Environmental Health Engineering
The environment is critical to human health, and human activity affects the health of ecosystems. Duke’s research in environmental health engineering addresses the consequences of society’s production and use of energy and materials, emphasizing approaches to protecting the health of human populations as well as predicting, monitoring and managing impacts on air, water and other global cycles. Duke CEE works closely with Duke’s Nicholas School of the Environment on many research and educational efforts.
Research Areas
- Contaminant transport and transformation
- Environmental sensing
- Environmental implications of emerging materials
- Microbiome engineering
- Environmental toxicology and adaption
- Data analytics for environment and health
- Water, sanitation and hygiene
- Atmospheric transport and chemistry
- Waste-to-energy and resource recovery
- Environmental risk assessment
- Novel technologies for air and water quality
- Geo-health
Major Centers & Initiatives
Duke’s externally funded research centers and training programs in environmental health engineering include:
Related Study Opportunities
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Offers study tracks in:
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- Environmental Engineering and Public Policy
- Environmental Health Engineering
- Ecohydrology and Environmental Fluid Dynamics
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- Offers a concentration in Environment and Population Health
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- Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Program (ITEHP)
- NanoHEAT (Cooperative Training Program in Nanomaterials Hazard and Exposure Assessment Traineeships)
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- Major in Environmental Engineering
- Major in Civil Engineering and access the Environmental Engineering & Water Resources study track
- Dual major in Civil and Biomedical Engineering with a focus on environmental and biomedical toxicology
Associated Faculty
Michael Howard Bergin
Sternberg Family Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Fred K. Boadu
CEE Director of Master’s Studies, Associate Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Mark Edward Borsuk
James L. and Elizabeth M. Vincent Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
David Carlson
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Nathaniel Chaney
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Jeseth Delgado Vela
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
P. Lee Ferguson
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Leanne Gilbertson
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Claudia K. Gunsch
Muriel Theodorsen Williams E’46 Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Heileen Hsu-Kim
Director of Graduate Studies, Professor in the Department of CEE
Akhenaton-Andrew Dhafir Jones
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Zbigniew J. Kabala
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Miguel A. Medina
Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering
J. Jeffrey Peirce
Associate Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Nicole C Rockey
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Lisa L Satterwhite
Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
David E. Schaad
Interim Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Professor of the Practice of CEE
Daniel Vallero
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Mark Wiesner
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Other Research Specialties
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