About Us
Duke ECE is home to the pioneers of technologies once relegated to science fiction. But our research doesn’t just sound cool: it’s transforming our understanding of what’s possible to create a better tomorrow.
A Landmark Gift
The department’s namesake, Pierre R. Lamond, helped pioneer the semiconductor industry and later invested in semiconductor, systems, and software companies as a venture capitalist in Silicon Valley.
In January 2026, a landmark gift from David Lamond ’97, J.D.’06 and Kelsey Lamond ’06, Pierre and Christine Lamond, and the Lamond Family Foundation named the Pierre R. Lamond Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Pratt School of Engineering.
The gift also established the Pierre R. Lamond Presidential Distinguished Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering, a professorship focused on advancing research in semiconductors, nanoelectronics, and computer engineering.
Duke ECE: An Overview
Electrical & Computer Engineering is a broad engineering discipline dealing with the processing, control and transmission of information and energy by making extensive use of electrical and electromagnetic phenomena, systems theory and computational hardware and software.
At Duke ECE, we encourage students and faculty to develop synergies with disciplines outside of engineering—including medicine and the sciences.
Our undergraduates participate in independent study and study away, and pursue second majors. At Duke, the major in ECE can be matched with second majors in biomedical engineering, computer science, physics, mathematics, economics and public policy studies.
Our dynamic curriculum can accommodate far-ranging additional interests—including other engineering disciplines, pre-medicine, pre-law, business, art, music, psychology and the social sciences.
Our Mission
To facilitate the development of well-rounded, educated, productive and ethical individuals who are well-versed in technology and social, political and environmental issues.
Our Vision
To develop within each student a robust repertoire of professional skills, to provide each with avenues for exploring diverse interests, and to launch each successfully into one of a variety of careers offering lifelong learning, service and leadership within their own local, national and global communities.