Research Projects

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…