THE 2026 HIGLEY LECTURE
Mr. Alex Margevicius
Commissioner, Cleveland Water
Date: Thursday, May 7th, 2026
Lecture at 12:00pm, Nord Hall, Room 356
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Reception at 3:30pm, Bingham Building, Geotech Lab, Room 286
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CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SEMINAR
DR. BRENT ROBINSON, PHD, PE (CWRU, BSCE '99)
Vice President and Executive Director of Technical Affairs
GRL Engineers
Date: Thursday, March 5th, 2026
Time:  4:00pm – 5pm EST
Location: In person, Bingham Building, Vose #138
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CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SEMINAR
Dr. Dawa Seo
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Wayne State University
Date: Thursday, March 19th, 2026
Time:  4:00pm – 5pm EST
Location: In person, Bingham Building, Vose #138
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CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SEMINAR
Dr. Ramesh Goel
Professor and Graduate Director
Director-Environmental Engineering and Microbiology Lab
Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
University of Utah
Date: Thursday, December 4th, 2025
Time: 4:00pm - 5pm EST
Location: Online via Zoom Here, or view the
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CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SEMINAR
Dr. Kara Nelson
Chair in Development Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of California, Berkeley
Date: Thursday, November 20th, 2025
Time: 4:00pm - 5pm EST
Location: Online via Zoom Here, or view the
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CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SEMINAR
Dr. Susan D. Richardson
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of South Carolina
Arthur Sease Williams Professor of Chemistry
Date: Thursday, October 9th, 2025
Time: 4:00pm - 5pm EST
Location: In person, Bingham, Vose Room 138
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CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SEMINAR
Dr. Ze Zhou (Z.Z.) Wang
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow, Department of Engineering
University of Cambridge
Date: Thursday, September 25th, 2025
Time: 4:00pm - 5pm EST
Location: In person in Vose, Room 138
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THE 2025 HIGLEY LECTURE
Dr. John W. Van De Lindt
Colorado State University
Date: Thursday, May 1st, 2025
Time: Lunch at 11:30pm, followed by Lecture at 12:00pm
Location: Adelbert Hall, Toepfer Room
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CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SEMINAR
Dr. Minliang Yang
Assistant Professor
Department of Food, Bioprocessing, and Nutrition Sciences
NC State University
Date: Tuesday, April 29th, 2025
Time: 12:30pm - 1:30pm EST
Location: Vose, Room 128
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CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SEMINAR
Dr. Flanging Ling
Assistant Professor
Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering
Washington University
Date: Thursday, April 10th, 2024
Time: 4:00pm – 5:00pm EST
Location: Vose, Room 138
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CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SEMINAR
Dr. Somdatta Goswami
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil and Systems
Johns Hopkins University
Date: Thursday, December 12th, 2024
Time: 4:00pm – 5:00pm EST
Location: Vose, Room 138
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CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SEMINAR
Dr. Steve WaiChing Sun
Associate Professor
Dept. of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Columbia University, New York
Date: Thursday, November 14th, 2024
Time: 4:00pm – 5:00pm EST
Location: Nord Hall, Room 356
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CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SEMINAR
Dr. Oladoyin Kolawole
Assistant Professor
John A. Reif, Jr. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Date: Thursday, November 7th, 2024
Time: 4:00pm – 5:00pm EST
Location: Nord Hall, Room 356
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CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SEMINAR
Rui Liu, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor of Structures
College of Architecture and Environmental Design
Kent State University
Date: Thursday, September 26th, 2024
Time: 4:00pm – 5:00pm EST
Location: Nord, Room 356
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CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SEMINAR
Kiseok Kim Ph.D.,
Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering
Texas A&M University
Date: Thursday, April 18th, 2024
Time: 12:45pm - 2:00pm EST
Location: Bingham Bldg., Vose Room 138
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CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SEMINAR
Bruce E. Logan, Ph.D., NAE, CAE
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering 
Penn State University
Date: Thursday, March 28th, 2024
Time: Lunch at 12:00pm, followed by Seminar at 12:45pm
Location: Adelbert Hall, Toepfer Room
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Passcode: 967496
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CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SEMINAR
Pedro J. Alvarez, Ph.D., P.E., NAE
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering 
Rice University
Date: Friday, February 23rd, 2024
Time: 12:45pm – 2:00pm EST
Location: Bingham Bldg., Vose Room #138
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CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SEMINAR
Dr. Susan Csiszar
Senior Scientist
Procter & Gamble Co.
Date: Friday February 2nd, 2024
Time: 12:00pm – 1:30pm EST
Location: Bingham Bldg., Vose Room #138
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CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SEMINAR
Dr. Elise Miller-Hooks
Professor & Hazel Chair in Infrastructure Engineering
Interim Department Chair, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering
George Mason University
Date: Friday November 10th, 2023
Time: 12:45pm – 2:00pm EST
Location: Bingham Bldg., Room #140
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CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SEMINAR
Dr. Girum Urgessa
Associate Professor
Sid and Reva Dewberry Dept. of Civil, Environmental
and Infrastructure Engineering
George Mason University
Date: Friday November 3rd, 2023
Time: 12:45pm – 2:00pm EST
Location: Bingham Bldg., Room #140
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CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SEMINAR
Dr. Chao Fan
Assistant Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences
Clemson University
Date: Friday October 27th, 2023
Time: 12:45pm – 2:00pm EST
Location: Bingham Bldg., Room #140
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CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SEMINAR
Dr. Burcu Akinci
Professor and Department Head
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Date: Friday October 6th, 2023
Time: 12:45pm – 2:00pm EST
Location: Bingham Bldg., Room #140
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CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SEMINAR
Dr. Kuilin Zhang
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Civil, Environmental and Geospatial Engineering
Michigan Technological University
Date: Friday September 22nd, 2023
Time: 12:30pm – 1:45pm EST
Location: Bingham Bldg., Room #140
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CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SEMINAR
Dr. Mingming Lu
Professor
Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Cincinnati 
Date: Friday July 14th, 2023
Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm EST
Location: Bingham Bldg., Room #240
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CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT SEMINAR
DR. XIANMING SHI, P.E
Professor and Chair, Fellow ASCE
Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Washington State University – Pullman
Director, Washington State Transportation Center (TRAC)
Date: Friday June 16th, 2023
Time: 12:30pm – 1:30pm EST
Location: Bingham Bldg., Room #240
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THE 2023 HIGLEY LECTURE
Frank Rausche, Ph.D., Class of ‘70, and Garland Likins, Class of ‘73
Title: From University Research to Application
Date: Friday, May 5th, 2023
Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Location: Nord Hall, Room 356
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Dr. Jia-Liang Le
Professor, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geotechnical Engineering
University of Minnesota
Title: Localization Limiter for Stochastic Simulations of Quasibrittle Fracture
Date: Friday April 21, 2023, 1:00pm – 2:00pm EST 
Location: Bingham Bldg, Room 140
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Dr. Wei Zhang
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Cleveland State University
Title: Unravel Complex Flow Physics for Wind Resilience and Sustainability
Date: Friday, April 14,
Time: 12:45pm – 2:00pm
Location: Bingham Bldg., Vose Room #240
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The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering will host an open house by FHWA’s Mobile Concrete Technology Center (MCTC)
Date: THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 2023
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm (lunch provided)
Location: Case Western Reserve University Concrete Lab
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Dr. Weihong Guo
Professor and Chair, Department of Mathematics
Case Western Reserve University
Title: Image Segmentation using Variational Methods
Date: Friday, October 28, 2022
Time/Location: 12:45 PM - 2:00 PM, Bingham Bldg., #140
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Dr. L. Sebastian Bryson 
Professor and Chair, Department of Civil Engineering
University of Kentucky
Title: Using Satellite Soil Moisture Data for the Prediction of Landslides
Date: Friday December 2nd, 2022, 12:45pm – 2:00pm
Time/Location:  12:45pm - 2:00pm, Bingham Bldg., Room 140
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