Category: Research
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From resilience to adaptation: The case of hurricanes
Researchers bring together interdependent data to build communities that are resilient to disasters.
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Spotlight: Data is life
Take a multimedia trip to the Amazon and meet the researchers who are working to understand how the future of the rainforest could affect us all.
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Assistant Professor Evgueni Filipov receives 2019 ASCE Best Paper Award
CEE Assistant Professor Evgueni Filipov and his co-authors have received an award recognizing their outstanding contributions to the field of analysis and computation in structural engineering.
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Optimizing comfort for nurses in high-stress situations with sensors
Wearable sensors help pinpoint stressful moments during medical procedures.
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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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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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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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Funding a new transportation revolution: Liu congressional testimony
Professor Henry Liu addresses House committee on the need for a national surface transportation research agenda.
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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.
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New grant enables research on extremely durable concrete
CEE Professor Victor Li leads a project to reduce energy and emissions through more durable concrete.
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Why we do experimental research
A perspective by CEE Professor James K. Wight
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Restoration and collaboration
A field trip to the Boardman River presents a unique opportunity to see dam restoration and cross-disciplinary collaboration in action.
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CEE researchers receive Raymond C. Reese Research Prize
CEE PhD student Tung-Yu Wu and Profs. Sherif El-Tawil and Jason McCormick receive award recognizing outstanding contributions to the application of structural engineering research.
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Tom O’Rourke discusses resilient infrastructure in Richart Lecture
O’Rourke’s lecture highlighted the agents of change that lead to improved policies, better approaches and more resilient infrastructure.
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Transportation innovation
CEE Professors Henry Liu and Neda Masoud discuss their research on evolving transportation while keeping the public safe.
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New study finds inaccuracies in arsenic test kits in Bangladesh
About 25 million Bangladeshis face risks of developing skin lesions and cancers due to unsafe levels of arsenic in drinking water.
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Students go behind the scenes in CEE’s first research lab open house
The Graduate Student Advisory Council (GSAC) and Undergraduate Student Advisory Council (USAC) hosted the very first research lab open house at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
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Smart infrastructure financing: Why data could be the answer
A Q&A with the professor who is exploring new ways to finance infrastructure, with help from a blockchain company.
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How connected vehicles’ wipers could help prevent flooding
We’ve been promised all kinds of benefits from a future of connected vehicles, but flood control?
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Two CEE PhD students receive Dow Sustainability Fellowships
CEE students Cassandra Champagne and Morteza Taiebat have been named 2019 Dow Sustainability Doctoral Fellows.