Civil and Environmental Engineering

Under telling skies, scientists Andy Bragg, Jason Scot Simon and Nate Chaney gathered at Chaney's farm in Rougemont. Photo by Chris Hildreth

January 10, 2023

Climate Scientists Listen to the Clouds

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plastic in the ocean, aside sealife

December 9, 2022

Modeling a ‘River of Plastic’

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November 30, 2022

Engineering the End of ‘Forever Chemicals’

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suspended footbridge in Bolivia

October 12, 2022

Building a Safe Pathway to School in Bolivia, 55 Feet in the Air

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Henry Petroski

October 7, 2022

Henry Petroski: The Forces Are With You in Everyday Life

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Duke Science and Technology (DST) Launch Seed Grants 2022

August 23, 2022

Meet the Winners of the 2022 DST Launch Seed Grants

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Duke graduate students Joshua Crittenden (left) and Daniel Rodriguez (right) discuss their microbiome engineering research with their advisor, Claudia Gunsch. The group's expertise in engineering microbes to remediate polluted environments will now be foc

August 19, 2022

Duke-Led Center to Explore the Microbial Communities in Our Homes and Workspaces

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Newly listed 374Water rings the Nasdaq opening bell on July 1

July 5, 2022

Duke Technology Launches PFAS-Destroying Waste Treatment Company to Nasdaq

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Sandeep Hasinthara, a research technician based at the University of Ruhuna, collects a water sample from a CKDu impacted well in Bālayāwewa, Sri Lanka.

February 22, 2022

Dipping Into Sri Lanka's Rural Wells

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2022 Marshall Scholar recipients James Marek and Yasa Baig

December 13, 2021

Two Duke Seniors Join 2022 Marshall Scholars for Graduate Study in the United Kingdom

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November 19, 2021

Identifying Exposure Risks from Common Household Chemicals in Durham Homes

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By including sharp contrasts in land features on small scales, a new study focusing on a 100x100 km box (shown here) improved the accuracy of weather and climate predictions.

November 2, 2021

A Step Toward Better Weather Forecasts

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Novel pathogens such as the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus are breaking loose in human populations more often, increasing the probability of extreme pandemics.

August 23, 2021

Statistics Say Large Pandemics Are More Likely Than We Thought

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New Bass Fellows, clockwise from top left: Lamonte Aidoo, Mike Bergin, James Chappel, Joel Collier, Charmaine Royal and Harris Solomon

June 1, 2021

Six New Bass Fellows Honored for Excellence in Research and Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching

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Researchers work to train an AI algorithm what birds look like to radar in the Duke Gardens

May 13, 2021

Bringing Radar Down From the Clouds to the City Streets

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May 12, 2021

Reverse Osmosis: How Engineers Save Lives

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