2021 Magazine: Innovation & Entrepreneurship

The Duke ECE ecosystem supports startups with myriad resources, helping them grow into successful businesses.

In this Edition

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10/5/21 Pratt School of Engineering

Duke’s Entrepreneurial Playground

Duke electrical and computer engineering students have numerous opportunities to explore whether entrepreneurship is right for them, and develop the skills to take their efforts further

Lisa Huettel, Shaundra Daily and Rabih Younes
10/5/21 Pratt School of Engineering

POP Stars

Duke ECE’s lauded Professors of the Practice—POPs—have a passion for teaching and a mission to engage more students in the joy of engineering. Meet three of these engineers whose research focuses on education.

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10/5/21 Pratt School of Engineering

Welcome to the Computing Neighborhood

The fourth floor of Duke Engineering’s new Wilkinson Building houses the Advanced Computing and Intelligent Systems research neighborhood. Learn more about the engineers who now call this space home

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10/5/21 Pratt School of Engineering

Duke ECE Highlights: 2020-2021

National accolades, multiple early career awards, and professional recognitions. See who captured top honors in 2021

Letter from the Chair

Dear colleagues,

It has been an eventful year in Duke Engineering—to begin, there was the appointment of our new Vinik dean, Jerome Lynch, who will take the helm of the school in early 2022. The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering has had more than its share of excitement as well—our department now boasts 10 major research centers, with the establishment of multiple new endeavors this year:

You can read more in this year’s digital magazine, alongside stories highlighting the entrepreneurial culture of Duke ECE and the myriad resources available to students and faculty interested in translating their research into products and services available to the public. In fact, I had the recent thrill of being present on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange when IonQ, a Duke ECE spinoff and the world’s first pure-play quantum computing company, went public. Two of our faculty members, Chris Monroe and Jungsang Kim, joined IonQ president Peter Chapman as he rang the bell and began trading for the day. 

Whether our startups grow to fill a specialized niche or eventually expand into multi-billion-dollar companies poised to take over entire market segments, we are proud that each spun out from the work of our brilliant Duke ECE community.

Enjoy!

Krish Chakrabarty

Krishnendu Chakrabarty
John Cocke Distinguished Professor and Chair

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