Fred Boadu, Ph.D.
boadu@duke.eduCEE Director of Master’s Studies, Associate Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Civil Engineering Master of Engineering
Become a leader in the Fifth Industrial Revolution
Application Deadline: March 17, 2025
Career-Focused Coursework with an Internship Experience
The breadth and depth of technical knowledge is ever-expanding. The American Society of Civil Engineers believes the master’s degree is the basic preparation necessary for professional practice.
Duke’s Master of Engineering in Civil Engineering is career-focused. Deepen your understanding of technology. Develop management expertise.
Prepare to lead the generation that will design systems that create a more sustainable and resilient future for humanity and the planet—the Fifth Industrial Revolution.
Duke will help you get there. Rare for professional master’s degree study, we offer scholarships of $20,000 to $30,000 to competitive applicants.
Scholarships
Typically $20,000 to $30,000 for competitive applicants.
Courses
Our curriculum produces well-rounded engineers. All students take four courses from the departmental courses and two courses in each of the three concentration areas.
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Choose four
- CEE 520: Continuum Mechanics
- ME 541/CE 625: Intermediate Dynamics
- CEE 647: Buckling of Engineering Structures
- CEE 530: Introduction to Finite Elements
- CEE 643: Environmental and Engineering Geophysics
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- CEE 621: Plasticity
- CEE 630: Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis
- CEE 635: Computational Methods for Evolving Discontinuities
- Math 563: Scientific Computing II
- Math 661: Numerical Solution of Hyperbolic Partial Differential Equations
- Math 663: Numerical Solution of Elliptic and Parabolic Partial Differential Equations
- ME 639: Computational Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer
- CS 530: Design and Analysis of Algorithms
- CS 520: Numerical Analysis
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- CEE 621: Plasticity
- CEE 641: Advanced Soil Mechanics
- CEE 642: Environmental Geomechanics
- CEE 630: Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis
- CEE 644: Inverse Problems in Geosciences and Engineering
- CEE 252: Wave Propagation in Elastic and Poroelastic Media
- ME 537: Mechanics of Viscous Fluids
- ME 543: Energy Flow and Wave Propagation in Elastic Solids
- EOS 540: Introduction to Modeling in the Earth Sciences
- EOS 543S: Landscape Dynamics
- EOS 575S: Mineral Resources
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- CEE 690: Uncertainty Quantification
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CEE 690: Numerical Optimization
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MATH 541: Applied Stochastic Processes
- MATH 577: Mathematical Modeling
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Technical Electives provide flexibility to the program while developing additional depth in a direction of student interest.
A Technical Elective can be any graduate level course, consistent with the plan of study and approved by the Director of Master’s Studies. The order of preference in approving technical electives is:
- Other courses from departmental requirements or degree concentration areas
- Courses in mathematics or statistics, such as:
- Math 551: Applied Partial Differential Equations and Complex Variables
- Math 561: Scientific Computing I
- STAT 611: Introduction to Statistical Methods
- Other CEE courses
- Other engineering courses
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