Graduate Student Groups

Student Government

• Engineering Graduate Student Council (EGSC) Show/Hide Description

The EGSC, established in 2004, is dedicating to representing the interests and concerns of the graduate students of the Duke University Pratt School of Engineering. EGSC works to facilitate the integration of new graduate students and to promote social and academic interaction among fellow graduate students.

• Graduate and Professional Student Council (GPSC) Show/Hide Description

The Graduate and Professional Student Council (GPSC) is an important resource for incoming and returning students both in the areas of academic and administrative concerns but also as a social network. GPSC (pronounced gyp-sy) advocates for the needs of all graduate and professional students and seeks to build community among this diverse population. GPSC meets biweekly to address student concerns and issues raised by the administration. Graduate and professional student are automatic members of GPSC.

Special Interest

• Center for Interdisciplinary Education, Research and Development (CIERD) Show/Hide Description

The mission of the Center is to foster effective interaction, collaboration and intellectual exchange between students from various departments at Duke University and to facilitate integration of different educational and research fields. CIERD was proposed to serve students interested in multidisciplinary research and how such research can contribute to new product design, state of the art disease treatment, environmental safety, economic growth, and societal development.

• English for International Students (EIS) Show/Hide Description

The EIS program was created by the Graduate School to help international students improve their speaking and writing skills and prepare for greater success in their academic work. The program offers courses in both oral communication and academic writing, and individualized attention that allows students at all proficiency levels to benefit.

• Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) Show/Hide Description

WiSE is a network of women graduate students and post-doctoral associates working to improve the climate for women in science, and serves as a liaison between women science and engineering students and the administration, and sponsors events in which women faculty members and students in science and engineering can come together and share experiences and ideas for change. WiSE is affiliated with the Duke University Women's Center and is supported by grants from the Office of Student Affairs and the Graduate and Professional Student Council.

Professional Societies

• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Show/Hide Description
  Visit http://www.asce.org for the national ASCE website.

The ASCE, founded more than 150 years ago, is dedicated to setting a course for both the Society and the profession that will ready civil engineers for the challenges of the 21st century. The Duke Chapter of ASCE is an active group that takes part in the yearly concrete canoe competition (among others) at the annual Carolina Conference. Faculty Adviser: Joe Nadeau

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Show/Hide Description
  Visit http://www.asme.org for the national ASME website.

Founded in 1880 as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, today's ASME is a 120,000-member professional organization focused on technical, educational and research issues of the engineering and technology community. Faculty Adviser: Linda Franzoni

• Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Show/Hide Description
  Visit http://www.bmes.org for the national BMES website.

The BMES, founded in 1968, is dedicated to promoting the increase of biomedical engineering knowledge and its utilization. The BMES chapter at Duke will help you understand and stay abreast of major advances in biomedical engineering. Faculty Adviser: Lori Setton

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Show/Hide Description
  Visit http://www.ieee.org for the national IEEE website.

The IEEE and its predecessors, the AIEE (American Institute of Electrical Engineers) and the IRE(Institute of Radio Engineers), date to 1884. IEEE is dedicated to pursuing scientific and educational activities to advance the theory and practice of electrical engineering, electronics, radio and the allied branches of engineering and the related arts and sciences. Duke's IEEE Student Branch is open to any student with a genuine interest in electrical engineering and/or its related fields (e.g. computer science, biomedical engineering, physics, applied mathematics, etc.). Faculty Adviser: Sule Ozev

• National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Show/Hide Description
  Visit http://www.nsbe.org for the national NSBE website.

Founded in 1971, NSBE's mission is to increase the number of culturally responsible Black engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally and positively impact the community. The Duke Society of Black Engineers focuses on not only inceasing the number of successful minority engineers at Duke University, but on growing a network among students, alumni, and other undergraduate engineers within the Triangle area. Faculty Adviser: Jeff Forbes

• Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Show/Hide Description
  Visit http://www.swe.org for the national SWE website.