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This spring, Vivek Pulikkal was awarded the Graduate School Summer Fellowship (GSSF) 2020 for his research into special ways to eliminate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (also known as PFAS) from groundwater. This past February, the Environmental Protection Agency released a Program Update to the PFAS Action Plan. PFAS are man-made chemicals used in industrial settings […]

Department Publications (partial list): Song, L. and Fan, W., Combined Latent Class and Partial Proportional Odds Model Approach to Exploring the Heterogeneities in Truck-Involved Severities at Cross and T-Intersections, Accepted for Publication, Accident Analysis and Prevention, June 2020. Li, Y. and Fan, W., Modeling and Evaluating Public Transit Equity and Accessibility by Integrating General Transit […]

Welcome to our 2020 newsletter. This issue includes a recap of our Spring semester, a semester like none other with the global pandemic and sudden shift to remote instruction, in addition to some highlights from the fall. As expected, our students, alumni, faculty, and staff have demonstrated perseverance and resilience. Our faculty have stepped up […]

CEE student organizations have had to make major sacrifices because of the pandemic. Over the course of a few days, students were forced to pivot quickly from on-campus classes and labs to distance learning. As a result, all student extra-curricular activities were drastically affected. The ASCE Carolinas Conference (regional event) was cancelled in the Spring, […]