar

Executive Director, Game Design, Development & Innovation Master’s Program

Billy Evans

David Faraone

John Fimbel

Brad Fox, Ph.D.

Associate Dean, Master’s Programs; Executive Director, IEnE

Aaron D. Franklin

Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Addy Professor of ECE

Linda Franzoni

Professor of the Practice in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Andreas Freund

Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Sharon Gerecht

Chair of Biomedical Engineering, Paul M. Gross Distinguished Professor

Jeffrey Glass

Hogg Family Director of Engineering Management & Entrepreneurship, Professor of ECE

Guerry Grune

Patrick M. Gunsch

Managing Director, Master’s Programs

Dean Hering

Andrew Douglas Hilton

Director, Innovation in Computing Education, Professor of the Practice in the Department of ECE

David Michael Hitchcock

Joseph Holmes

Mark Kendale House

Lisa Gresham Huettel

Associate Dean of Undergraduate Education, Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. School Professor of the Practice of ECE

Andrew Hurley

Nan Marie Jokerst

J. A. Jones Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Allegra Jordan

Josiah D. Knight

Associate Professor of the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Stephanie A Knight

Adjunct Professor of Business Administration

Jonathan Knudsen

Kim Leslie Kotlar

Judith Ledlee

Jimmie Lenz

Executive Director, FinTech Master’s Program

Genevieve Lipp

Director, First-Year Computing Program, Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of ECE

Aristobulo Loaiza

Jerome Peter Lynch

Vinik Dean of Engineering

Edward M Marshall

Peggy Kepuraitis Matson

Craig McCarthy

Steven McClelland

Executive in Residence in the Pratt School of Engineering

Kyra D McDonald

Stephen McOwen

Kenneth Patrick McQuade

Adjunct Instructor in the Pratt School of Engineering

Ibrahim Mohedas

Gabriele Maurizio Monetti

Christopher R Monroe

Gilhuly Family Presidential Distinguished Professor

Luis Morales

Executive Director, Master of Engineering Management Program

Patrick James Morrison

James J. Mundell

La Tondra Alyce Murray

Barry S. Myers

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

John H. Nicholson

Sara Katherine Oliver

Director, Climate and Sustainability Engineering Master’s Program

Robb Eric Olsen

Kathleen Olsen

Elizabeth Paley

Dominic Pazzula

Head Oper, Dumac

Dustin Pogue

Nimmi Ramanujam

Robert W. Carr, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Executive Director, Design & Technology Innovation Master’s Program

Emma Rasiel

Professor of the Practice of Economics, and Director, Duke Financial Economics Center

Ramya Ravichandar

Jon Reifschneider

Executive Director, AI for Product Innovation Master’s Program

Lee Reiners

Executive Director, Global Financial Markets Center, and Lecturing Fellow, Duke Law School

Dina Requena

Michael Rizk

Assistant Professor of the Practice of Biomedical Engineering

Michael Patrick Roman

Theodore Ryan

Ann Saterbak

Director, First-Year Design Program, Professor of the Practice in the Department of BME

David E. Schaad

Interim Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Professor of the Practice of CEE

Rachel Settle

Pramod Singh

John Botious Slankas

Michelle Somerday

Josef Spjut

Tam Le Stangler

Adrienne Stiff-Roberts

Associate Dean for Community-Based Innovation, Professor of ECE

Amanda Stockwell

Natalia Summerville

Vahid Tarokh

Rhodes Family Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Richard Dean Telford

Richard Thomas

Lee J Tiedrich

Jonathan Tubb

Robert Twiss

Lecturer in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science

Reid Tymcio

Shyni Varghese

Laszlo Ormandy Distinguished Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Jacob Vestal

Tuan Vo-Dinh

R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Tasso von Windheim

William F Walker

David A Ward

Instructor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering

Seth Alain Watkins

Helen Whiteley

Blake Shaw Wilson

Adjunct Professor in the Department of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences

Diana Wilson

Thomas P. Witelski

Professor in the Department of Mathematics

Kevin Wright

Lingchong You

James L. Meriam Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Rabih Younes

Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies, Assistant Professor of the Practice in the Department of ECE

Stefan Zauscher

Associate Chair, Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of MEMS

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Best Things To Do in Kursk, Russia

Have you ever visited a new place and felt ‘wow’ about it? For many visitors, it happens at Kursk.

Kursk may not be as popular as other cities in Russia, but don’t let that fool you. Kursk is a smaller but beautiful upcoming tourist destination that is worth a visit. You will be surprised by some of the unique things to do and places you can explore at this hidden destination.

You might wish to revisit it someday again, to take a break and relax at Kursk.

If you have plans to visit Russia and are not sure if Kursk should be included in your itinerary, keep reading. In this list, we have put together some of the things to do in Kursk and around. We have a hunch that if you include this city in your travel plans, you will be thrilled you did so.

Tourist Attractions in Kursk

Here is the list of things to do in Kursk and tourist attractions in city.

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Open House for Students from the Carolinas

Welcome to Duke!

Open house for nc & sc students.

Join us on Saturday, September 14, 2024 for our annual Open House for students from the Carolinas. This event is a day-long program introducing high school seniors to Duke University’s academic and co-curricular opportunities.

Event Information

Duke’s Open House for students from the Carolinas will include information sessions on the admissions process and the Carolinas Initiative for financial aid, academic opportunities, and our living and learning model known as QuadEx.

Several departments will also showcase resources at Duke including academic advising and the first-year experience. We hope you will be able to join us to learn more about Duke!

In partnership with Duke Athletics, we are offering one free ticket for the prospective student in attendance and a special discounted rate for any accompanying guests for the Duke Football Game at 6:00 p.m. against the UConn Huskies. To reserve tickets, please see the link in your Open House Registration Confirmation email. We hope you can join us to cheer for the Blue Devils on their home turf at Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium!

Questions? Please email Bucky Holmes at [email protected] .

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Check-In Location: Schaefer Mall, Bryan Center Upper Level

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Arrived early? Join us for a West Campus tour! Location: Meet on the Bryan Center Plaza. Tours will depart approximately every 15 minutes.

10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Welcome Address  Location: Duke Chapel; Note: Food and drinks are not allowed

• Christoph Guttentag , Dean of Undergraduate Admissions 
• Jeanna McCullers, Senior Associate Dean of Students for Policy and Governance
• Stephany Perez-Sanchez, Class of 2025, Admissions Ambassador

11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.  Academic Sessions

• Location: Page Auditorium
• Location: Schiciano Auditorium

12:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Lunch Location: Brodhead Center and Bryan Center

First-Year Experience Resources Fair Location: Penn Pavilion

West Campus Tours Location: Meet on the steps of the Chapel. Tours depart at 12:30 p.m., 1:00 p.m., and 1:30 p.m.

2:00 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. QuadEx Session Location: Page Auditorium

3:00 – 3:45 p.m.  Admissions Process & Financial Aid Session, including information about the Carolinas Initiative Student Location: Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center, Lower Level Parent Location: Page Auditorium

4:00 p.m. Alternative & Free Time Activities including visiting the Duke Gardens, Duke Stores, Nasher Museum of Art, and Rubenstein Arts Center Location: Various

6:00 p.m.  Duke Blue Devils vs. UConn Huskies Football Game Location: Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium

ALTERNATIVE & FREE TIME ACTIVITIES

Below are some suggested activities and locations to explore around campus.

Duke University Store & Gothic Bookshop 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Located on the upper level of the Bryan Center, the Duke Bookstore offers a variety of gifts, including official Duke clothing and books by Duke authors. Use the coupon you received at check-in.

Sarah P. Duke Gardens 8:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Take a self-guided tour of one of the premier public gardens in the U.S. This 55-acre oasis is composed of four sections: the Terraces & Historic Gardens; the Blomquist Garden of Native Plants; the Culberson Asiatic Arboretum; and the Doris Duke Center Gardens.

Nasher Museum of Art 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. 2001 Campus Drive The Nasher Museum’s growing permanent collection includes some of today’s best contemporary art, with outstanding work by artists who live in North Carolina.

Duke Basketball Museum & Hall of Fame and Rubenstein Pavilion 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Tours offered from Rubenstein Pavilion starting at 2pm. Last tour starts at 5:20pm, subject to change. Located adjacent to Cameron Indoor Stadium, the Duke Basketball Museum and Hall of Fame showcases Duke athletics. Rubenstein Pavilion provides a grand lobby to the south side of Cameron Indoor Stadium, featuring interactive displays and memorabilia. 

Rubenstein Arts Center — “The Ruby” 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Opened in January 2018, this 71,000-square-foot Arts Center is a campus-wide destination for the study and production of arts at Duke. The space includes classrooms and studios, a 250-seat theater, an exhibition gallery, performance spaces, and a cafe. 

East Campus First-Year Campus Take a bus from the bus stop in front of Duke Chapel to East Campus and explore the 97 acres where all first-year students live — complete with a dining hall, gym, theater, and more.

REGISTRATION

Students should complete registration through the link in your email invitation, or register by clicking on this link . Please make sure to use the student’s information when registering, including the student’s email address.

DRIVING DIRECTIONS

Duke is located near Interstates 40 and 85 in Durham, N.C. Though signs for Duke University abound throughout the area, you may need additional help. You can map your route to Duke with our  searchable campus map .

• General information about visiting Duke and Durham

PARKING INFORMATION

Parking will be available in the Bryan Center Parking Garage. Please print the parking pass that is included in your event confirmation email for complimentary parking.

For general information about parking, visit Duke Parking and Transportation .

Lodging for the Open House is not required.

However, numerous lodging options are available if you are traveling from a significant distance and would like to spend a night in the Research Triangle.  Discover Durham is a helpful resource in identifying accommodations near campus.

STUDENT HOSTING

Overnight hosting with current Duke students is not available for this one-day family event.

The dress code is casual for our Open House for Students from the Carolinas. Duke’s campus is large, and you should expect to do a lot of walking, so bring comfortable shoes! Please check the weather forecast before you leave home (zip code: 27708) to prepare for rain or shine.

ACCESSIBILITY

Duke University encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. If you anticipate needing any accommodations, please contact Idella Hackett at [email protected] or (919) 684-3214 at least 7-10 days in advance of your participation.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who can attend the open house for students from the carolinas.

All seniors from North and South Carolina are welcome to attend this event with their families on a first-come, first-served basis. Younger students should join our mailing list so that they will be notified of this and other visit opportunities in the future.

Will attending the Open House increase my chances of being admitted to Duke?

No, but attending the event will give you a full picture of the opportunities available to students at Duke, which in turn may help you decide if Duke is a good fit for you.

What if I am unable to attend the Open House for Students from the Carolinas?

If you are unable to attend the event, you are welcome to visit the campus any time. Go to admissions.duke.edu/visit for information session times and tour schedules for the days you are able to visit.

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Majors & Minors

Be blown away by the opportunities.

Duke is chock-full of choices—including 6 engineering majors and 3 engineering minors.

Learn about tissue engineering, deploy AI, explore mechatronics and more. And that’s just the beginning.

As an engineering student, you can explore all of Duke—including dozens of horizon-expanding options within the humanities, arts and social sciences.

Lots of Options and Flexibility

Engineering majors, engineering minors, certificate programs in engineering.

Picking a major is a big decision.

But making it doesn’t close out options, it widens the horizon. Selecting a major is picking a road from which a huge number of multidisciplinary paths branch off.

During the summer after First Year, you’ll declare your major. As you move down that road, you’ll encounter options to layer on minors and certificates, and perhaps even a second major.

Biomedical Engineering

Take on societally critical challenges in biology and health care, including the design of medical technology.

Study Areas Include

• Imaging and instrumentation
• Tissue engineering
• Double-major options with civil, environmental, electrical and computer, mechanical, and computer science

Civil Engineering

Lead the Fifth Industrial Revolution—designing solutions aimed at broadly-shared well-being, for people and the planet.

• Structural engineering and mechanics
• Environmental engineering and water resources
• Double-major option with biomedical engineering

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Integrate computing and electronic knowledge with design skill to create new devices and software.

• Computer engineering and digital systems
• Solid-state devices and integrated circuits

Environmental Engineering

Develop systems and structures that restore and protect the planet’s air, water and soil.

• Water resources engineering
• Biotechnology and bioremediation

Mechanical Engineering

Invent machines that improve lives, in fields as varied as health care, manufacturing, energy and transportation.

• Mechatronics
• Mechanical design

Interdisciplinary Option – IDEAS

Take a deep exploration of category-crossing topics that are important to you. Through IDEAS, you start with a curricular template and then design your own customized major.

Or, you can select a pre-approved template, such as our IDEAS major in Risk, Data & Financial Engineering .

IDEAS curricula are not specifically accredited by ABET, but do satisfy the national general engineering accreditation criteria.

IDEAS Topics Have Included

• Materials science
• Biochemical engineering
• Ocean engineering

A minor is a sequence of courses focused on a discipline. There are three engineering minors and 50 more across Duke.

Enhance your engineering major with a minor in the digital technologies that are increasingly embedded in machines and devices.

Energy Engineering

Explore renewable energy technologies while you prepare for a career designing solutions to challenges in generation, transmission and storage.

Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence

Build a solid foundation of the theory behind—and the possible applications of—AI technologies.

Accreditation

Each of Duke’s department-based engineering majors is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET.

Accredited under the commission’s General Criteria and Program Criteria for:

• Bioengineering and Biomedical and Similarly Named Engineering Programs
• Civil and Similarly Named Engineering Programs
• Electrical, Computer, Communications, Telecommunication(s), and Similarly Named Engineering Programs
• Environmental Engineering and Similarly Named Engineering Programs
• Mechanical and Similarly Named Engineering Programs

Duke’s Curricula for the Curious

There’s no wrong way to navigate the Duke academic experience.