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Alethea Sethman: Energy and You!

Energy challenges define our world. From global competition and lightning-quick advances in technology to climate change and fossil fuel depletion, crises in production and consumption threaten our…

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Saleem H. Ali: Elements of Power: How Engineering and Policy rely on the Periodic Table

In June 2019, the U.S. government published a strategy to assess critical minerals supply security. Much of the focus of this effort was on the minerals needed for U.S. defense and manufacturing…

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Julia Maresca: Engineering responses to emerging antibiotic-resistant diseases

Antibiotics have, over the past hundred years, dramatically changed not just human health, but also animal health and agricultural practices. However, many diseases are now resistant to commonly-used…

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A.R. Siders: You can build it — but is it legal? Engineering and law solutions to climate adaptation

Climate change demands innovative ways to engineer and design infrastructure. Sometimes these innovative solutions, however, are stymied by laws. Floating houses in flood-prone areas must meet…

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James Corbett: Decarbonizing Transportation Requires Rethinking Freight Systems and Passenger Mobility

Any successful strategies to achieve real and transforming energy conservation and GHG reduction targets must engage new technologies, alternative energies, modal infrastructure redesign, and…

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Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate Program

We welcome intellectually motivated, creative and diverse individuals to our graduate education and research programs. Students pursuing graduate degrees in Civil Engineering can choose from…

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IGTV Summer Night Sky Events

This video highlights information about light pollution and star gazing events for the summer.

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Environmental Wellness Interview pt 2

In the second episode of Environmental Wellness, Jacky Mata interviews Holly Michael and Jeanette Miller who are both apart of the Delaware Environmental Institute. They talk about the specific…

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Environmental Wellness Interview: Introducing DENIN

In this episode of Environmental Wellness, Jacky Mata interviewed Holly Michael and Jeanette Miller who are both apart of the Delaware Environmental Institute at the University of Delaware. They…

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Electron Storage Capacity of Biochar for Supporting Transformation of Explosives, Danhui Xin

Biochar is a carbon-rich product from pyrolysis of surplus biomass, e.g., wood residues from the timber industry. In addition to the application of biochar as strong sorbents, chemical properties of…

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The Politics of Beauty: The Aesthetic Origins of Environmental Politics in Postwar America, Kyle VanHemert

In the mid-1960s, influential Americans flocked to a hot new political issue: man-made ugliness. “Ugly America,” as critics called it at the time, comprised a diverse ensemble of visual…

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On the Verge of Environmental Disaster: Geopolitical Failure on the North Crimean Canal, Mehmet Altingoz

The Crimean Peninsula is not self-sufficient in terms of water. To ensure regional water security, in 1975, the North Crimean Canal was completed and began diverting water from the Dnieper River to…

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Kerr Lecture 2021: Mike Carragher

Building a Sustainable, Resilient and Equitable Future

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Chinese Environmental Policy: Domestic Legitimacy and Narratives, Thomas Benson

It is commonly claimed that China’s domestic legitimacy derives primarily from the maintenance and pursuit of economic growth and, arguably, Chinese nationalism. Given the current international…

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Transcriptome of non-phototrophic Actinobacteria that display light-enhanced growth, Priscilla Hempel

Freshwater lakes play a critical role in the global carbon budget. Given that microbes are at the center of the carbon cycle in freshwater, understanding how their metabolic processes are affected by…

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Weinberg Center Corporate Governance Roundtable 3/23/2021

In the Roundtable portion of the Symposium, the participants will discuss 2021’s most challenging governance and ESG issues. These topics include board effectiveness, diversity and inclusion,…

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