engineering

Apr 12, 2023

Six graduate students face off in CCEE’s 6th Annual Three Minute Thesis Competition

Six CCEE Ph.D. students competed in the department’s 6th Annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition on April 10 at Fitts-Woolard Hall, presenting their research to an audience of judges and… 

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… 

Oct 5, 2022

CCEE’s Dr. Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson featured in Daily Tar Heel story

CCEE Department Head Dr. Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson was recently featured in a story by the Daily Tar Heel about detected lead levels in water sources on UNC Chapel Hill’s campus.… 

May 5, 2022

CCEE researchers find way to make traffic models more efficient

Models that predict traffic volume for specific times and places are used to inform everything from traffic-light patterns to the app on your phone that tells you how to get… 

May 5, 2022

CCEE Class of 2022 grad Raven McLaurin helps guide the next generation of aspiring engineers

Even though the building only opened in August 2020, senior environmental engineering major Raven McLaurin knows Fitts-Woolard Hall like the back of her hand ⁠— from long nights with friends… 

May 3, 2022

WRAL features CCEE’s Dr. Angela Harris’ COVID-19 wastewater testing in new report

CCEE assistant professor Dr. Angela Harris’ research testing wastewater to track COVID-19 number was recently featured in a WRAL report.  The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is…