News
Sep 21, 2020
Civil and Environmental Engineering Solutions to the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and its Industrial Advisory Board held a series of panel discussions entitled “Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) solutions addressing the COVID-19 Pandemic”.
Sep 18, 2020
Peter Furth Receives 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award from Association of Pedestrians & Bicycle Professionals
Peter Furth, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, was awarded the 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award by the Association of Pedestrian & Bicycle Professionals (APBP).
Sep 16, 2020
Monitoring Outbreaks of COVID in the Sewage
CEE Assistant Professor Ameet Pinto is screening the city of Somerville, MA’s wastewater to gauge whether COVID-19 cases are increasing or decreasing.
Sep 14, 2020
Caracoglia Selected as ASCE Fellow
CEE Professor Luca Caracoglia was selected as a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers for his contributions in research, education, and outreach in the areas of structural engineering, structural dynamics, probabilistic mechanics, wind engineering and wind energy.
Sep 10, 2020
Faculty and Staff Awards 2020
Congratulations to all the winners of the faculty and staff awards, and to everyone for their hard work and dedication during the 2019-2020 academic school year.
Sep 02, 2020
New Faculty Spotlight: Julia Hopkins
Julia Hopkins joins the Civil and Environmental Engineering department in August 2020 as an Assistant Professor.
Aug 28, 2020
Defending Against Mother Nature
While Hurricane Laura was the strongest storm to hit Louisiana in 160 years, CEE Professor Qin Jim Chen worked with local officials to best prepare for and predict the damage caused by the storm.
Aug 25, 2020
Air Quality and Human Health: Decreasing the Climate Penalty Through Pollution Control
In a new paper published in Nature Climate Change titled, “Weakening Aerosol Direct Radiative Effects Mitigate Climate Penalty On Chinese Air Quality,” CEE Professor and Distinguished Fellow Yang Zhang and her former visiting scholar and paper lead author Dr. Chaopeng Hong study how changes in Chinese government policies towards air pollution will affect human health.