CEINT News

December 18, 2013

Student wins Fellowship to Model Nanoparticle Fate

Amy Dale, a 3rd year graduate student at Carnegie Mellon, won a 2013-2014 Dowd-ICES Fellowship to develop a watershed-scale model of nanosilver fate and transport.

December 10, 2013

CEINT Student Wins Award, Kentucky Academy of Science

Daniel Starnes, 3rd year graduate student at University of Kentucky presented research at the 99th annual meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Sciences.

November 11, 2013

Grant to Further Study Nanotechnology’s Environmental Impact

How are nanomaterials affecting the environment—and us? With a new grant renewal, CEINT researchers seek answers. The nanomaterials revolution has made these exceedingly tiny engineered particles a hot commodity, used in products from clothing to sunscreen to electronics. But the very properties that make them so useful – vanishingly small size and high surface area – may have unintended consequences as they enter living organisms and the environment.
REU 2013

September 27, 2013

CEINT REU Creates Network for Undergraduates

Since summer 2011, 33 undergraduates from across the U.S. and Puerto Rico have enthusiastically participated in CEINT’s center-wide NSF funded international Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program across four partner sites:  Duke, Carnegie Mellon, and Virginia Tech Universities and [...]

September 13, 2013

Emissions of Pollutants from Nanowaste Incineration

Disposal of waste through incineration produces hazardous pollutants. Among them, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and chlorinated dioxins and furans are of concern, as some of them can induce cancer, can cause mutations in genetic material, and can interfere with the proper functioning of [...]

August 07, 2013

Release of silver from nanotechnology-based consumer products

Former CEINT PhD student Nina Quadros assessed the potential for children's exposure to bioavailable silver during the realistic use of selected silver nanotechnology-based consumer products (plush toy, fabric products, breast milk storage bags, sippy cups, cleaning products, humidifiers, and [...]

June 06, 2013

CEINT Welcomes 2013 REU Students

Again this year CEINT welcomes a terrific group of summer interns from across the US to participate in the 2013 Center-wide REU program across four CEINT partner sites: Duke, Carnegie Mellon and Virginia Tech Universities and our international partner- the CEREGE in Aix-en-Province France. (Back [...]

May 01, 2013

CEINT Financial Administrator Honored at 2013 Awards Banquet

Rebecca Dupre is the recipient of the Dean's Award for Leadership in Program and Operational Excellence. Established in 2013, this new award is given to a faculty member or staff leader who excels in managing and enhancing programs that impact the Pratt School of Engineering community at Duke [...]

March 25, 2013

ES&T’s Top Technology Article 2012, awarded to CEINT researchers

CEINT researchers pioneer a microscopy technique that can detect and characterize nanoparticles at biologically relevant concentrations and under conditions that mimic surface and ground water (Environ. Sci. Technol., DOI: 10.1021/es204140s). Appala Raju Badireddy, Mark Wiesner and Jie Liu are [...]

February 27, 2013

Silver Nanoparticles May Adversely Affect Environment

DURHAM, N.C. -- In experiments mimicking a natural environment, Duke University researchers have demonstrated that the silver nanoparticles used in many consumer products can have an adverse effect on plants and microorganisms. Fifty days after scientists applied a single low dose of silver [...]

December 12, 2012

Sediment Biogeochemistry Model wins Best Poster

In the long run, most of the nanosilver that will enter aquatic environments will end up in river and lake sediments, so it is important to know what happens to the silver nanoparticles in these sediments. Amy Dale, a Ph.D. student CEINT affiliate at Carnegie Mellon University has developed the [...]

November 22, 2012

ES&T special sub-issue highlights methods for detection of CNTs

CEINT research groups led by Dr. P. Lee Ferguson and Dr. Desiree L. Plata have published papers anchoring a new special sub-issue of Environmental Science & Technology. The papers significantly advance scientists' ability to detect and quantify carbon nanotubes (CNT) in the environment. Dr. [...]

August 28, 2012

Mesocosm facility, home to 30 wetland mesocosms

There are 30 active mesocosms in the facility, and CEINT is currently in its third year of experiments. A diverse group of scientists are researching the effects of nanoparticles in the water, sediment and select species living in these isolated environments. Learn more about the mesocosm facility

May 23, 2012

Former CEINT REU Student Honored at White House Events

Ms. Shorma Bianca Bailey, CEINT REU student (summer 2011) has been invited to the White House twice in the last year by the Obama administration for her inspirational work as a mentor and as role model for minority women in science and engineering. A senior Chemical Engineering major from Howard [...]

April 30, 2012

CEINT paper, one of Aquatic Toxicology’s most downloaded

AgNPs, picture obtained by transmission electron microscopy CEINT continues to make a global impact in the field aquatic toxicology. A paper published in 2010 by CEINT researchers collaborating at Duke and the CEREGE in France was number 3 in the list of most downloaded articles in 2011 from the [...]

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