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Each year, the Master of Engineering Management Program (MEMP) builds on the foundation that an undergraduate degree in engineering or science has established. The program uses a combination of core business and management courses and technical electives to develop a skill set that includes advanced technical knowledge along with a strong understanding of management and business. In recent years, the MEMP has seen an increasing number of students looking to add another component to the degree; READ MOREMEMP Student Gets Face Time with Warren Buffett
by Bridget Fletcher When Pratik Shah, a Master of Engineering Management student from Aurangabad, India joined the Duke Investment Club, he expected to meet other students with a similar interest in investing and finance and to get some valuable networking opportunities. He did not expect a lunch meeting with Warren Buffett. More than 150 students from Duke, the University of Tennessee, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology were extended an invitation to dine with Warren Buffett in READ MOREGlass Named Senior Associate Dean for Education at Duke's Pratt School of Engineering
Professor Jeffrey T. Glass has been appointed Senior Associate Dean for Education, Dean Tom Katsouleas announced on July 1, 2008. He succeeds Tod Laursen, who served in that capacity since 2003 and will now become chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science. "Jeff has the ideal background to help the faculty and the departments to develop innovative and exciting new educational programs that respond to the nation's need for engineers that will be READ MOREDuke University Awards Degrees to 404 Engineers
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 READ MOREDuke Undergraduate Entrepreneurs in Action
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 READ MOREMEM Program Led Tam to Start Non-Profit Aimed at Cervical Cancer's Prevention
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 READ MOREExpert Advice: How to 'Pitch your Idea'
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 READ MOREExpert Advice: How to 'Pitch your Idea'
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 READ MOREIn New Position, Lawrence Boyd to Boost Student Entrepreneurship at Duke
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, READ MOREIn New Position, Lawrence Boyd to Boost Student Entrepreneurship at Duke
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, READ MOREMEM Program Led Lingamneni Straight to Career at Microsoft
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 READ MORE
