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A man in a hard hat and harness stands on top of a large concrete structure.

Jun 9, 2026

New Structural Connection Can Shorten Construction Times and Strengthen Buildings Against Earthquakes

Researchers at NC State are developing a way to construct bridges faster and make them more resilient against natural disasters.  In a recent study, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental…
Image shows a sky view of extreme flooding in downtown Marshall, North Carolina.

May 14, 2026

Hurricane Aftermath: Rebuilding Water Infrastructure in North Carolina

Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson, Twisdale Family Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering Department Head and professor, led a conference on rebuilding the state’s water and sewer systems after disasters. Speakers discussed lessons learned following the destruction of Hurricane Helene.
Railroad tracks overlooking a city skyline

Mar 17, 2025

Undergraduate Researchers Tackle Freight Rail Decarbonization Challenge

Freight rail is responsible for only two percent of transportation emissions in the U.S. because of its high efficiency compared to freight trucking. According to the Association of American Railroads,…
Figure shows the state of Florida and its beach erosion in southwest Florida coastline and beyond.

Jan 22, 2025

New technology forecasts beach and dune erosion before hurricanes strike

Hurricane season may have ended on November 30, but the damage caused by storms like Beryl, Francine, Helene, and Milton still persists along the coastlines. These powerful storms don’t just…

Sep 18, 2024

Study Outlines Cost-Effective Paths to Eliminating Greenhouse Gas Production

For Immediate Release Jeremiah Johnson – [email protected] Aditya Sinha – [email protected] Matt Shipman – [email protected] A new study lays out a wide range of options available to cost-effectively eliminate greenhouse…

Aug 27, 2024

Researchers will build an international network of networks, S2S-AccelNet, to strengthen forecast applications and services

Researchers from North Carolina State University, Columbia University, the City University of New York (CUNY), Texas A&M University (TAMU) and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) have received National Science…

Oct 19, 2023

CCEE researchers tackle rail decarbonization with innovative A-STEP software tool

As the effects of climate change grow ever present in our everyday lives, engineers and other researchers are constantly seeking new and innovative ways to cut down our carbon footprint…

Oct 2, 2023

CCEE Post-Doc wins first place in NC State pitch competition

CCEE Post-Doctoral Research Scholar Harleen Sandhu won first place in the NC State Postdoctoral Association’s Postdoc Pitch Competition on September 21. The event, which was held as part of National…

Jun 29, 2023

New tool predicts crop yields in the Southeast

CCEE researchers have developed a computer model that forecasts yield for four key crops in the southeastern United States: cotton, corn, sorghum and soybeans. The tool is designed to help…

Apr 25, 2023

New tools capture economic benefit of restoring urban streams

CCEE Associate Professor Daniel Obenour, Teaching Assistant Professor Jonathan Miller, and an interdisciplinary team of researchers have developed a suite of tools to estimate the total economic value of improving…

Dec 2, 2022

Tracking COVID-19

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, researchers are taking a look at our waste — specifically regional wastewater — to get a better view of outbreaks and trends to help ensure…

Nov 18, 2022

Research update: How does chronic shallow flooding affect coastal communities?

The frequency of flooding in coastal communities is increasing, even when there is not a storm. These floods go by many names — sunny day floods, high tide floods, nuisance…

Nov 18, 2022

Research update: How can we assess the challenge of reducing freight locomotive pollution?

Freight locomotives require massive amounts of energy — nearly four billion gallons of diesel per year — to move tons of goods and materials across the country. In a $1.9…

Nov 18, 2022

Research update: How can we prevent erosion of coastal roads after storms?

Roadbeds supporting coastal highways in North Carolina are susceptible to erosion during large storms, when floods and waves can erode the soil and undermine the highway. Erosion at the interface of…

Nov 11, 2022

Wastewater, syndromic COVID-19 surveillance are important pieces of COVID-monitoring toolkit

A team of researchers, including CCEE professor Dr. Francis de los Reyes III and assistant professor Dr. Angela Harris, compared wastewater monitoring and two other COVID-19 surveillance approaches in Raleigh, North…

Oct 31, 2022

Research: Overcoming longstanding challenges for self-healing structural composites

By Matt Shipman CCEE researchers have developed a new self-healing composite that allows structures to repair themselves in place, without having to be removed from service. This latest technology resolves…

Sep 13, 2022

New CCEE research shows cutting coal has huge health benefits – but environmental justice issues remain

By Matt Shipman A new CCEE study drawing on data from Texas and surrounding states finds that the most common strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from power generation also…

Jun 13, 2022

Neuse River oxygen levels could bring summer fish kills, according to CCEE research

BY ALEXEY KATIN AND DANIEL OBENOUR Since 2018, CCEE associate professor Dr. Daniel Obenour has been collaborating with Hans Paerl and Nathan Hall of the UNC Chapel Hill Institute of…

Jun 6, 2022

New model finds best sites for electric vehicle charging stations

NC State researchers, including CCEE Ph.D. student Asya Atik, have developed a computational model that can be used to determine the optimal places for locating electric vehicle (EV) charging facilities,…

May 26, 2022

Sensors act as early-warning system for concrete structures

Sensor technologies can be used to detect a wide range of inputs, from temperature and light to air pressure and ultrasonic waves. Across engineering disciplines, they are used by faculty…