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MEMP NewsMay 11, 2008
Duke University and its Pratt School of Engineering awarded degrees to 230 undergraduate and 174 graduate students May 11 and engineering Dean Robert L. Clark said Pratt’s graduating seniors are ready to help tackle some of the many challenges facing the nation and the global society.
“You are about to accept a much greater responsibility for yourselves, and as engineers, for all of humanity,” Clark told a standing-only-crowd of graduates, and their friends and families gathered ...
December 17, 2007
Ideas that included promoting childrens books for African-Americans and creation of a cooperative kitchen for low-income single mothers were among the student presentations Dec. 6 at the Undergraduate Entrepreneurs Pitch Session, part of the University’s inaugural Entrepreneurship Week.
Six groups of undergraduate entrepreneurs made presentations before a large audience and a panel of venture capitalists and other professional entrepreneurs, including Chris Kroeger, partner of The Aurora Funds, which co-sponsored the event; Bonny Moellenbrock, director of SJF ...
October 3, 2007
Theoderick Tam
Master's of Engineering Management/ Class of 2007
ImaGyn Experience written by Theoderick Tam
Imagine if you had a year to do whatever you wanted. What would you do? Well, I decided to spend my year in Durham, North Carolina, and I discovered adventure here.
My name is Theo Tam and I am an engineer from California. Before beginning the Master of Engineering Management program at Pratt, I designed parts for Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company as ...
October 1, 2007
At an interactive workshop sponsored by Women in Science and Engineering, Joseph Holmes, president and CEO of Acuity Edge and an adjunct professor in the Master's of Engineering Management program, offered his expertise to help refine the networking and communications skills of more than 30 graduate students on Sept. 26. Acuity Edge is a management consulting firm that offers strategic services for corporate, university, government and venture capital clients.
The goal was for the participants to ...
October 1, 2007
At an interactive workshop sponsored by Women in Science and Engineering, Joseph Holmes, president and CEO of Acuity Edge and an adjunct professor in the Master's of Engineering Management program, offered his expertise to help refine the networking and communications skills of more than 30 graduate students on Sept. 26. Acuity Edge is a management consulting firm that offers strategic services for corporate, university, government and venture capital clients.
The goal was for the participants to ...
October 1, 2007
Lawrence Boyd teaches a new course called Introduction to Business and Technology-Based Companies.
Three days after completing his doctoral work in biomedical engineering, Lawrence Boyd got started in a completely new role, as associate director of Duke's Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization (CERC). The position was created with funding support from several departments and programs across the university in an effort to boost student entrepreneurship at Duke.
Founded and directed by Biomedical Engineering Professor Barry Myers, ...
October 1, 2007
Lawrence Boyd teaches a new course called Introduction to Business and Technology-Based Companies.
Three days after completing his doctoral work in biomedical engineering, Lawrence Boyd got started in a completely new role, as associate director of Duke's Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization (CERC). The position was created with funding support from several departments and programs across the university in an effort to boost student entrepreneurship at Duke.
Founded and directed by Biomedical Engineering Professor Barry Myers, ...
August 7, 2007
After traveling across the globe from his birthplace in Hyderabad, India to join Duke's Masters of Engineering Management Program, 21-year-old Nishanth Lingamneni found himself one of the youngest people in his class, having no prior full-time work experience. Nevertheless—just one year later--he had his choice of two prime U.S. jobs: product manager for Microsoft Corp or senior marketing analyst for Alltel Communications. In July 2007, after a six-month hiatus rediscovering his home country and other ...
June 1, 2007
A webcast of Pratt's graduation is available for download here.
Duke University and its Pratt School of Engineering awarded degrees to 382 undergraduate and graduate students May 13 and Dean Kristina M. Johnson told Pratt’s Class of 2007 and their families and friends at a Chapel celebration that “It’s a perfect time to be an engineer.”
Johnson awarded Bachelor of Science in Engineering degrees to 212 students, including eight who completed their work in December and six ...
June 1, 2007
A webcast of Pratt's graduation is available for download here.
Duke University and its Pratt School of Engineering awarded degrees to 382 undergraduate and graduate students May 13 and Dean Kristina M. Johnson told Pratt’s Class of 2007 and their families and friends at a Chapel celebration that “It’s a perfect time to be an engineer.”
Johnson awarded Bachelor of Science in Engineering degrees to 212 students, including eight who completed their work in December and six ...
May 1, 2007
The winning CUREs team with EWH founder Robert Malkin.
The winning team of the second annual Duke-Engineering World Health CUREs non-profit business competition has developed a device to help catch cervical cancer early in women of developing countries. The low-cost device called a cerviScope might also hold promise for use in industrialized countries, including the U.S., according to Duke physicians familiar with the new cancer-screening instrument.
"Our ambition is to save the lives of 19,000 women in ...
May 1, 2007
The winning CUREs team with EWH founder Robert Malkin.
The winning team of the second annual Duke-Engineering World Health CUREs non-profit business competition has developed a device to help catch cervical cancer early in women of developing countries. The low-cost device called a cerviScope might also hold promise for use in industrialized countries, including the U.S., according to Duke physicians familiar with the new cancer-screening instrument.
"Our ambition is to save the lives of 19,000 women in ...
April 1, 2007
China is “racing ahead” of both the United States and India in producing graduates with advanced engineering and technology degrees and in its ability to perform basic research, according to new findings in a Duke University-authored article published in the online edition of Issues in Science and Technology.
The trend is part of a complex picture that challenges popular wisdom and sheds new light on how the United States and its two emerging Asian rivals -– ...
April 1, 2007
China is “racing ahead” of both the United States and India in producing graduates with advanced engineering and technology degrees and in its ability to perform basic research, according to new findings in a Duke University-authored article published in the online edition of Issues in Science and Technology.
The trend is part of a complex picture that challenges popular wisdom and sheds new light on how the United States and its two emerging Asian rivals -– ...
April 1, 2007
Dean Kristina M. Johnson of Duke's Pratt School of Engineering told an International Women’s Day audience March 8 that the nation needs more women and minorities in engineering so they will be able to help solve some of the increasingly complex challenges she said the world will face in years ahead.
“Simply put, unless we bring more women and minorities into science and engineering fields, we will not have the intellectual capital to address the global ...
April 1, 2007
Dean Kristina M. Johnson of Duke's Pratt School of Engineering told an International Women’s Day audience March 8 that the nation needs more women and minorities in engineering so they will be able to help solve some of the increasingly complex challenges she said the world will face in years ahead.
“Simply put, unless we bring more women and minorities into science and engineering fields, we will not have the intellectual capital to address the global ...
March 1, 2007
Natalie Wisniewski, a Pratt alumna and medical device consultant
On Feb. 9, Pratt school alums offered advice to current students at two different forums. Natalie Wisniewski, a medical device consultant who obtained her doctorate in biomedical engineering in Professor Monte Reichert's lab, spoke at a Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) event on enhancing personal innovation and problem solving. Later in the day, John Glushik, a venture capitalist who obtained his bachelor's in mechanical engineering from ...
March 1, 2007
Natalie Wisniewski, a Pratt alumna and medical device consultant
On Feb. 9, Pratt school alums offered advice to current students at two different forums. Natalie Wisniewski, a medical device consultant who obtained her doctorate in biomedical engineering in Professor Monte Reichert's lab, spoke at a Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) event on enhancing personal innovation and problem solving. Later in the day, John Glushik, a venture capitalist who obtained his bachelor's in mechanical engineering from ...
January 4, 2007
Note to Editors: "America's New Immigrant Entrepreneurs" is available online.
Durham, NC -- Immigrant entrepreneurs founded 25.3 percent of the U.S. engineering and technology companies established in the past decade, according to a new study from Duke University. What's more, foreign nationals -- those living in the United States who are not citizens -- contributed to an estimated 24.2 percent of international patent applications in 2006.
The study, conducted by a student research team at Duke's Master ...
January 1, 2007
The Masters of Engineering Management Program's immigrant study team.
Immigrant entrepreneurs founded 25.3 percent of the U.S. engineering and technology companies established in the past decade, according to a new study from Duke University. What's more, foreign nationals -- those living in the United States who are not citizens -- contributed to an estimated 24.2 percent of international patent applications in 2006.
The study, conducted by a student research team at Duke's Master of Engineering Management Program, ...
January 1, 2007
The Masters of Engineering Management Program's immigrant study team.
Immigrant entrepreneurs founded 25.3 percent of the U.S. engineering and technology companies established in the past decade, according to a new study from Duke University. What's more, foreign nationals -- those living in the United States who are not citizens -- contributed to an estimated 24.2 percent of international patent applications in 2006.
The study, conducted by a student research team at Duke's Master of Engineering Management Program, ...
December 1, 2006
International Fulbrighters: Genoveva Wong (front left), Valerie Speth (front right), Adnan Haider (back left) and Erdem Sahillioglu (back right)
Although they come from varied backgrounds—hailing from Germany, Panama, Pakistan and Turkey—four of this year’s Masters of Engineering Management (MEM) class share a common bond: all have traveled from their home countries to the Duke University Pratt School of Engineering with the full support of a Fulbright Scholarship.
“When I found out I got the Fulbright, I was ...
December 1, 2006
International Fulbrighters: Genoveva Wong (front left), Valerie Speth (front right), Adnan Haider (back left) and Erdem Sahillioglu (back right)
Although they come from varied backgrounds—hailing from Germany, Panama, Pakistan and Turkey—four of this year’s Masters of Engineering Management (MEM) class share a common bond: all have traveled from their home countries to the Duke University Pratt School of Engineering with the full support of a Fulbright Scholarship.
“When I found out I got the Fulbright, I was ...
November 27, 2006
A company founded in June 2006 by Assistant Biomedical Engineering (BME) Professor Adam Wax and (BME) Research Scientist William Brown has won the “Most Intriguing Idea” award in the healthcare category of the Phase 1 competition of the Duke Start-Up Challenge. The company is called Oncoscope and its goal is to build an accurate, quick and cost effective optical biopsy system for detecting pre-cancerous cells in epitheal tissues. The initial target is the esophagus.
The Oncoscope ...
November 7, 2006
Although they come from varied backgrounds—hailing from Germany, Panama, Pakistan and Turkey—four of this year’s Masters of Engineering Management (MEM) class share a common bond: all have traveled from their home countries to the Duke University Pratt School of Engineering with the full support of a Fulbright Scholarship.
“When I found out I got the Fulbright, I was ecstatic,” said Adnan Haider from Pakistan, noting that the competitive program draws thousands of applicants in his native ...
October 23, 2006
The National Academy of Engineering is hosting a public workshop on October 24-25 on offshoring of engineering jobs. “Offshoring" is the shifting of engineering and other high-skill jobs from the United States to developing countries. This workshop brings together policy makers, industry representatives, academic experts, and the public to explore the implications, debates, and outlook for offshoring. MEMP's Executive in Residence Vivek Wadhwa will be presenting the results of an industry survey conducted by Wadhwa ...
October 3, 2006
MEMP students get acquainted through a team-building exercise at an intensive two-day orientation.
Students in the Masters of Engineering Management Program (MEMP) are getting a head start in their career development through a series of workshops led in part by Lee Hecht Harrison (LHH), the world's leading career services company.
Before classes even started, the students were introduced to the program in an intensive two-day orientation. The new career development program was developed over several months by ...
October 3, 2006
MEMP students get acquainted through a team-building exercise at an intensive two-day orientation.
Students in the Masters of Engineering Management Program (MEMP) are getting a head start in their career development through a series of workshops led in part by Lee Hecht Harrison (LHH), the world's leading career services company.
Before classes even started, the students were introduced to the program in an intensive two-day orientation. The new career development program was developed over several months by ...
August 27, 2006
The effect of engineering outsourcing on the global economy is a discussion of keen interest in business, policy and academic circles. In the fall 2005 and spring 2006 a team of Master of Engineering Management students, led by Ben Rissing under the direction of MEM Executive in Residence, Vivek Wadhwa, and Sociology Professor Gary Gereffi, challenged the faulty statistics that have been used to compare undergraduate engineering graduation rates in the United States, India, and ...
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