Research News

Manolis Veveakis

October 24, 2017 | Duke Engineering

Manolis Veveakis: Cracking Geophysical Enigmas Worldwide

New faculty member Manolis Veveakis studies the physics of the deep underground to find better ways to predict earthquakes, stabilize mines, safely dispose of nuclear waste and more

Professor John Dolbow and his PhD student Yingjie Liu

September 14, 2017 | Duke Engineering

Talking Mechanics Across the Midwest

Civil engineer John Dolbow sets off on a nine-university tour to discuss his work developing computational models to predict how material systems will fracture and fail

The Superfund Research Center, housed in Environment Hall, received funding to pursue five new projects.

July 20, 2017 | Duke Engineering

Studying Superfunds: Duke Environmental Engineers Investigate How Super-Polluted Areas Affect Early Human Health

As Duke's Superfund Research Center receives another round of funding, environmental engineers discuss how their work helps us learn more about common pollutants.

CEE's Heileen Hsu-Kim gave a plenary lecture at the 2017 ICMGP

June 19, 2017 | Duke Engineering

Hsu-Kim Gives Plenary Lecture at 2017 ICMGP Conference

Heileen Hsu-Kim presented new mercury-related research at the 13th annual International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant.

Students head out to quantify the contribution of emissions from trash burning to the overall air pollution

May 17, 2017 | Duke Engineering

The Impact of Trash Burning on Air Quality

The Indian Institute of Technology - Gandhinagar teams up with Duke to investigate health implications of common roadside fires in urban India

CEE Professor Mark Borsuk

May 09, 2017 | Duke Engineering

Designing for Extremes: CEE Program Challenges Students to Plan for the Unexpected

A new program in risk and resilience considers how changes to our interconnected world can affect engineered systems.

fred boadu with students in ghana

May 08, 2017 | Duke Engineering

Auto Mechanics Keep Vehicles on the Road in Ghana, But Are They Putting Themselves at Risk?

Duke team collaborates with Ghanaian partners to investigate health hazards in auto repair industry

DEI seed grants

May 02, 2017 | Duke Engineering

Energy Initiative Awards Seven New Seed Grants

Total external awards for previous projects have tripled the seed funding investment

speakers from OPTDATA

April 27, 2017 | Duke Engineering

Symposium on Data Optimization Under Uncertainty Draws National Crowd

Duke's inaugural “Optimization Under Uncertainty and Data-Driven Science and Engineering” symposium gathered more than 80 leading experts to address mathematical and computational aspects of pressing problems

Duke ASCE Student Chapter

April 07, 2017 | Duke Engineering

Sink or Swim: Duke's ASCE Chapter Combines Creativity and Engineering

Duke's undergraduate ASCE team wins two awards at annual engineering competition.