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New Wilkinson Building Adds 150k Square Feet to Advance Research and Education
Duke Engineering’s building fosters collaboration with research neighborhoods, dedicated entrepreneurial space and student hands-on learning labs
After years of planning and construction, Duke Engineering opened the new Wilkinson Building for Spring 2021 classes. The 150,000-square-foot Wilkinson Building sits at the intersection of the Schools of Engineering, Medicine and Arts & Sciences just steps from Duke’s historic West Campus.
With three floors bringing together faculty focused on health, computing and the environment, and a location that fosters cross-campus collaborations, the Wilkinson Building promises to accelerate advances in engineering and interdisciplinary research. It expands student engineering space by more than 50 percent with a design that meets the needs of our highly collaborative, hands-on and entrepreneurial educational programming.
The added space in the new Wilkinson Building enabled many DMI faculty to move from other existing buildings to co-locate for easier collaboration and sharing of equipment and resources.
