Breathing New Life Into Baby CPR Training
A team of undergrads took on the challenge of designing a responsive CPR training manikin for their MEMS senior design capstone.
Undergraduate Student Outcomes
Know Where You’re Going, Well Before Graduation
After four years with us, you’ll have learned a lot. How to work in diverse teams. How to apply technical know-how. How to succeed after failure. But perhaps most importantly, you’ll have discovered a lot about your purpose. That means that most likely you know where they’re heading after graduation, well before you cross the stage to shake hands with the dean.
Recent Industry Employers
- American Airlines
- Biogen
- Fluor Enterprises
- Mastercard
- Microsoft
- Northrup Grumman
- Tesla Motors
Recent Graduate & Professional Schools
- Duke University
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- University of Michigan
- Stanford University
Top 10 for Salary Potential
Payscale ranked Duke among the 10 best—with a salary potential of more than $87,000.
Average salary for our alumni, 0-5 years after graduation
Meet Duke MEMS Alumni
The Perfect Fit
Discover how Ted Kaufman’s education and experience in Duke’s mechanical engineering program helped launch his political career closely tied to President Joe Biden.
$25 Million Gift to Establish New STEM+ Scholars Program
The Karsh STEM+ Scholars Program will match undergraduate students who have declared majors in disciplines in the natural sciences, engineering, and STEM-related fields with faculty in the Pratt School of Engineering and Trinity College of Arts & Sciences.
Objectives & Outcomes
We expect that, a few years after graduation, graduates of our program will be on track to become leaders in corporate, professional, and academic communities.
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Duke’s Mechanical Engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, under the commission’s General Criteria and Program Criteria for Mechanical and Similarly Named Engineering Programs.
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Our goal is to graduate mechanical engineers who embody excellence in a broad sense. We expect our graduates to advance within industry positions or in graduate study, or to carry the attributes of an engineering education into other disciplines.
The mechanical engineering program of study must include mathematics and basic sciences, fundamentals and applications in several engineering sciences, and team-based experience in the process of design, where theory is applied in the context of real needs and limitations, and where judgment must be exercised.
Our mechanical engineering graduates should be able to think critically when solving problems and managing tasks and communicate effectively in multi-disciplinary professional environments.
To be a responsible member of the engineering profession, each graduate must be aware of social, ethical, environmental and economic factors and constraints on engineering activity, and must understand the importance of these matters in a global context. We aspire to have our graduates exhibit intellectual depth and creativity, uphold high ethical standards, and show a commitment to the betterment of society through service and professional work.
Our specific Program Educational Objectives are to prepare our graduates to:
- Identify and address significant needs and challenges in engineering and society, and effectively communicate solutions
- Advance in professional careers that may encompass a broad range of endeavors, both technical and non-technical
- Exhibit intellectual depth and creativity in employment, advanced education and research
- Uphold high ethical standards and show a commitment to the betterment of society through service and professional work
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Our students will have the following capabilities upon completion of their degrees:
- An ability to identify, formulate and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics
- An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental and economic factors
- An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences
- An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts
- An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives
- An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions
- An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies
Enrollment & Graduation Rates
| Academic Year | Enrollment | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 270 | 75⬩ |
| 2023 | 259 | 73 |
| 2022 | 160 | 79 |
| 2021 | 181 | 90 |
| 2020 | 183 | 90 |
Fall semester enrollment. Degrees awarded are a grand total for the academic year, first major only. More data is available through the Office of the University Registrar.
- Does not include summer completions