BME,alumni News

November 5, 2007

Why Engineers Make Good Business People

Note: The following represents a speech presented by Sy Sternberg, chairman and CEO of New York Life Insurance Co., at Duke's Pratt School of Engineering on Saturday, Nov. 3, during Parents Weekend. Sternberg is an engineer by education, with bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering. Download his power point slides. It’s great to be here this week with so many other Duke parents. My son, Matthew, has just entered his senior year at ...

September 19, 2007

As Founder of Shoeboxed.com, Recent Grad Starts a 'Consumer Revolution'

The Shoeboxed logo. As an undergraduate, Taylor Mingos ('07) was the first student at the Pratt School of Engineering to officially participate in the Duke-in-Berlin program's special engineering option, in which students take an intensive year of German and enroll in engineering-related courses at the Technical University of Berlin. Immediately after graduating with a triple major in electrical engineering, biomedical engineering and German studies, he led a diverse team of 16 back to the vibrant European ...

April 2, 2007

Vote for InnoWorks

United Innoworks Academy, an organization founded at Duke by recent Pratt graduate William Hwang, is in the running for a Golden BR!CK award worth $15,000 in funding from the not-for-profit organization Do Something Inc. InnoWorks is competing against 11 other finalists for the top prize. The award will go to the organization that generates the greatest number of web-based votes. Vote now. InnoWorks has made it possible for middle-school kids all over the country to attend free, ...

December 1, 2006

Reassurance, Advice and Laughs at 2006 Engineering Parents’ Weekend

Brook Byers Brook Byers, a venture capitalist and Pratt parent, kicked off the 2006 Parents' Weekend seminar and barbeque by soothing parents’ fears that their child wouldn't get a good job. He described five hot technology areas, and gave seniors advice on how to choose their first position. His presentation to the crowd of 600 parents and students Oct. 27 was followed by an interactive panel of four Duke engineering seniors who provided their own take on ...

June 1, 2006

Pratt School Celebrates Graduation of Class of 2006

Ian Kazi Shakil receives the Pratt School of Engineering Student Service Award from Associate Dean Linda Franzoni Duke University awarded degrees to 346 undergraduate and graduate engineering students on May 14 in ceremonies beginning with a university-wide commencement celebration in Wallace Wade Stadium and ending with a Pratt School of Engineering ceremony in Duke Chapel. Pratt Dean Kristina M. Johnson presented Bachelor of Science in Engineering diplomas to 244 students, including 12 who completed their work in ...

May 1, 2006

Distinguished Alums and Faculty Honored at Awards Ceremony

Three distinguished alumni and six faculty members were honored for their career accomplishments, service to Pratt and excellence in teaching, mentoring and research at the 2006 annual Engineering Alumni Council Banquet held at the Searle Center on April 28. William A. Hawkins III E'76, was awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award. James G. Whayne E'90, was awarded the Distinguished Young Alumnus Award. And Pratt Senior Associate Dean of Development and Alumni Affairss Judge Carr was awarded the ...

January 1, 2006

Prolific Alum Offers Students Roadmap for Success

George Truskey, Robert Fischell and Dean Kristina Johnson A prolific innovator and entrepreneur who Dean Kristina Johnson calls “one of Duke’s most successful alumni” offered Pratt School of Engineering students a roadmap for finding fun and profit while also benefiting humanity at a Distinguished Alumni Seminar held in the Fitzpatrick Center on Jan. 11. Robert Fischell (’51) invented drug-eluting stents that keep heart vessels open in those prone to heart attacks and a series of other ...

May 1, 2005

Alumni, Faculty Honored at Engineering Banquet

Duke’s Engineering Alumni Association Saturday night honored 1974 graduate Capers McDonald of Potomac, Md., with its Distinguished Alumnus Award and 1990 graduate Edward L. Trimble of Atlanta with the Distinguished Young Alumnus Award. Professor F. Hadley Cocks of the Pratt School of Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science (MEMS), received the Distinguished Service Award for 33 years of service to the School of Engineering, joining the school in 1972 as assistant professor after six ...

April 24, 2005

Engineering Alumni and Faculty Members Honored

Duke’s Engineering Alumni Association April 23 honored 1974 graduate Capers McDonald of Potomac, Md., with its Distinguished Alumnus Award and 1990 graduate Edward L. Trimble of Atlanta with the Distinguished Young Alumnus Award. Professor F. Hadley Cocks of the Pratt School of Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science (MEMS), received the Distinguished Service Award for 33 years of service to the School of Engineering, joining the school in 1972 as assistant professor after six ...

May 1, 2004

2004 Alumni Banquet

On April 24, the Pratt School of Engineering honored three exceptional individuals at the annual Engineering Alumni Banquet, held at the Washington Duke Inn. Alan L. Kaganov BSME'60, received the Distinguished Alumnus Award; Gregory R. Maletic BSE'90, received the Distinguished Young Alumnus Award; and William H. Younger Jr. received the Distinguished Service Award. Kaganov was awarded the 2004 Distinguished Alumnus by the Engineering Alumni Association for his achievement in the health care and medical device industries, ...

April 1, 2004

Pratt Alumnus Wins Soros Fellowship

Pavan Cheruvu, a 2001 Pratt alumnus and Rhodes Scholar, has won a 2004 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans and will enter the Health Science and Technology program of Harvard University and MIT in September. Cheruvu, a triple major at Duke in electrical and biomedical engineering and chemistry, is currently pursuing M.S. degrees in Neuroscience and Computer Science at Oxford University. He was among 30 2004 recipients of the Soros Fellowships selected from 1,300 applicants. ...

May 1, 2003

Pratt Honors Faculty and Alumni

Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering recognized two alumni for their achievements and two faculty members for excellence in teaching and research at the annual alumni banquet April 26 that concluded the spring meeting of the school’s Board of Visitors. Mechanical Engineering and Materials Sciences Professor Charles Harman received the distinguished faculty teaching award, consisting of a plaque and $2,000. The award, selected by a faculty committee with student input, recognizes “superior dedication to undergraduate teaching.” Harman joined the faculty in 1961 and ...

April 1, 2003

Chandran Family Giving $1 Million to Pratt School of Engineering

Clarence Chandran and his late wife Beverley are giving Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering $1 million in separate gifts for the new Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Sciences (CIEMAS) and for research in brain tumor imaging. "These gifts are a very significant contribution to our effort to make Pratt a global leader in engineering research and education," said Duke President Nannerl O. Keohane in announcing the gifts March 24. "We are deeply grateful to Clarence and Beverley for their ...