The Engineering Faculty Council (EFC) of the Pratt School of Engineering functions as a steering committee for the faculty. Its responsibilities include the establishment of ad hoc committees to consider and report on matters of concern to the faculty.
- The EFC will be composed of two voting faculty members from each department and the Dean of Engineering (ex officio)
- Members are elected to two-year terms and may serve a maximum of two consecutive terms
- The first of each department's representatives will be elected in even-numbered years by the voting membership of the faculty of the Pratt School of Engineering
- Voting is held prior to the spring meeting by secret ballot
- The Dean of Engineering and the Chair of the EFC will be in charge of the election process
- Tie votes will be resolved by re-balloting
- The faculty in each department will elect the second representative from its own membership in odd-numbered years, prior to the spring meeting
- Each department chair, or chair's designated representative, will prescribe the procedures for counting the votes for the second of these representatives
- If a representative is unable to complete a term of office, a replacement will be selected by the same voting process by which the original representative was elected
- The EFC will normally meet monthly during the academic year
- A quorum for the conduct of business will be a simple majority of the membership of the EFC
- Immediately following the spring meeting of the engineering faculty, the Engineering Faculty Council meets to elect by secret ballot its own chair and secretary (who serves in the chair's absence)
- Election is for one-year terms
2023-2024 Membership
Chair
Volker Blum
Associate Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
volker.blum@duke.edu
Secretary
Michael Gustafson
Associate Professor of the Practice of Electrical & Computer Engineering
mrg@duke.edu
Representatives
Biomedical Engineering
- Assistant Professor Pranam Chatterjee (term: 2023-25)
- Professor Tatiana Segura (term: 2022-24)
Civil & Environmental Engineering
- Sternberg Family Professor Michael Bergin (term (2022-24)
- Associate Professor Johann Guilleminot (term: 2023-25)
Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Associate Professor of the Practice Michael Gustafson (term: 2022-24)
- Professor April Brown (term: 2023-25)
Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science
- Associate Professor Volker Blum (term: 2022-24)
- Assistant Professor Leila Bridgeman (term: 2023-25)