Master of Engineering in Risk Engineering

Program Code: E-EGR-RE
Degree Designation: Master of Engineering
Department: Civil & Environmental Engineering
Website: cee.duke.edu/grad/masters/meng-risk

Program Summary

Mitigating losses and human impacts to a range of extreme events, including financial, public health, environmental, and climatological crises is far more cost-effective than paying for recovery, remediation, and reconstruction.

Duke's Master of Engineering (MEng) in Risk Engineering emphasizes a systems approach and the use of statistical decision theory to assess the potential for extreme events, and the costs and benefits of their consequences.

Our students explore concentration areas including:

• Environment and Public Policy

• Materials and Structures

• Energy and Climate Systems

Academic Requirements

• Core Industry Preparatory Courses (complete all)

  • MENG 540  Management of High Tech Industries

  • MENG 570  Business Fundamentals for Engineers

• Internship/Project and Assessment (complete all)

  • MENG 550  Master of Engineering Internship/Project

  • MENG 551  Master of Engineering Internship/Project Assessment

• Seminar (complete any)

  • CEE 701  Graduate Colloquium

  • CEE 702  Graduate Colloquium

• Uncertainty, Risk, and Systems Engineering Requirements (complete all)

  • CEE 690 (topic: RISK AND RESILIENCE IN ENGR)

  • EGRMGMT 590 (topic: SYSTEMS ENGINEERING)

• Methodological Requirements (complete 3 subrequirements)

  • Mathematical Modeling Optimization (3 credits): CEE 62, CEE 629, MATH 551, MATH 555, MATH 561, MATH 577, PHYSICS 513, CEE 690 (topic: NUMERICAL OPTIMIZATION)

  • Policy Analysis (3 credits): LAW 590, PUBPOL 504, PUBPOL 505S, PUBPOL 580S, PUBPOL 582, PUBPOL 583S, PUBPOL 585, PUBPOL 607

  • Uncertainty Quantification and Data Analytics (3 credits): CEE 644, COMPSCI 571D, COMPSCI 579, ECE 555, ECE 581, ECE 585, MATH 541, STA 502, STA 601, STA 601L, STA 611, STA 623, CEE 690 (topic: UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION)

  • Valuation, Assessment, and Decision Making (3 credits): CEE 679, ECON 753, ENVIRON 520, ENVIRON 521, ENVIRON 638, ENVIRON 640, ENVIRON 717

• Concentration Requirements (complete any)

  • Energy and Climate Systems (9 credits): CEE 575, ENERGY 630, ENERGY 631, ENERGY 635, ENERGY 711, ENERGY 716L, ECS 512

  • Environment and Population Health (9 credits): CEE 560, CEE 561L, CEE 563, CEE 571, CEE 581, CEE 667, CEE 683, CEE 684, ENVIRON 539, ENVIRON 563

  • Materials and Structures (9 credits): CEE 520, CEE 525, CEE 541, CEE 621, CEE 642, ME 527, ME 555, ME 742, BME 590 (topic: VISCOELASTIC BIOMECHANICS)