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Lithium-Ion Batteries Are an Unidentified and Growing Source of PFAS Pollution
Lee Ferguson and colleagues discover that the manufacturing and disposal of lithium ion batteries is a large and growing source of environmental contamination from a sub-class of so-called "forever chemicals"
Are EVs Making the ‘Forever Chemicals’ Crisis Even Worse?
Lee Ferguson and collaborators from Texas Tech find that lithium ion battery production and disposal is a major contributor to a type of PFAS contamination in the environment
New Master of Engineering in Climate & Sustainability Engineering
The degree, which fills a job-market gap where demand for climate and sustainability solutions engineering skills are rising, was cited in 2024 State of the Duke Climate Commitment Report.
Duke Fulbright Alum Takes Earthquake Education and Warning to Kazakhstan
Rachael Lau (Duke CEE BSE ’20, MEng ’22, PhD ’24) secured a $10,000 grant from the U.S. Department of State’s Citizen Diplomacy Action Fund to build on her earthquake work done in Nepal
Why Your Phone Weather App Probably Won’t Tell You if You’re Stranded on a Heat Island
Mike Bergin and David Carlson show a method for statistically compensating for a lack of heat data in underserved urban areas
The Wrong Side of Forever
Lee Ferguson talks about his work to find PFAS chemicals in the environment across the countries and trace their sources
The Science Is Clear: Offshore Wind Isn’t What’s Killing Whales
Doug Nowacek says there are no links whatsoever between the offshore wind development activity and especially the humpback whale mortalities.
Why Do You Study That: Cement
Learn more about how engineering professor Laura Dalton is studying ways to make this cement more environmentally friendly as part of the Duke YouTube Series Why Do You Study That?
For Many Urban Residents, It’s Even Hotter Than Their Weather App Says
Statistical model adjusts temperature data and finds urban areas with few weather stations are even hotter than reported
Duke Engineering Continues Climbing US News & World Report Rankings
Duke Engineering now boasts two top 10 programs, with Environmental Engineering joining Biomedical Engineering, which leads all departments with its #2 ranking
Community-Engaged Research Projects Take on Issues Close to Home
A new research project led by Lisa Satterwhite looks to see how climate change has disproportionately affected rural areas of North Carolina through chronic exposure to harmful algal blooms.