I could not be more thrilled to start the new year off with such incredible news! In case you haven't heard yet, a landmark gift from David Lamond ’97, J.D.’06 and Kelsey Lamond ’06, Pierre and Christine Lamond, and the Lamond Family Foundation has named our ECE department in Pierre's honor as a means of celebrating his amazing career as an electrical engineer and venture capitalist. Together with donor challenges that will endow seven new faculty chairs and seven Ph.D. fellowships, this commitment represents $57 million in total investment. The gift strengthens Duke’s ability to shape the next era of computing technologies and fuels the department’s rapid rise in research and academic distinction.

The Duke Design Health program is an emblematic banner-carrier of what makes Duke different. When our faculty bring both medical conditions in need of better solutions and years of industry experience to our incredible students, the results are often inspirational. Follow this team of rising stars as they form a startup to pursue an award-winning treatment for patients with disruptions to their autonomic body processes.

"Engineering education is more important and relevant than ever. I’m proud to support a dynamic university that is equipping engineers with the problem-solving and technological skill to be leaders addressing the major opportunities and challenges of our time."

Pierre Lamond
on his family's landmark gift to Duke Engineering

Go behind the scenes in this video with Jay Dalton to see how he suits up in protective gear to enter the hyper-clean space in the Shared Materials Instrumentation Facility (SMIF). In the cleanroom, the right gear isn’t just helpful; it’s essential to enabling potential breakthroughs in medicine and engineering.