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
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
Emeritus Professor Thomas Sale will receive the 2024 Innovator of the Year Award at CSU Demo Day on Wednesday, April 17 in the LSC Ballroom.
In July, PhD student Yiqun Yao attended the International Water Association’s 10th Membrane Technology Conference & Exhibition for Water and Wastewater Treatment and Reuse in St. Louis, Missouri. Advised by Associate Professor Tiezheng Tong, Yao’s research focuses on developing novel electrodialysis desalination technology for brine treatment and the design of antiscalants for membrane desalination. Yao…Read more
Environmental Engineering student Mayca Saavedra named the fall 2023 Walter Scott, Jr. College of Engineering Outstanding Graduate!
PhD student Mohammad Teymouri has received a $35,000 fellowship from the Portland Cement Association. Each year, the association grants two U.S. graduate students a fellowship to research topics related to the decarbonization of the cement industry. Teymouri is in his third year of the PhD program in Civil Engineering and Construction Management. The program is…Read more