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The goal of engineering is to serve society, and we believe that promoting entrepreneurship is one way to achieve that lofty goal.

Here in Duke BME, we have a long and impressive history of bringing our research out of the lab and into the marketplace where we can make a direct impact on physicians and patients. With our ever-expanding efforts to promote and support our entrepreneurial faculty, staff and students, we know the impact of Duke BME will continue to grow.

Duke BME faculty have founded 22 startups based on their research.

Faculty Founders

Ashutosh Chilkoti, Ph.D. Profile Photo

Ashutosh Chilkoti, Ph.D.

Alan L. Kaganov Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Charlie Gersbach Profile Photo

Charlie Gersbach

John W. Strohbehn Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Warren M Grill, Ph.D. Profile Photo

Warren M Grill, Ph.D.

James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Dr Roarke Horstmeyer Profile Photo

Dr Roarke Horstmeyer

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Dr Mike Lynch, M.D., Ph.D. Profile Photo

Dr Mike Lynch, M.D., Ph.D.

Director of Master’s Studies, W. H. Gardner, Jr. Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Mark L. Palmeri Profile Photo

Mark L. Palmeri

Professor of the Practice in the Department of Biomedical Engineering

Nimmi Ramanujam, Ph.D. Profile Photo

Nimmi Ramanujam, Ph.D.

Robert W. Carr, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Tuan Vo-Dinh, Ph.D. Profile Photo

Tuan Vo-Dinh, Ph.D.

R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Adam Wax, Ph.D. Profile Photo

Adam Wax, Ph.D.

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Transforming Ideas into Prototypes

Duke Engineering’s Wilkinson Building gives students space—and support—to craft innovative tools that can translate into entrepreneurial success. In downtown Durham, the renovated Chesterfield Building provides additional space for spinouts.

The Duke Engineering Entrepreneurship initiative (“Duke EngEn”) will make its home in the Wilkinson Building, with a centrally located Sondland Durant Center for Entrepreneurship serving students and faculty across campus who focus on delivering technological innovations and solutions to the marketplace.

Sondland/Durant Center

The Sondland/Durant Center for Entrepreneurship offers offices, large meeting spaces, and teleconference rooms for a collaborative workspace.

Garage labs on the main level of the Wilkinson Building not only offer makerspace for engineering design teams, but garage doors that open onto a wide patio to facilitate work on large projects such as electric vehicles, monowheels and more. Level 1

CFCI

The Christensen Family Center for Innovation provides students with space to plan and prototype their ideas with clinical partners.

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BRiDGE

The BRiDGE Startup Incubator supports the development and launch of Duke startups through expert assistance and access to 2,000 square feet of lab and office space.

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Duke Engineering Entrepreneurship Program (DEEP)

Our entrepreneurial post-doctoral program provides mentorship and advisory committees, lab resources and one year of salary support to recent PhD graduates as they launch startups based on their research.

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