Duke Experts Discuss the Potential of AI to Help Prevent, Detect and Treat Disease
Scientific presentations were just one portion of the Duke Summit on AI for Health Innovation
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
Engineering the Acceptance of Climate Change Solutions
No matter how clean our technologies become, people must be persuaded to use them to make a difference
Predicting Cyanide’s Role in Making Mercury More Dangerous
CEE PhD student Shannon Plunkett recently won a “Best Student Paper” award for her work on mercury toxicity caused by artisanal gold mining