For generations, families in coastal North Carolina were warned against swimming in green waters without really knowing why. In recent years, Duke engineers teamed up with town residents to uncover what’s in those viridescent rivers — and what it could mean for local health. 

Discover how Duke engineers and partners are launching the Center for Innovation in Risk, Catastrophes, and Decisions (CIRCAD) to reimagine smarter, more adaptive insurance models for a warming world. 

Take a backstage tour of some of the cutting-edge machines that Duke researchers use to uncover microscopic insights about everything — from electronics to medicine to environmental pollutants.

Learn how Duke engineers are exploring the intersection of empathy and technology to help machines — and people — better connect with each other. 

Meet Karimah Preston — a Climate & Sustainability Engineering Master’s student and climate resilience advocate — and learn how engineering empowers her to create lasting solutions for communities facing climate change. 

Discover how students in the Climate & Sustainability Engineering Master's program spent their summers advancing renewable energy, sustainable design and environmental justice through hands-on projects across the country. 

Learn more about the journeys of two Duke alumni who made the leap from research to entrepreneurship — applying problem-solving skills from their PhDs to drive leadership, innovation and decision-making in industry. 

Follow alumna Delaney Ortiz as she gives a tour of the Lilly Library construction site and shares how her CEE education prepared her to tackle creative, real-world structural challenges.

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“You can imagine how difficult it would be to live somewhere where it's just so beautiful, but you know that something is there that may not be good for you. That’s what we want to fix.”

—LISA SATTERWHITE,

CEE associate research professor,

on her toxic algal bloom research in Northeastern North Carolina 

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