environmental engineering

Up in the Air

June 23, 2023

Haley Plaas works with local communities to uncover how algal blooms affect air quality.

RUNC: Orlando Coronell

October 12, 2022

Orlando Coronell wants to make clean water and clean energy accessible for everyone.

The Known Unknowns

August 6, 2019

In 2016, a group of North Carolina researchers published evidence of high rates of PFAS in the Cape Fear River basin. While this unregulated family of chemicals is used in the production of everyday goods, its impact on human health is largely unknown. For the past year, scientists from UNC-Chapel Hill, five other UNC system universities, and Duke University, have researched these potentially dangerous chemicals found in drinking water sources across the state.