PhD alum Edson Costa-Filho and Professor José Chávez published a new study on remote sensing for agricultural irrigation in MDPI’s Sustainability journal.

PhD student Leila Naderi won the Probabilistic Methods Committee Student Paper Competition for her paper and presentation titled: “Multi-fidelity Subset Simulation for Rare Event Simulation.” Naderi received this award at the ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference in Chicago, Illinois on May 28-31, 2024. Naderi is advised by CEE Associate Professor Gaofeng Jia. Congratulations Leila!

Outstanding CEE graduates recognized at reception The CEE Department hosted a Graduation Reception for our graduating seniors and their families this week, including the recognition of seven students for their academic and leadership success: Outstanding Civil Engineer of the Future Award – Celie Brockett Civil Engineering Achievement Award – Emma Boyle Civil Engineering Student Leadership…Read more

Omur-Ozbek receives George T. Abell Award for Teaching and Mentoring Associate Teaching Professor Pinar Omur-Ozbek was recognized at the Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering 2024 Faculty & Staff Awards ceremony this week.  Omur-Ozbek received the George T. Abell Award for Teaching and Mentoring “in recognition of her outstanding record of innovative teaching methods and…Read more

Department recognizes faculty and staff at end of year celebration Department Head Chuck Shackelford presented annual faculty and staff awards at the spring 2024 end-of-year celebration: Outstanding Graduate Student Award – Harshit Mishra, PhD studentOutstanding Academic Partner – Johannes Beeby, Stillwater AssociatesOutstanding Research Scientist/Instructor/Staff Service – Jana Crouch, CEE Communications ManagerStaff Award for Excellence –…Read more

This spring, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering hosted a Water Engineering and Science seminar, bringing together engineering students, faculty, and industry experts to network and share knowledge. Graduate students had the opportunity to enroll to receive credit for attending the seminar, and attendees from across campus, the community, and even overseas participated in…Read more

Julianne Robinson received Honorable Mention in the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program competition for her proposed research on towed time-domain electromagnetic surveys of groundwater.

PhD graduate recognized as Outstanding Reviewer for ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering The ASCE Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering has named recent PhD graduate Edson Costa-Filho an Outstanding Reviewer for 2023. Costa-Filho successfully defended his dissertation this spring to earn his PhD in Civil Engineering under the advisement of Professor José Chávez.…Read more

President Amy Parsons interviewed Prof. Sybil Sharvelle during an Instagram Live about her work at the Water TAP lab at the CSU Spur Campus.

Two civil and environmental engineering faculty are authors on a recent journal article “Bringing Social Justice Context into Civil Engineering Courses for First-Year and Third-Year Students” which was named an ASCE Editor’s Choice selection in the Journal of Civil Engineering Education this month. The article advocates for integrating considerations of societal impact into technical civil engineering…Read more