Duke as a Living Learning Lab for Geothermal Innovation
Duke Engineering faculty and students have worked on an ambitious project to explore the potential use of geothermal energy on Duke's central campus.
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North Carolina Tackles Toxic Firefighting Foam — and What It Left Behind
Lee Ferguson tests water samples from around North Carolina to help a statewide initiative search for high levels of PFAS.
Clean Sweep: Duke Engineering Graduate Programs All Rank in Top 25
Continuing a decade-long run of rising in national rankings, all of Duke Engineering’s graduate programs ranked in the top 25 by U.S. News & World Report for the first time.
Duke Honors Four Engineering Distinguished Professors in 2026
Duke Engineering faculty members John Dolbow, Natalia Litchinitser, Tatiana Segura and Aaron Franklin were awarded distinguished professorships from Duke University.
The Duke Co-op Advantage
Duke Engineering's co-op program embeds master's students in full-time professional roles for up to a year, building the skills, network and experience that top employers are looking for.
One Line at a Time: Programming Good Code and Forming Good People in First-Year Computing
Genevieve Lipp reframes teamwork as a virtue as part of her efforts to integrate ethics into her First-Year Computing class.
Built to Lead: How Duke Engineers are Building Character from Day One
Duke Engineering's "Character Forward Initiative" is helping to shape students' outlooks and perspectives beginning in EGR 101.
Duke’s Climate Engineering Graduates Step Forward
Members of the inaugural MEng C&SE cohort reflect on how Duke’s interdisciplinary climate engineering program prepared them for careers in consulting, climate policy and corporate sustainability.
Complexity Key to Preventing Infection After Heart Surgery
Research indicates that uniform materials could be the culprit of deadly infections that can occur when using synthetic materials for cardiovascular grafts.
Connecting Green Waters to Eastern NC’s ALS Problem
Duke researchers are working with public health professionals and citizen scientists in northeastern North Carolina to protects residents from neurotoxins released by giant algal blooms.
Small Seed Grants, Big Impact
Intellectual Community Planning Grants are helping Duke Engineering faculty tackle big issues like global cancer disparities, insuring increasing climate risks and securing the nation's supply of critical minerals.
Leaves’ Pores Explain Longstanding Mystery of Uneven Tree Growth in a Carbon-Enriched World
The mechanics of how water and carbon dioxide move in and out of plants greatly affects how trees grow in a carbon-dioxide-enriched environments.