Research Neighborhoods
Duke Engineering research holds great promise to change lives and improve our global future. In our new building, we will realize that promise in innovation neighborhoods where faculty and student researchers work together to improve human health, advance computing, machine learning and intelligent systems, and ensure a healthy environment.
Each neighborhood is thoughtfully designed to promote collaboration and foster innovation—with faculty organized around common research interests rather than traditional departmental divisions, and featuring open lab designs and ample meeting spaces where faculty and students can discuss their work and generate new ideas.
Health Innovation Neighborhood
Designing effective new therapies to prevent disease, promote wellbeing and extend longevity
Computing & Intelligent Systems Neighborhood
Pioneering advances in computing and machine learning to enhance our connectivity, security, and joy of living
Environmental Health Neighborhood
Developing smart technologies and sound strategies to protect our environment and create a more sustainable future
Neighborhood Features
- 7500 square feet of space on each floor dedicated to faculty and student research
- 35 state-of-the-art lab modules that can be configured to accommodate specific research needs
- 50+ faculty offices located next to research labs and convenient to each other, conference rooms and meeting spaces
- 170+ graduate student and post-doc workspaces
- Collaborative “think spaces” and break rooms
The new engineering building is central to Duke’s vision for the future. In our strategic plan we emphasize the importance of creating strong intellectual communities, and this space represents a real hub where faculty and students can congregate and work together on important issues. We’re also investing heavily in science and technology, and the engineering building offers us a wonderful avenue to help attract the best and brightest faculty and students in those fields to move with Duke into the future.
Provost of Duke University
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