Department of Civil Construction and Environmental Engineering
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Climate Change Will Make Air Pollution Worse. Here’s How.
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New Traffic Signal Would Improve Travel Time for Both Pedestrians and Vehicles
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Podcast: Sanitation (or, what do we do with all this poop?)
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Poop, Pee and Microbes: The Complicated Ecology of Pit Latrines
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Self-Driving Cars Can Make Traffic Slower
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How Do You Create New Career Paths for the STEMM Workforce?
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New Tool Predicts Crop Yields in the Southeast
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Researchers Propose a Fourth Light on Traffic Signals – For Self-Driving Cars
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Wastewater, Syndromic COVID-19 Surveillance Are Important Pieces of COVID-Monitoring Toolkit
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Cutting Coal Has Huge Health Benefits – But Environmental Justice Issues Remain
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New Tool to Help Solid-Waste Systems Reach Cost, Environmental Goals
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NC State Faculty Nominated for Key White House Roles
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Quantifying Change on Barrier Islands Highlights the Value of Storms
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Human, Swine Waste Pose Dual Threats to Water Quality After Flooding
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