Every year the Department of Civil Engineering presents awards to several of the graduating seniors to recognize excellence in academic achievement, leadership and service, and potential for professional success. Congratulations to Civil Engineering Students, Janaye Walker, Daniel Sanchez, Theresa O-Donnell Sloan, Thomas Mayer, Parker Maddocks, and Environmental Engineering Students, Mariah Wang, Enci Han, Claire Schreiber.Please […]

The School of Global Environmental Sustainability (SoGES) at Colorado State University has selected three Global Challenges Research teams with each receiving funding for two years for a total amount of $30,000. These awards are intended to encourage interdisciplinary understanding of complex global sustainability issues, foster collaborative cross-campus partnerships and support sustainability research at CSU.” The […]

Yanlin Guo and co-authors Dr. Ahsan Kareem (Professor, University of Notre Dame), Dr. Liang Hu (Graduate Research Assistant, University of Notre Dame), and Dr. Dae Kun Kwon (Research Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame) received the ASCE 2019 Best Journal Paper of the Structural Engineering Journal. The paper “proposes a generalized wind loading chain to […]

ASCE Journal Reviewers voluntarily apply their expertise and spend countless hours of their time to ensure that submitted articles are timely and worthy of inclusion in each journal. Each year journal editors select up to ten reviewers as Outstanding Reviewers. The reviewers are selected based on the quality and timeliness of their reviews during the […]

The Department is greatly saddened to announce the passing of Dr. Jorge Ramirez who lost his battle with cancer on March 28th.  Jorge was admired and respected by all  and will be sorely missed.  For more information please go to the links provided below: Obituary Tributes from former students

Dr. Christopher Thornton, et. al, have been using concrete-enhanced synthetic turf (CEST), best described as a fiber-reinforced flexible concrete liner, as a hardened revetment system and has been testing the liner on a full-scale, steady-state overtopping simulator with much success.  Read More

Tiezheng Tong recently was recognized by the North America Membrane Society (NAMS) with the Young Membrane Scientist Award.  NAMS selected five outstanding scientists in the field to receive the award this year.  These awards are presented annually to outstanding individuals who are starting their professional careers in membrane science and technology. This award is open […]

Nature Sustainability has published the paper “Household transitions to clean energy in a multiprovincial cohort study in China” written by Ellison Carter, et al. This contribution to the literature came out of work research that Carter led with the people she regularly collaborates with on China-based projects. The work presented in the paper formed the […]

Aditi Bhaskar has been elected to the Board of Directors for the Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI) which is sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Founded in 2001, the Consortium is aresearch organization representing more than 130 U.S. universities and international water science-related organizations. CUAHSI receives support from the […]

José L. Chávez was presented with the 2019 USCID Merriam Award on December 26th by Larry D. Stephens, Executive Vice President of USCID. The announcement of this honor was given at the November, 2019 USCID Conference in Reno, Nevada.  The awarding committee is from the International Committee on Irrigation and Drainage. The United States Committee […]