Category: Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Center for Low Carbon Built Environment sets ambitious goals for combating climate change
The center aims to cut the built environment’s carbon footprint in half by 2030 and boost its productivity.
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A message from the CEE Friends Association (CEEFA) Board President
Alumna and Board President Tarolyn Buckles reflects on an unprecedented year.
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Alumnus Bruce Dorfman receives CEE Alumni Merit Award
The award recognizes alumni who inspire students to embody the term “leaders and best.”
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Personal cold plasma “air curtain” design for COVID-19 protection moves forward
Medical giant Johnson & Johnson and federal HHS select U-M design with “minimal impact on daily life.”
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Removing and reusing phosphorus from agricultural runoff
Glen Daigger and his research team are developing a biological system that can capture the phosphorus in the water without use of chemicals.
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Nancy Love honored with national award for outstanding environmental engineering education and research
The American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists recognizes Love’s achievements with the Science Award.
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Nancy Love honored with national award for outstanding environmental engineering education and research
The American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists recognizes Love’s achievements with the Science Award.
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Shuo Feng wins second prize for IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Society’s Best PhD Dissertation Award
Feng’s dissertation develops a library of scenario-based testing models for connected and autonomous vehicles.
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CEE faculty awarded DEI grant to reshape undergraduate curriculum
The College of Engineering award will fund a project intended to integrate social justice, environmental justice and equity into the CEE undergraduate curriculum.
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University of Michigan student team wins National Transportation Technology Tournament for second year in a row
The team designed solutions to the problem of curb space management in downtown Ann Arbor.
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Improving construction worker safety with wearable sensors
Wearables track heart rate, fatigue and stress.
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New Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow: Aleksandra Szczuka
Szczuka’s research focuses on pathogen control in water engineering.
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Lutgarde Raskin appointed Distinguished University Professor
Professor Lutgarde Raskin was appointed Vernon L. Snoeyink Distinguished University Professor of Environmental Engineering, effective September 1, 2020.
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PhD Candidate Ahmed Abdelhady places in Objective Resilience Student Competition
Abdelhady’s work models hurricane damage on residential neighborhoods.
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Aline Cotel appointed IPE Faculty Advisor
One-third of U-M Engineering students participate in IPE programs, which seek to develop professional and academic skills through international experiences.
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PhD Candidate Alyssa DeSimone awarded SFPE grant
Her research in structural fire engineering focuses on modeling fire spread in large compartments.
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Brian Ellis awarded Sloan Foundation “net zero” grant
The Alfred P. Sloan grant funds projects furthering technologies that sequester carbon or have zero emissions.
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Jerome Lynch elected to the ASCE Department Heads Coordinating Council
The ASCE Department Heads Coordinating Council serves to advance, facilitate and communicate educational and research matters among all Civil Engineering Departments, the profession and the Society.
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Reflecting on an impactful career: CEE Professor Nikolaos Katopodes retires
Professor Nikolaos D. Katopodes is retiring after almost forty years at University of Michigan.
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PhD student Gaang Lee receives the Creativeness in Ergonomics Student of the Year Award at the 23rd Applied Ergonomics Conference
The annual conference highlights the outstanding professionals in ergonomics, healthcare, safety, human resources and risk management from around the world.