An urban environment was non-negotiable during John Yang’s college search. It made sense for an aspiring civil engineer. Using Google Maps, Yang virtually explored cities across the United States, with Case Western Reserve University rising to the top of his list.
Jamiu Lateef, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Received the 2nd place in the student poster competition at the 2024 annual symposium of the US Department of Transportation National Center for Transportation Infrastructure Durability & Life Extension (TriDurLE).
Coming off their win last year at the 2023 Ohio Contractors Association Student Estimating Competition, the team from Case Western Reserve University's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering took home 2nd place this year.
Every year, as part of the Multi-Region Leadership Conferences (MRLC), ASCE hosts a series of Workshops for Student Chapter Leaders (WSCL), which are leadership and professional development conferences for students who hold leadership roles within their ASCE Student Chapters. This year, students John Yang, Secretary of CWRU ASCE, and Lillie Alsheikhtaha, Vice President of CWRU ASCE, had the opportunity to attend the WSCL in Kansas City in January 2024.
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.
Associate Professor Christian Carloni’s talk, “Pull-out Tests of FRP Bars Embedded in Concrete: A New Insight,” received a best presentation award at the second annual workshop organized by the Transportation Infrastructure Durability and Life Extension Center—a National University Transportation Center funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Late last year, Environmental Science and Technology, a premier journal for environmental research, awarded Huichun (Judy) Zhang, the Frank H. Neff Professor in Civil Engineering, a best paper honor for her work, “Machine Learning: New Ideas and Tools in Environmental Science and Engineering.” According to the journal, the recognition is conferred to “represent not only their own unique brilliance in presenting some of the best novel, impactful new research but also something more, the resilience, determination, and humanity of the ES&T community.”
Just a few miles from campus is Lake Erie—the source of Cleveland’s drinking water, a prime spot for outdoor activity and, at Case Western Reserve, a hotbed for research. Huichun (Judy) Zhang, the Frank H. Neff Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Case School of Engineering, specializes in environmental chemistry and engineering and has conducted considerable research on Lake Erie.
Eight institutes and centers across CWRU launched a coordinated crowdfunding campaign designed to highlight specific needs in each of the areas while promoting their most innovative and collaborative work.
