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I am an Engineering Educator and Researcher in the areas of both Electrical and Mechanical Engineering at Duke University. 

I currently hold the position of Undergraduate Laboratory Manager in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University, Durham, NC.  Prior to my current position, I have been employed in the field, both in research and industry. At RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC I served as a Research Engineer where I designed high-efficiency thermoelectrics using epitaxially grown superlattice thin-film structures.  At Lutron Electronics, Coopersburg, PA I developed electronically controlled dimmers for fluorescent and incandescent lamps.

My research interests include undergraduate engineering education, non-linear dynamics, electrostatics, energy harvesting, RFID, power electronics, plasma physics, and thin films.

I received the Ph.D. degree in ECE with a MEMS research focus from Duke University, Durham, NC. , the MS degree in EE from Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH and the B.S. degree in Physics from Bates College, Lewiston, ME.

Kip Coonley, Undergraduate Laboratory Manager

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

130 Hudson Hall, Box 90291

Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0291

(919) 660-5186

kip.coonley@duke.edu