In the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Case School of Engineering, we're focused on the environment and the planning, design and construction of facilities that meet the needs of modern society.
When you wake up each morning, it’s likely you don’t think twice about how you’re going to acquire safe drinking water for the day. Unfortunately, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, that’s not the case for 2 billion people around the world who lack easy access to such a commodity—but Case Western Reserve students are working to be a part of the solution.
In only their second year of participating in the Ohio Contractors Association Student Estimating Competition, the team from Case Western Reserve University’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering took home the top prize.
Last month, Cleveland’s American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) section named Xiong (Bill) Yu, chair of Case Western Reserve’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, its Civil Engineer of the Year for his contributions to education, research, service and leadership.