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Aerosols are generated by a variety of natural and anthropogenic sources. I am interested in the processes that emit, transform and deposit particulate matter. A…
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Fred Boadu, Ph.D.
boadu@duke.eduCEE Director of Master's Studies, Associate Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering
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How the engineering, environmental and petrophysical properties of porous media (soils, fractured rock, biological tissues) affect measurable geophysical responses, and subsequently develop methodologies by which…
Mark Borsuk
mark.borsuk@duke.eduJames L. and Elizabeth M. Vincent Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Mathematical models for integrating scientific information on natural, technical, and social systems; Bayesian network modeling with regular application to environmental and human health regulation and…
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Physics and modeling of turbulence and turbulent transport; theoretical and computational fluid dynamics; applied mathematics.
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Machine learning, predictive modeling, health data science, statistical neuroscience
Nathaniel Chaney
nathaniel.chaney@duke.eduAssistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Hydrology, Earth system science, soil science, ecology, geomorphology, numerical modeling, high performance computing, machine learning, environmental data delivery and data assimilation.
Laura Dalton, Ph.D.
laura.dalton@duke.eduAssistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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4D Imaging; Carbon sequestration in porous materials; sustainable material development; structural integrity of carbon capture and storage wells; reactive transport in porous materials
Jeseth Delgado Vela
jeseth.delgadovela@duke.eduAssistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Biofilms in the urban water cycle, nitrogen cycling microbial communities, public health surveillance via wastewater, and microbial communication in biofilms
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Design, analysis and application of remediation, waste-to-energy and decentralized sanitation processes, including novel reactors and processes for air, water and solid wastes treatment.
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Environmental analytical chemistry and applications of high resolution mass spectrometry to trace organic contaminant analysisEnvironmental fate of per-and-polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) in the environmentPolymer additives…
Henri P Gavin
W.H. Gardner Jr. Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Professor in the Department of CEE
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Our group works in the broad area of dynamic systems analysis, modeling, measurement, and control with particular emphasis on the mitigation of losses induced by…
Leanne M Gilbertson, Ph.D.
leanne.gilbertson@duke.eduAssociate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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My research focuses on developing new materials to tackle environmental challenges. I study fundamental science underlying interactions of the materials my group develops with(in) environmental…
Claudia Gunsch, Ph.D.
ckgunsch@duke.eduMuriel Theodorsen Williams E'46 Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Identifying genetic adaptation mechanisms resulting from anthropogenic contaminant exposure; developing biosensors capable of pathogen and contaminant detection in water and air; studying the impact of…
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Aquatic chemistry and geochemistry, trace element environmental chemistry, nanogeoscience, mercury biogeochemistry, water-particle surface processes.
Prof Andrew D Jones, Ph.D.
andrew.jones3@duke.eduAssistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Biofilms, cardiovascular infections, infectious diseases, biomaterials, antibiotics, porous media flows, fate and transport of nanomaterials in biofilms, water quality sensors, environmental systems analysis, environmental equity,…
Zbigniew Kabala, Ph.D.
zbigniew.kabala@duke.eduAssociate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Dr. Kabala's principal research interests cover stochastic and deterministic theory of fluid flow and contaminant transport in saturated and unsaturated heterogeneous porous media, theory of…
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Describing the reciprocal influences between the biosphere and the atmosphere are becoming a scientific imperative as human-induced changes in land surface characteristics are impacting the…
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structural health monitoring; cyber-physical system architectures; infrastructure resilience; multifunctional nanocomposites; non-destructive evaluation; community engagement; academic leadership
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Theoretical and applied mechanics, micromechanics, composite materials, and probabilistic methods
Nicole C Rockey, Ph.D.
nicole.rockey@duke.eduAssistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Environmental persistence of endemic and emerging pathogens, mechanisms of virus inactivation, environmental virology, development and identification of engineering controls to reduce infectious disease burden, detection…
Hossein (Amir) Salahshoor
hossein.salahshoor@duke.eduAssistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Mechanics of biological and bio-inspired systems, brain mechanics, data-driven methods, advanced (meta)materials and (meta)structures, material design, and mathematics of materials and structures.
David E. Schaad
david.schaad@duke.eduProfessor of the Practice of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Sustainable engineering, community development, water and wastewater treatment design, stormwater retention/detention and treatment design, hazardous waste remediation, urban hydrology, constructed wetland and stream restoration design,…
Guglielmo Scovazzi, Ph.D.
guglielmo.scovazzi@duke.eduProfessor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Finite element methods, computational fluid and solid mechanics, multiphase porous media flows, computational methods for fluid and solid materials under extreme load conditions, turbulent flow…
Manolis Veveakis
manolis.veveakis@duke.eduProfessor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Theoretical and applied mechanics, Geomechanics, Irreversible Thermodynamics. Emphasis on the multiphysical modelling of plasticity of solids, solid-fluid interactions, friction laws and rheology of geomaterials
Mark Wiesner, Ph.D.
wiesner@duke.eduJames B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Membrane processes, nanostructured materials, transport and fate of nanomaterials in the environment, colloidal and interfacial processes, and environmental systems analysis
Marta Zaniolo, Ph.D.
marta.zaniolo@duke.eduAssistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Water resources planning and management, drought modeling and control, flexible climate change adaptation, conceptual and data-driven systems modeling, reinforcement learning for water systems, multi-objective control,…