Civil and Environmental Engineering

Adrian Bejan: "Freedom and Evolution: Hierarchy in Nature, Society and Science"

December 1, 2020

December Books: Adrian Bejan: "Freedom and Evolution: Hierarchy in Nature, Society and Science"

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October 21, 2020

Henry Petroski: Let's Talk Potholes!

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September 28, 2020

How Engineers Save Lives and Enable Human Civilization

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September 23, 2020

Reclaiming Water from Waste

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Imari Walker

September 2, 2020

Imari Walker Is on a Mission to Protect Our Health From Microplastics

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Imari Walker Karega worries over the plastic water bottle you’re drinking from.

July 7, 2020

An Environmental Engineering Mission: #CancelWaterBottles

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The mountainside behind the Vajont Dam in Italy is left barren where a massive landslide broke away in 1963, killing an estimated 2,000 people. Trees and other vegetation have grown on top of the landslide’s final resting place.

June 25, 2020

Taking a Landslide’s Temperature to Avert Catastrophe

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Beijing air pollution, captured by satellite

April 22, 2020

Spotting Air Pollution with Satellites, Better Than Ever Before

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Maria Pia Rodriguez Salazar; Mohamed Ismail

April 14, 2020

Two From Duke Named Soros Fellows

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Photo of smog covering city downtown skyline

April 9, 2020

Bedroom Air Filters Help Asthmatic Children Breathe Easier

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Heather Stapleton's lab is conducting pathbreaking environmental analysis of toxins encountered in daily life.

February 7, 2020

What's in North Carolina Drinking Water?

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February 5, 2020

Contaminated Water in North Carolina Backyards

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Researchers twist rock discs against one another under large amounts of pressure at high speeds to simulate what happens during earthquakes at fault lines. New models from Duke engineers are the first that can accurately reproduce how the amount of fricti

January 17, 2020

Observing the Unobservable: Models Predict the Mechanical Origins of Earthquakes

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New research suggests how numerous tiny eddies such as the ones seen in this wisp of smoke squeeze themselves and transfer energy to smaller scales throughout a turbulent flow

December 17, 2019

How Squeezing 'Eddies' Help Transfer Energy Through Turbulence

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Small-scale, artisanal mining operations such as the one shown here cause deforestation, which in turn leads to erosion that exacerbates the release of mercury into the local watershed.

December 12, 2019

Where Gold Mining Grows in Peru, Deforestation, Erosion and Toxic Mercury Follows

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a bridge that needs replacing. Photo by EIA Bridge program

October 4, 2019

Engineers Building Bridges (and Other Good DEIDS)

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