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Jeffrey Peirce received bachelor of engineering science degree in engineering mechanics from the Johns Hopkins University in 1971, Ph.D. in civil environmental engineering from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1977. Before joining Duke faculty in 1979, Professor Peirce worked as a Senior Engineer in the Environmental Energy Division at Booz Allen Hamilton in Washington, D.C. Professor Peirce's current research interests focus on physical, chemical, and microbiological aspects of particle-fluid interactions, treatment reactors, waste-amended chemically-applied soils, and clay barriers to waste migration. His laboratory and modeling studies of gases and non-water liquids passing through selected porous media have led to novel solutions for hazardous waste processing and storage problems. He is particularly interested in trace gas production and transport in soil, focusing on nitric oxide and its role as a precursor to ozone formation and as a trace gas related to fungicides and herbicides. Professor Peirce is a recipient of the Presidential Young Investigator Award presented by the National Science Foundation and has received funding support from various agencies and industrial sponsors for his research. He has coauthored successful textbooks, including 'Environmental Engineering' and 'Environmental Pollution Control', which are utilized in classrooms nationwide and translated into multiple languages.
Department of Biomedical Engineering (MS program)