Contacts & Staff.

For questions regarding graduate admissions information, please contact Samantha Morton at samantha@ee.duke.edu. To request graduate application material, please fill out the application material request form.

For questions regarding undergraduate admissions and financial aid, please contact Duke Undergraduate Admissions. For questions regarding the ECE undergraduate program, advising, and course requirements, please contact the ECE Director of Undergraduate Studies, Dr. Ybarra, at gary@ee.duke.edu or the Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Programs in the Pratt School of Engineering, Ms. Simmons, at csimmons@acpub.duke.edu.

The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department's main administrative office is located in room 129, Hudson Hall. The phone number is (919)-660-5252, the fax number is (919)-660-5293, and the mailing address is:

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Duke University, Box 90291
Durham, NC 27708, U.S.A.

Staff information is listed below:

The individual support staff members are organized into several areas of responsibility.

Departmental Support

The Departmental Business Manager is responsible for financial operations of the Department, including grant management.

Amy Hogaboom, Department Business Manager
Phone: (919) 660-5042
amyh@ee.duke.edu

The Departmental support staff is responsible for the general office administration of the Department, purchasing, reimbursements and lends support to the faculty and staff.

Ellen Currin, Staff Assistant, General Administrative Support
Phone: 660-5252
ecurrin@ee.duke.edu

Tasha Dawson, Staff Assistant, General Administrative Support
Phone: (919) 660-5282
tasha@ee.duke.edu

Kristen Rogers, HR Specialist
Phone: 660-5406
kr28@ee.duke.edu

Student Support

The Student Support staff are the primary departmental contacts for students on matters related to their respective programs. Additionally, these staff members support the respective faculty leaders on many programmatic matters.

Kristen Rogers, Staff Assistant, Undergraduate Program Support
Phone: 660-5406
kr28@ee.duke.edu

Samantha Morton, Program Coordinator, Graduate Program Support
Phone: (919)660-5245
samantha@ee.duke.edu

Grants & Research Administration

ECE research administrators assist the ECE faculty in creating budgets for grant applications and helping with other aspects of grant preparation. After grants are awarded, they monitor the disbursement of grant funds and reconcile financial statements. Additionally the staff works with Duke University Office of Research Support and the Office of Sponsored Programs to ensure full compliance with sponsoring agencies and other parties.

Harold Rose, Research Business Manager
Phone: (919)660-5243
Fax: (919)660-5293
hwr@ee.duke.edu

Leah Goldsmith, Grants Manager
Phone: (919) 660-5595
leah@ee.duke.edu

Sharon Lloyd, Grants Manager
Phone: (919) 660-5497
sharon@ee.duke.edu

Facilities & Lab Support

Justin Miles, Undergraduate Laboratory R&D Engineer
Phone: 919-660-5240
jwmiles@ee.duke.edu

Kip Coonley, Undergraduate Laboratory Manager
Phone: (919)660-5186
Fax: (919)660-5293
kip.coonley@duke.edu

As Undergraduate Laboratory Manager, Kip's primary responsibility is to oversee the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering's undergraduate instructional laboratories. This involves developing, in conjunction with the Director of Undergraduate Laboratories, the vision for labs including instruction, state-of-the art equipment, and effective space management. In coordination with instructors, Kip ensures that course needs and resources are met in laboratories used for both teaching and undergraduate research. He is responsible for supervising and instructing both undergraduate and graduate teaching assistants and providing the necessary support to ensure the highest quality of instruction in ECE courses and laboratories. Design and development of new laboratory experiments and laboratory safety compliance are some of his additional duties.