Category: Civil and Environmental Engineering
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A plasma reactor zaps airborne viruses – and could help slow the spread of infectious diseases
Using nonthermal plasma reactors, researchers could one day curb the spread of airborne pathogens.
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‘Aged’ urine won’t transfer antibiotic resistance when converted to fertilizer
Findings raise prospects for recycled urine as a more environmentally-friendly fertilizer.
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How self-driving car subsidies could carry us through the ‘dark age’ of deployment
A game-theory approach identifies which policy could support autonomous vehicles’ market penetration—and environmental benefits
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‘Sensors in a Shoebox’ empower citizens to gather data about communities
Civil engineering and education researchers are working together with Detroit teens.
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Errors found in a bedrock contract bidding model—and how to solve them. A Q&A with Photios Ioannou
A flaw has been uncovered in construction’s best known and most cited competitive bidding model.
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University of Michigan student team wins National Transportation Technology Tournament
Team designed solution to reduce congestion on I-75 and I-696 in the Detroit area.
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Funding a new transportation revolution: Liu congressional testimony
Professor Henry Liu addresses House committee on the need for a national surface transportation research agenda.
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Hands-on in the Amazon
As the climate changes, a grad student and mom decodes the math that drives the rainforest.
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Water stays in the pipes longer in shrinking cities – a challenge for public health
The geographic locations where Americans live are shifting in ways that can negatively affect the quality of their drinking water.
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In water system engineering, local is the new global
Engineering students must learn how ‘decentralized’ systems offer flexible, cost-effective solutions that empower communities.
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An outstanding adviser
Lut Raskin honored for mentorship
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Op-ed: Innovation investments would extend life of roads
CEE professor Jerome Lynch, Neeraj Buch and Steven Lavrenz’s op-ed delves into new technologies that can make Michigan’s infrastructure more durable.