Breath of Life: Duke Inventors Secure $5M for Novel Oxygenation Startup
Duke start-up VQ Biomedical is developing and commercializing a minimally-invasive catheter-based oxygenator.
Signature Research Topics
Creating a healthier, safer and more sustainable world
Duke CEE’s research efforts focus on complex earth, water and built systems. With collaborators around the globe, we apply engineering methods to find solutions to significant challenges—with the goal of a healthier, safer and more sustainable world.
Major Research Areas
Computational Mechanics & Scientific Computing
Developing precise algorithms to study and solve complex problems governed by the laws of mechanics.
Environmental Health Engineering
Studying connections between human health and ecosystem health, to understand risks and to build resilience in both.
Geomechanics & Geophysics for Energy and the Environment
Exploring issues in underground engineering, resource use and environmental hazards.
Hydrology & Fluid Dynamics
Focused on fundamental problems and critical challenges in fluid dynamics and water resources.
Risk & Resilient Systems
Seeking new and better ways to estimate and quantify the dynamics and uncertainty in engineered and natural systems.
Latest Research News
Seed Funding Helps Duke Research Collaborations Flourish
Seed funding from the Provost’s Collaboratories program helped Mike Bergin develop technologies, found startups and teach students around keeping solar panels clean from pollution
Engineering More Sustainable Materials for the Future
A new venture focused on materials development seeks to make greener materials for infrastructure, energy and resource health.