Research

Nov 15, 2022

Recent CCEE alum builds on graduate work to design PFAS removal system using AI

As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency prepares drinking water regulations for two kinds of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) — popularly known as “forever chemicals” — and considers potential additional regulations,… 

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 24, 2022

Two CCEE Ph.D. students compete in NC State Three Minute Thesis competition

CCEE Ph.D. students James East and Adam Schmidt are among ten NC State graduate students taking center stage on Tuesday, Oct. 25 in Hunt Library’s Duke Energy Hall as they compete… 

Oct 17, 2022

Meet Dr. Idil Akin

Bio-geotechnical engineers, like new CCEE faculty member Dr. Idil Akin, use methods inspired by nature. In the hot sandy dunes of the Arizona desert, small rodents scurry across what seems… 

Sep 8, 2022

Dr. Ali Hajbabaie interviewed on CBS 17

CCEE associate professor Dr. Ali Hajbabaie was recently interviewed on CBS 17 about his research on increasing the safety of self-driving cars. Hajbabaie and other CCEE researchers are utilizing software to… 

Aug 24, 2022

Helping autonomous vehicles navigate tricky highway merges

By Matt Shipman If autonomous vehicles are ever going to achieve widespread adoption, we need to know they are capable of navigating complex traffic situations, such as merging into heavy…