PhD Student Outcomes

Launch into a High-Impact Career

Whether the compass guiding sense of purpose points toward a startup, or a career in academic research or industry, from Duke CEE you’ll launch into a career that means something to you—and to the world.

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Meet Our PhD Students

Our students have the freedom to focus making impacts on the topics most important to them. Click to hear their stories.

Kim Bourne: Modeling Interactions Between Society & the Environment
TRISHA DUPNOCK: Converting Waste to Energy
CLAY SANDERS: Optimizing Structures & Materials
JOSIN TOM: Modeling Turbulent Flows

Success in Numbers

Our PhD graduates go on to make important contributions across a range of opportunities. Click to get interactive with our data.

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63%

go on to careers in industry, government and nonprofits

with leading organizations such as Boston Consulting Group, Geosyntec, HDR, Sandia National Lab, USDA, USEPA and Veoli

18%

go on to positions in academia

at places such as Bucknell, Ohio State, Portland State, Texas Tech, UCLA, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest and Washington State

15%

go on to further training

including post-doctoral fellowships

Meet Duke CEE Alumni

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