At Duke, you’ll build expertise beyond traditional engineering subject matter, and become a professional ready to implement nimble solutions for a rapidly changing landscape.
Sara OliverDirector, Climate & Sustainability Engineering Master’s Program
Learn to Think Big
You’ll maximize positive impact in four vital areas. As you progress, you may choose to put your focus on one.
Energy Transition
Infrastructure Adaptation & Mitigation
Sustainable Materials
Business Applications
A Curriculum Built By & For Engineers
The curriculum was developed—and is refreshed—with input from industry experts. Courses are taught by experienced faculty with insights gained from experience in the public and private sectors.
Applied Climate and Sustainability Engineering
Material Design in a Circular Economy
Systems Engineering for Climate Response Modeling
Choose two. Elective options change each year as relevant courses are constantly beingadded in the Pratt School of Engineering and across the Duke campus.
Faculty are drawn from Duke’s schools of engineering, the environment and law. Staff include a career coach specializing in assisting engineering graduate students.
Mark Borsuk and Will Ferris were recognized for creating RESILE and CIRCAD as part of their work in risk and resilience engineering; Sara Oliver, for the launch of the Climate & Sustainability Engineering Master of Engineering program, and Judy Ledlee, Alexis Carpenter and Helen Whiteley for the launch of the Design Climate course.
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