Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Sep 22, 2022

CCEE Ph.D. student wins SSA Global Travel Grant

CCEE Ph.D. student Cristina Lorenzo-Velázquez was awarded a Global Travel Grant from the Seismological Society of America. The grant offers student and early-career members financial support to attend and present… 

Sep 12, 2022

CCEE’s Dr. Idil Akin featured on Geo-Institute’s show Director’s Cut

Dr. Idil Akin, who joined the CCEE faculty in August as an associate professor in the Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering group, was recently interviewed on technical society Geo-Institute (G-I)’s web… 

Jan 28, 2020

Study finds flooding damage to levees is cumulative – and often invisible

The following story, written by Matt Shipman, first appeared on NC State News on January 21, 2020. Recent research finds that repeated flooding events have a cumulative effect on the structural… 

Aug 23, 2019

Full scale dune tests in controlled environment called a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

Dr. Brina Montoya says a unique program offered by the National Science Foundation is providing a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for her and her students to test a full-scale dune in a… 

Mar 4, 2019

How bacteria can help prevent coal ash spills

This post was originally published in NC State News. Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a technique that uses bacteria to produce “biocement” in coal ash ponds, making the coal ash… 

Jan 10, 2019

CCEE researcher Dr. Ashly Cabas part of NSF GEER team reconnaissance efforts after recent earthquake in Alaska

In early December, CCEE’s Dr. Ashly Cabas was invited to join the National Science Foundation (NSF) Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) team in response to the magnitude 7 earthquake that…