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| J. Jeffrey Peirce, Associate Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Energy Initiative
 Environmental engineering, cyberinfrastructure networks, sensors, geotropospheric interactions, engineering systems optimization.
Jeffrey Peirce received a bachelor of engineering
science degree in engineering mechanics from the Johns Hopkins University
in 1971, and a Ph.D. in civil and environmental engineering from
the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1977. Prior to joining
the Duke faculty in 1979, Professor Peirce was a Senior Engineer
in the Environmental and Energy Division of Booz, Allen and Hamilton
in Washington, D.C.
Professor Peirce's current research activities build on his interests
in mechanics and include the study of physical, chemical, and microbiological
aspects of particle-fluid interactions in treatment reactors, waste-amended
and chemically-applied soils, and clay barriers to waste migration.
Laboratory and modeling studies of gases, non-water liquids passing
through selected porous media are leading to novel solutions to
hazardous waste processing and storage problems. Current emphasis
is on the study of trace gas production and transport in soil with
a focus on nitric oxide (NO), a precursor to ozone formation and
trace gases from fungicides and herbicides as precursors to endocrine
disruptors in the lower levels of the troposphere.
In 1984, Professor Peirce was among the first recipients of the
Presidential Young Investigator Award, presented by the National
Science Foundation. This award and other financial support from
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of
Energy, the U.S. Department of Education, the State of North Carolina,
and industrial sponsors have enabled him to pursue his research
interests.
Professor Peirce has coauthored two successful textbooks: Environmental
Engineering and Environmental Pollution and Control. Both texts
are used in classrooms nationwide and have been translated into
several languages for adoption in other countries.
- Contact Info:
| Office Location: | 134A Engineering Building | | Office Phone: | (919) 660-5210 | | Email Address: |   | - Education:
| PhD | University of Wisconsin at Madison | 1977 |
| MS | University of Wisconson at Madison | 1973 |
| Bachelor of Engineering Science | The Johns Hopkins University | 1971 |
- Specialties:
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Water, Resources and Treatment
Engineering Management
Sensing and Sensor Systems
Policy, Science and Engineering
Waste, Hazardous
Environmental Engineering
Environmental Impacts
Microbial Engineering, biological remediation
- Research Interests:
Current projects:
Planning a National Science Foundation Cyberinfrastructure for the Neuse River Basin in North Carolina Environmental engineering, cyberinfrastructure networks, sensors, geotropospheric interactions, engineering systems optimization.
Professor Jeffrey Peirce has been a member of the environmental engineering faculty in the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University for 28 years. He received his BES from the Johns Hopkins University in engineering mechanics in 1971 and he received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in environmental engineering in 1977. While at Duke he has published 75 peer reviewed journal manuscripts and given 116 professional presentations throughout the US, Europe and Scandinavia. His current research efforts focus on (1) the development of cyberinfrastructures to network university researchers, industrial representatives, public policy experts, public interests groups, and K-12 educators in the study of pollution and pollution control in the Neuse River of Eastern North Carolina; and, (2) the interactions between soil and the atmosphere with a focus on nitric oxide production and transformation in the soil and subsequent transport to the lower troposphere. During his research activities he has mentored 13 Ph.D. degrees and 51 M.S. degrees at Duke. Professor Peirce has received a Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation and teaching awards from the American Association of Engineering Education and the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke.
- Areas of Interest:
- regional environmental pollution and control
networking environmental sensors
geotroposphere interaction
engineering systems optimization
- Keywords:
- environmental engineering • cyberinfrastucture networks • sensors
- Recent Publications
(More Publications)
- Cho, Ki Don and Peirce, J. Jeffrey, Nitric oxide emission and soil microbial activities in toluene contaminated soil,
Journal of Environmental Engineering, vol. 133 no. 2
(2007),
pp. 237 - 244 [(ASCE)0733-9372(2007)133:2(237)] [abs]
- Cho, Ki Don and Peirce, J. Jeffrey, Nitric oxide emissions as a surrogate indicator of toluene contaminated soil,
Environmental Engineering Science, vol. 23 no. 2
(2006),
pp. 372 - 382 [372] [abs]
- Peirce, J. Jeffrey, Introduction to the geotroposphere,
Environmental Engineering Science, vol. 22 no. 1
(2005),
pp. 1 - 8 [abs]
- Cho, Ki Don and Peirce, J. Jeffrey, Nitric oxide emissions from the soil to lower levels of the troposphere,
Environmental Engineering Science, vol. 22 no. 1
(2005),
pp. 46 - 57 [abs]
- Tabachow, Ross M. and Stock, Chase and Peirce, J. Jeffrey, Options for centralized management of swine waste,
Journal of Environmental Engineering, vol. 128 no. 5
(2002),
pp. 476 - 478 [(ASCE)0733-9372(2002)128:5(476)] [abs]
Honors and Awards
- 2001 Nominee: National Science Foundation Presidential Awards
for Excellence in Mentoring, by Duke's Pratt School of Engineering
- 1992 Recipient: Earl I. Brown II Undergraduate Teaching Award,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University
- 1984 Recipient: Presidential Young Investigator Award, National
Science Foundation
- 1984 Recipient: Outstanding Young Faculty Award, Southeastern
Section, American Society for Engineering Education
Professional and Service Activities
- Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors
- American Institute of Chemical Engineers
- American Society for Engineering Education
- Chi Epsilon
- Sigma Xi
- Member, Diversity Committee of The Association of Environmental
Engineering and Science Professors
- Chair, Seminar on the Principles and Practices in Engineered
and Natural Environmental Systems, sponsored by the Pratt School
of the Engineering and the Nicholas School of the Environment
- Chair, Career Days, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Member, Advisory Panel, Undergraduate Environmental Science
and Policy Program, Nicholas School of the Environment
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