Duke MEMS Facts & Stats

Mission

Undergraduate, master's and doctoral education that cultivates creative engineers equipped to solve complex problems

Designing the future of mechanical systems and materials

39 regular-rank faculty
$12.2 million in new research awards, fiscal 2023
12 PhD students
29 master's students
259 undergraduate students
79 BSE graduates in the Class of 2022, May graduates only, mechanical engineering as first major only

#7 national university—U.S. News
#25 mechanical engineering graduate program—U.S. News
Top 20 faculty research productivity in mechanical engineering and in materials science.—Academic Analytics 2022
Top 30 graduate degree programs in mechanical engineering and materials science—U.S. News

Certificates: Aerospace Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering, and Energy & the Environment
Double majors: Computer Science, Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Economics
Fellowships: Duke, Pratt Research, and Chambers
Co-Curricular opportunities: Duke Smart Home, Duke Electric Vehicles, Duke Motorsports, Duke Robotics, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

12 PhD students
13 Master of Science (MS) students
16 Master of Engineering (MEng) students
Graduate traineeship programs:
- NSF AI for Understanding and Designing Materials Program (aiM)
- NIH Biomolecular and Tissue Engineering Pre-Doctoral Training (BTE)
- NSF Traineeship for the Advancement of Surgical Technologies (TAST)
Graduate certificate programs in:
- Aerospace Research
- Medical Robotics
- Photonics
- Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Participation in Duke's University Program in Materials Science & Engineering
Funding sources include: U.S. Department of Defense, National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institutes of Health (NIH), non-governmental, industry, and foundations