Facts & Stats
The Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science in the Duke University Pratt School of Engineering offers broadly based undergraduate and graduate programs that cultivate the learning, thinking and problem-solving abilities needed to adapt, to develop and to exercise responsible leadership through times of rapid change.
The department offers BSE, MEng, MS and PhD degree programs. Our research reflects a markedly cross-disciplinary focus and offers our students broad opportunities to match personal interests with career development.
Rankings
- Top 10 Best School for Engineering Majors by Salary Potential – $78,400 median pay for mechanical engineers with 0-5 years of work experience (Payscale.com)
- Top 15 ranking in U.S. mechanical engineering faculty research productivity (Academic Analytics 2015 – published Dec. 2016)
- #28 mechanical engineering graduate program, U.S. News & World Report (2019)
- #30 materials science graduate program, U.S. News & World Report (2019)
- Top 10 Graduate Engineering School Popular with Women, U.S. News & World Report (2016)
- Duke is #5 on Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education's College Rankings 2018
- Duke is #11 on Reuter's 2017 list of the 100 Most Innovative Universities in the World (Reuters.com)
Duke MEMS: at a Glance
- 26 tenured or tenure-track faculty
- $10.5 million in new research awards, FY 2017 (180 percent increase over the last five years.)
- 160 graduate students
- 78 BSE graduates in 2016-2017
- MEMS Faculty Awards & Recognition
Research Groups
- Acoustics
- Aerodynamics & Fluid Dynamics
- Biomechanics & Biomaterials
- Dynamics & Controls
- Energy Tech & Thermodynamics
- Manufacturing
- Mechanics & Material Science
- Robotics
Research Centers
- Center for Materials Genomics
- Duke Robotics
- GUIde 5 Consortium for Aeroelasticity
- Research Triangle Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (RT-MRSEC)
Students
Undergraduate Program
- 205 students with declared Mechanical Engineering majors
- Double majors available with Computer Science, Physics, Biomedical Engineering, Economics
- Aerospace and Energy certificates
- Duke, Pratt, Chambers Fellowship award winners
- The Home Depot Smart Home, Electric Car, Duke Motorsports, Robotics competitions, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics chapter
Graduate Program
- 88 PhD students
- 56 MS students
- 16 MEng students
- THRUST international Master of Engineering program in aerodynamics
- Funding sources are DOD, NSF, NIH, non-governmental & industry, and foundations
- Students eligible for highly competitive Duke and Pratt fellowships