Category: Civil and Environmental Engineering
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CCAT Featured Research: Augmented Reality Project in IEEE Spectrum
Adding simulated vehicles to closed-course testing can train robocars to handle even the most unlikely scenarios.
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Professor Lutgarde Raskin honored with IWA Ardern-Lockett award
CEE Professor Lutgarde Raskin was recognized for her contributions in the field of Microbial Ecology and Water Engineering at the recent MEWE conference in Hiroshima, Japan.
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CEE Lab Technician Bob Spence retires after long career
A Q&A with Lab Technician Bob Spence, who is retiring after 31 years in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
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Researchers share innovative ideas in concrete for a more sustainable future
Speakers at the symposium “From Lab to Site: Innovation in Concrete” discussed climate change, 3D printing, “smart” buildings, research potential and collaboration.
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Professor Photios G. Ioannou receives ICCBEI Best Paper Award
CEE Professor Photios G. Ioannou and his co-authors have received an award recognizing their outstanding paper in the field of civil and building engineering informatics.
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Glen Daigger elected foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
CEE Professor Glen Daigger has been elected a Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
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Carol Ann and Jim Fausone selected for David B. Hermelin Award
University of Michigan School of Nursing alumna Carol Ann Fausone and CEE alumnus James G. Fausone received the 2019 David B. Hermelin Award for Fundraising Volunteer Leadership.
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Professor Will Hansen to present at the American Concrete Institute Convention
CEE Professor Will Hansen will be presenting a workshop at the upcoming American Concrete Institute Convention.
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CEE professor attends reception in China for foreign experts
Professor Glen Daigger was one of two thousand recognized on the eve of the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
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Ariel Roy receives Best Speaker Award at Construction Institute’s Student Days
CEE undergraduate Ariel Roy received the Best Speaker Award for her team, Civil Six, through the Construction Institute (CI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers’s Student Days.
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In Memoriam: Glen V. Berg (1918 – 2019)
Berg passed away on January 9, 2019. Berg was a professor a former chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
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Student Awards 2018-2019
A look back at all of our students who received awards during the 2018-2019 school year.
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Associate Professor Dimitrios Zekkos receives the Rackham Faculty Recognition Award
CEE Associate Professor Dimitrios Zekkos has received the Rackham Faculty Recognition Award for his remarkable contributions to the university.
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New partnership provides accelerated master’s degree option
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at U-M and the School of Environment at Tsinghua University have been approved for a partnership to establish an Accelerated Master’s Degree Program in Environmental Engineering for students from the School of Environment at Tsinghua.
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CEE Associate Professor Dimitrios Zekkos to serve on NASA Disasters Team in new project
Professor Zekkos and the team will advance landslide forecasting using predictive models, satellite data and ground observation.
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Avery Carlson receives WEFTEC’s Martha Hahn Memorial Award
PhD student Avery Carlson received the Martha Hahan Memorial Award through the Water Environment Federation’s Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC).
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Shilva Shrestha receives Water Environment Federation (WEF) Canham Graduate Studies Scholarship
PhD student Shilva Shrestha received the Canham Graduate Studies Scholarship through the Water Environment Federation for the 2019-2020 school year.
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PhD Student Katherine Dowdell Selected for NWRI-Biolargo Graduate Fellowship
Katherine Dowdell received a fellowship to support her research project on optimizing filter backwashing practices to reduce pathogens in drinking water.
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In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Jonathan W. Bulkley
Bulkley passed away on July 14, 2019. During his tenure at the University of Michigan, he taught in both the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the School for Environment and Sustainability.
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Funding a new transportation revolution: Liu congressional testimony
Professor Henry Liu addresses House committee on the need for a national surface transportation research agenda.