2022 Structural Engineering and Mechanics Graduate Research Symposium This annual event is “engineered" to highlight the amazing research you all do here in CCEE at NCSU! In lieu of the ongoing pandemic, the SEM Symposium will again be held virtually (Zoom meeting info below). Please register for the symposium (attending or presenting) by January 21st…
Following the Microbes in Maputo, Mozambique: The Maputo Sanitation Trial Speaker: Drew Capone, Ph.D., Post-Doc, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, UNC-Chapel Hill Summary: The Maputo Sanitation (MapSan) Trial is a controlled before-and-after evaluation of a shared onsite sanitation intervention in urban Maputo, Mozambique. Intervention compounds (i.e., clusters of households) received a pour flush to septic tank system…
Speaker: Mike Gwyn, PE Owner and President Gwyn Consulting Services, Inc.
Environmental, Water Resources, and Coastal Engineering Seminar Series Fitts-Woolard Hall 2331 An Engineer Talks About Poop (Alternatively, Challenges and Opportunities in Global Sanitation) Abstract: Most people don’t think about or don’t want to think about what happens to human waste- fecal material. Where do we poop, where does it go? This is a big, global…
Environmental, Water Resources, and Coastal Engineering Seminar Series Fitts-Woolard Hall 2331 Air quality challenges in Northern South America: From the synoptic to the micro scale Abstract: The processes shaping air pollution span many spatial scales. In the large and densely populated cities of Latin America, one of the most rapidly urbanizing areas in the world,…
Environmental, Water Resources, and Coastal Engineering Seminar Series Fitts-Woolard Hall 2331 Using Data Analytics and Learning to Attenuate Inequities in Engineering Classrooms: A Teacher-Scholar Approach
Environmental, Water Resources, and Coastal Engineering Seminar Series Fitts-Woolard Hall 2331 Air pollution and climate change in Africa: From low-cost sensors to supercomputers Abstract: In Africa, air pollution exposure has been linked to 1 million premature deaths annually and, without intervention, these numbers are likely to climb. Sparse pollutant monitoring across the continent makes these…
Environmental, Water Resources, and Coastal Engineering Seminar Series Fitts-Woolard Hall 3301 Modelling road transport emissions: a microscale point of view Abstract: Road transport is often the main source of air pollution in urban areas worldwide. Many efforts have been aimed at reducing emissions from this sector achieving significant abatements. Nevertheless, emission reductions have been lower…
Environmental, Water Resources, and Coastal Engineering Seminar Series Fitts-Woolard Hall 3301 Methods to measure heat generation from ash in landfills Abstract: In recent years, there have been reports of a few municipal solid waste landfills experiencing temperatures as high as 100ºC. These landfills are referred to as elevated temperature landfills (ETLFs). ETLFs require increased monitoring and…
Speaker: Mike Lancaster President & CEO Frank L Blum Construction Company