Even in this year of reconfigured schedules, remote work, and cancelled plans, Duke MBAs have found a way to pursue meaningful summer internships with an energy and environment focus. Summer internships are an important anchor in the MBA experience–an opportunity to apply classroom learning to real business challenges. As the COVID pandemic rewrote the rules […]
With each crisis comes opportunity. The coronavirus pandemic has changed our work, travel, community engagement, and social lives in profound ways this year. And perhaps nowhere has adaptation had to happen faster than in the world of higher education. With eleven degree programs and more than 1,800 students enrolled when the coronavirus started spreading, the […]
By Varun Saluja (MBA’20) To my fellow Fuquans recruiting for energy internships late in the spring, a word of advice: Don’t give up. Trust the process. Stay the course. It will work out. Not long ago, I was in the same boat. Allow me to share my experience and some of the lessons I learned […]
Camilo Serna, Vice President of Corporate Strategy for DTE Energy talks about the scale and pace of change in the electric utility industry, DTE’s net zero carbon emissions goals, and managing corporate strategy amid uncertainty. RELATED ARTICLES: Watch more EDGE Chats videos with executives
The 11th annual Duke University Energy Conference brought 300 students, faculty, and industry executives together in November at Duke’s Fuqua School of Business to discuss the changing energy industry landscape. “Despite lots of debate and decades of inaction, we increasingly recognize that energy transition is essential,” said EDGE executive director Dan Vermeer in welcome remarks. […]
Eric Rohlfing, Former Senior Technical Advisor at the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), shares his insights on building an innovation community, removing tech-to-market barriers, and energy technology trends in this EDGE Chats video. RELATED ARTICLES: Watch more EDGE Chats videos with executives
Andrew Slaughter, Executive Director of Deloitte’s Center for Energy Solutions, reflects on oil and gas market trends, energy technologies, and leadership lessons. RELATED ARTICLES: Watch more EDGE Chats videos with executives
There are exciting job opportunities for MBAs in the energy sector, but making sense of where these jobs fit in a sector as complex as this one can be difficult. To help students visualize employers along the energy value chain, EDGE has developed a “roadmap” of example employers in the energy sector—from energy production (upstream) to […]
Summer internships are one of the most valuable ways for a student to extend her MBA classroom learning in a real-world application. From oil and gas to smart grids to corporate sustainability, Fuqua MBAs are spending the summer working on energy and environment issues with an impressive list of companies. Here are some of the […]
Few experiences require MBA students to think on their feet like business school case competitions. Though formats vary, these competitions usually require a combination of quantitative analysis and strategic analysis—often under a tight time deadline—and typically culminate with a formal in-person presentation in front of judges, other MBAs, and industry experts. Duke University teams had […]