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Civil & Environmental Engineering
Leading the Fifth Industrial Revolution
In this era of unprecedented global change, if humanity is to thrive, it must adapt—in harmony with the natural world. Duke CEE’s leading programs in civil engineering and environmental engineering use data-intensive approaches to find solutions to big challenges, like climate change, and to blaze the path to harmonious adaptation by quantifying risks and leading innovation in sustainable design.
Leading, and Growing
The Duke Civil & Environmental Engineering faculty has grown by more than a third since 2022.
CEE Faculty
Wilkins Aquino, Ph.D.
Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Ana P. Barros
Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. School Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Mike Bergin
Sternberg Family Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Mercy Berman DeMenno
Executive In Residence in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Fred Boadu, Ph.D.
CEE Director of Master’s Studies, Associate Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Mark Borsuk
James L. and Elizabeth M. Vincent Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Nathan Bossa, Ph.D.
Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Andy Bragg, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Chris E. Brasier
Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
David Carlson
Yoh Family Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Nathaniel Chaney
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Laura Dalton, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Jeseth Delgado Vela
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Marc Deshusses, Ph.D.
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
John Dolbow, Ph.D.
Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Henri P Gavin
W.H. Gardner Jr. Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Professor in the Department of CEE
Leanne M Gilbertson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Johann Guilleminot, Ph.D.
Paul Ruffin Scarborough Associate Professor of Engineering
Claudia Gunsch, Ph.D.
Muriel Theodorsen Williams E’46 Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Heileen Hsu-Kim
Director of Graduate Studies, Professor in the Department of CEE
Tomasz Hueckel
Professor Emeritus in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Jeffery Alan Hughes
Climate Leader in Residence in the Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Prof Andrew D Jones, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Zbigniew Kabala, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Wenhong Li
Professor of Climate in the Division of Earth and Climate Science
Miguel A. Medina
Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Joseph C. Nadeau
Professor of the Practice in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Sara Katherine Oliver
Director, Climate and Sustainability Engineering Master’s Program
J. Jeffrey Peirce
Associate Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Nicole C Rockey, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Hossein (Amir) Salahshoor
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Liming Salvino
Executive In Residence in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Lisa L Satterwhite
Associate Research Professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
David E. Schaad
CEE Director of Undergraduate Studies, Professor of the Practice
Guglielmo Scovazzi, Ph.D.
Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
David Singleton
Executive in Residence in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Heather M. Stapleton
Ronie-Richele Garcia-Johnson Distinguished Professor
Daniel Vallero
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Manolis Veveakis
Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Lawrie Virgin, Ph.D.
Professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science
Mark Wiesner, Ph.D.
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Marta Zaniolo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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