Showing 10 results of 64 tagged “Civil and Environmental Engineering”.

Beijing air pollution, captured by satellite

Spotting Air Pollution with Satellites, Better Than Ever Before

Maria Pia Rodriguez Salazar; Mohamed Ismail

Two From Duke Named Soros Fellows

Fellowship for immigrants supports graduate studies`

Two members of the Duke community have been named to the Paul...

Photo of smog covering city downtown skyline

Bedroom Air Filters Help Asthmatic Children Breathe Easier

What's in North Carolina Drinking Water?

Faculty report on potential contaminants in the state’s drinking water -- and how they are helping us get a handle on the problem

Heather Stapleton’s research into PFAS, a group of potentially harmful chemicals, began in...

Contaminated Water in North Carolina Backyards

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

Observing the Unobservable: Models Predict the Mechanical Origins of Earthquakes

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

How Squeezing 'Eddies' Help Transfer Energy Through Turbulence

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.

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

a bridge that needs replacing. Photo by EIA Bridge program

Engineers Building Bridges (and Other Good DEIDS)

Pratt Undergrads Learn Fieldwork Methods by Examining Air and Water in China

See what Duke undergraduates have to say about their experience monitoring air and water quality...