Highlights:
Construction continued on the Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, Medicine and Applied Sciences, known as CIEMAS; the building remains on schedule to open in August 2004.

Awards and recognition:
Dean Kristina M. Johnson, among the pioneers of applications of liquid crystals, was inducted into the Women in Technology International (WITI) Hall of Fame on June 25.

Roger Barr, professor of biomedical engineering and associate professor of pediatrics, was voted the 2003 president-elect for the Administrative Committee of Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society and president in 2004.

Mort Friedman, professor of biomedical engineering, was appointed one of three U.S. delegates to the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE).

William (Ed) Hammond, professor emeritus of biomedical engineering, was presented the 2003 Paul Ellwood Individual Award for Lifetime Achievement from FACCT, the Foundation for Accountability.

Richard B. Fair, professor of electrical and computer engineering, won the 2003 Electrochemical Society Award in Solid State Science and Technology.

Robert Kielb, senior research scientist in mechanical engineering and materials science, was presented with the ASME Board of Governors Recognition Award for Accomplishments.

Kenneth C. Hall, chair of mechanical engineering and materials science, was appointed to a six-year term on the ASME International Gas Turbine Institute (IGTI) Board of Directors.

Henry Petroski, professor of civil and environmental engineering, was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Faculty and staff appointments:
Tod Laursen, an associate professor and director of undergraduate studies in civil and environmental engineering, was appointed the school's senior associate dean for education.

April Brown joined Pratt in July as chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Stojan Radic joined Pratt as Nortel Endowed Associate Professor in March from Bell Laboratories, where he worked in lightwave systems research.

Dawn Hails was named school finance manager.

School statistics:
946 undergraduates; 180 Bachelor of Science in Engineering degrees awarded in May.

343 graduate students, with 74 working toward master's degrees and 269 Ph.D. students.

Major gifts:
By June 30, Pratt had raised $203.8 million in the Campaign for Duke, which began in 1996 and continues through December 31, 2003. Pratt’s initial goal of $50 million was increased to $170 million following the adoption of the university’s strategic plan, Building on Excellence. Pratt raised more than $46 million in gifts and pledges in 2002-03, including nearly $1.8 million of unrestricted funds for the Engineering Annual Fund from 44 percent of alumni and 60 percent of Pratt’s faculty.

Edmund T. Pratt Jr., for whom the Pratt School of Engineering is named, died of cancer on September 5, 2002. An Duke engineering alumnus and retired chairman and chief executive officer of Pfizer Inc., Pratt donated $35 million in 1999 to the school of engineering—the largest gift in the school’s history. "No one had a greater impact than Ed on our School of Engineering,” President Keohane said. “His marvelous gift has made it possible for Duke to embark on many of the critical engineering priorities identified in Building on Excellence--strengthening and growing the faculty, providing the necessary facilities and laboratories for state-of-the-art research and teaching, and attracting the best students."