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Brad Fox Associate Dean, Professional Masters Programs Pratt School of Engineering Duke University

Brad Fox Associate Dean, Professional Masters Programs Pratt School of Engineering Duke University Brad.Fox@duke.edu Erin Degerman Admissions Officer, Professional Masters Programs Pratt School of Engineering Duke University Erin.Degerman@duke.edu. Research University

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Brad Fox Associate Dean, Professional Masters Programs Pratt School of Engineering Duke University

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  1. Brad Fox Associate Dean, Professional Masters Programs Pratt School of Engineering Duke University Brad.Fox@duke.edu Erin Degerman Admissions Officer, Professional Masters Programs Pratt School of Engineering Duke University Erin.Degerman@duke.edu

  2. Research University • 5th in US research funding • 7 Major externally funded centers in engineering Bass Connections Duke Smart Home Clubs Engineering World Health Competitions Duke Start-up Challenge Rotman Trading Competition 10 Academic Schools 7 Interdisciplinary Institutes 6600 Undergraduate students 7200 Graduate students Top 10 US University

  3. Pratt School of Engineering • Mission • To enable students to lead productive, rewarding, and ethical lives for the betterment of society • To prepare leaders and innovators of the 21st century global workforce • To lead in research that involves fundamental discoveries applied to the grand challenges of our time

  4. Graduate Engineering Degrees • PhD – Doctor of Philosophy • MS – Master of Science • MEng – Master of Engineering • MEM – Master of Engineering Management

  5. Why Engineering and Business? "The engineer of the future will need a larger collection of skills. They will need to know as much about politics, law and business as they will about engineering." - John Chambers, Chairman and CEO, CISCO. In today’s complex, global world, being an engineer is not enough.

  6. Challenges Facing Today’s Global Engineer • Allyson Peerman AMD's VP of Public Affairs

  7. How Do You Prepare For Today’s Challenges? Business Breadth Technical Depth To be more than an engineer, develop “T-shaped” knowledge

  8. What Program Does Duke Offer to Provide Engineering and Business? Master of Engineering Master of Engineering Management 4 Core Business courses 4 technical electives Discipline based Implementation based Seminar and Workshop Series Internship • 2 Core Business courses • 8 discipline based technical electives • Internship Duke offers 2 interdisciplinary engineering masters degrees to prepare engineers for today’s complex, global world.

  9. MEM and MEng MEM MS/PhD MBA Technical Business MEng MS – Master of Science PhD – Doctor of Philosophy MEng – Master of Engineering MEM – Master of Engineering Management MBA – Master of Business Administration

  10. Master of Engineering Degree Core Business Courses Management of High Tech Industries Business Fundamentals Discipline Options Biomedical Engineering Civil Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering Environmental Engineering Materials Science and Engineering Mechanical Engineering Photonics and Optical Sciences

  11. Master of Engineering Management Interdisciplinary degree in collaboration with the Fuqua School of Business and the Duke School of Law Core Business Courses Marketing Finance Management Law Focus Areas Innovation and Commercialization Construction Mgmt. and Prop. Development Data and Decisions Entrepreneurship Financial Engineering Operations and Supply Chain Management

  12. Innovation MEng MEMP Innovation = Invention + Implementation

  13. Preparing Students to Invent Sample MEng – BME Technical Courses CE 202 Applied Mathematics for Engineers MEDPHY 205 Anatomy and Physiology for Medical Physicists BME 233 Modern Diagnostic Imaging Systems BME 264 Medical Instrument Design BME 237 Biosensors BME 248 Tissue Engineering BME 262 Design Developing World BME 254 Fundamentals Electrical Stimulation Nervous System MEng/PhD student Neil Terry investigates the use of light to detect pre-cancerous cells.

  14. Preparing Students to Implement Technical Elective Course Examples Engineering Project Management Operations Management Supply Chain Management Decision Models Advanced Engineering Systems Optimization and Simulation Commercializing Technology Innovations Managing Product Development Product Management Project Management teams are challenged to complete a 1376 piece roller coaster in 2.5 hours that takes ~6 person-hours to build.

  15. Where is Duke?

  16. The Triangle area of North Carolina: Durham, Raleigh and Chapel Hill • Population of about 1,700,000 • Home to 3 major research universities and 9 colleges • Home to Research Triangle Park, the largest research park in the world • Highest number of MD’s and PhD’s per capita anywhere in the world • International airport about 20 minutes from Duke’s campus • USNWR : Durham one of top 10 places to live in US

  17. Can you see yourself at Duke?

  18. Questions?

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