Civil and Environmental Engineering at Duke

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  • December 5, 2007

    Moldy Human Cells, Water Pipes, 2-Watt Computers, and Concrete Machines: One Pratt Senior’s Summer Extravaganza

    This article is part of Summer Stories, a special, online issue of Dukengineer Magazine, in which students wrote about their experiences in the Summer of 2007 during their time away from Duke. by Lee Pearson, BME/CEE ‘08 “Viva Peeeruuu!” the perfect stranger yelled to me with Pisco on his breath as he ...
  • December 5, 2007

    Aaron Lee on Environmental Research in Germany

    by Aaron Lee, CE/German/German Studies ‘09 Before this summer, I had figured that lab research would be very similar anywhere in the world. Like Gertrude Stein said, “a rose is a rose is a rose,” and although there may be some slight differences from lab to lab, I thought that in ...
  • February 1, 2007

    Axelrod Explores Isolator Device that Protects against Earthquake Damage

    Civil and environmental engineering major Nicole Axelrod’s research as a Pratt Undergraduate Research Fellow could lead to improvements in the design of devices meant to limit damage to sensitive equipment during an earthquake. In the laboratory of CEE Professor Henri Gavin, Axelrod works on simulated versions of the ISO-Base™ Seismic Isolation ...
  • October 6, 2006

    Engineering Education Arms Wren with Problem-Solving Skills

    A recent graduate in civil and environmental engineering, Emily Wren’s activities at Duke were many: the American Society of Civil Engineers concrete canoe design contest at the Carolinas Conference, engineering honor societies Tau Beta Pi and Chi Epsilon, and the E-Team, a group that mentors freshman engineers. But it is ...
  • May 24, 2006

    Senner Well on Way to Construction Management Career

    In an autobiography written by Will Senner in one of his elementary school yearbooks, he made a prediction: He was going to go to Duke. Although it wasn’t a comment the Connecticut native initially remembered when applying to colleges, it turned out he had been right. He enrolled at Duke’s ...
  • May 24, 2006

    Hunter Halten, Nearly Fluent in Spanish, Aimed for International Development Career

    Before enrolling at Duke as a freshman four years ago, Hunter Halten--a graduating senior in civil and environmental engineering--had never been outside of the country. But, after a semester spent studying in Spain and a summer spent working in London, the native of California’s wine country is setting out for ...
  • April 15, 2005

    Environmental Engineer Einmo Takes Global Perspective

    By Gabriel Chen, written in 2005 Exotic landscapes are not always distant and unapproachable. In 2002, just before the beginning of his sophomore year, Chris Einmo spent a summer in Montenegro, the heart of the Mediterranean, divided from Italy by the Adriatic Sea. Part of the former Yugoslavia, this republic ...
  • October 15, 2004

    Conservation Opportunities Inspire Amodeo to Pursue Architecture

    by Gabriel Chen, 2004 It was a cold, wintry afternoon, and students were gathered at the Trinity café on East Campus at Duke for a warm cup of coffee. I sat opposite Michael Amodeo and dared him to juggle in front of the growing crowd. Without so much as a word ...
  • March 15, 2004

    Liken Progresses from Gingerbread Houses to Model Zoos

    By Gabriel Chen Many psychologists agree that play is an essential ingredient in a child's growth and development – play stimulates the human spirit, encourages imagination, conceptual thinking and creation. Cathryn Liken remembers playing Legos for hours, constructing anything out of them: a boat, a plane, or a train. As a wide-eyed ...
  • August 15, 2003

    Lure of the Orient beckons environmental engineering student

    Written in 2003 Jean Foster’s childhood spent with her family in exotic Malaysia, where primal forests create a continuous skyline of green from shore side mangrove to mountaintop oak, gave her an enduring fascination for the Orient. Malaysia’s population is surprisingly diverse, influenced by centuries of trade with China, India and Arab ...
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