The Fungal Fallout of Climate Disasters
A-Andrew Jones is working with an interdisciplinary team across Duke to study how fungal and bacterial microbes spread in the wake of natural disasters.
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
Duke Researcher Strives to Keep ‘Forever Chemicals’ Out of North Carolina Water Supply
Lee Ferguson serves as a ‘watchdog’ for industrial pollutants.
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.