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Departmental News:

The Department of Civil Engineering is Expected to Get a New Name Soon

A motion to change the Department name to the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has been approved by the Case School of Engineering faculty, CSE Executive Committee and CSE Dean during its deliberation in September 2019.    The motion is moving for further discussion and approval by the University Faculty Senate and for final approval by the University President.  The Department currently houses a few areas of concentrations under Civil Engineering:  Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Construction Management, Engineering Mechanics, pre-architecture program.  

The Department Students and Faculty to Host 2019 Woman Builder Council Student Seminar Series on Tuesday Oct 29

2019 Woman Builder Council Student Seminar Series, Tuesday, October 29, 2019 at 6:15 p.m. in Bingham Room 240.

Featured Speakers:

Register today via email to Chapter Founders, Maria Tompkins at mct56@case.edu or Sarah Carlson at smc185@case.edu.

 

Prof. Heo Co-lead ASCE SEI Multihazard Mitigation Committee to Win the SEI Future Fund

The Structural Engineering Institute (SEI)’s Multihazard Mitigation (MHM) Committee, which Dr. YeongAe Heo, Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering has served as the Vice Chair, of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) wins the 2020 SEI Future Fund. For the past few years, the SEI MHM Committee has made great contributions to disaster resilience studies of structures subjected to multiple natural and man-made hazards. With this support, the SEI MHM Committee will initiate a special project to bridge the gap between research and practice for structural engineers to implement the state-of-the-art research in multi-hazard structural design into their structural design, retrofit, and maintenance projects.

Prof. Carloni has been reappointed Chair of ACI 446 Committee (Fracture Mechanics of Concrete)

The American Concrete Institute (ACI) has appointed Dr. Christian Carloni as Chair of joint ACI-ASCE 446 Committee. The mission of the Committee is to develop and report information on the application of fracture mechanics to concrete structures.  Dr. Carloni has served as Chair of ACI 446 for 3 years (2016-2019) and has been reappointed for another three-year term.

ACI 446 Committee has organized numerous symposia during the ACI Conventions. Currently, members of the Committee are working on a report that provides guidance on fracture testing of concrete. The Committee is working in collaboration with ASTM to translate the report into a standard.

Case Civil Engineering Graduate Student Association Barbecue

Case Civil Engineering Graduate Student Association (CEGSA) held barbeque at Aurora and Edgewater park.   Students were involved in delicious food, talking, playing games, and photo-taking.  This is part of the efforts of the CEGSA to enrich member life and facilitate communications among its members.

Women Builders Council to host Seminar Series at CWRU

In 2018 two students from CWRU’s Civil Engineering department reached out to the Women Builders Council (WBC) because their mission resonated strongly. WBC empowers women and promotes diversity throughout the construction industry. It was founded by women business owners who recognized the challenges of doing business in a traditionally male-dominated industry.  Students Sarah Carlson & Maria Tompkins intrigued the director of WBC with their passion and dedication to introduce the professional group to their campus. Working together, and with faculty advisor Katie P. Wheaton, P.E., S.E., a special workshop series for students will be offered in the 2019/2020 academic year.

Rachel Zable Receives Scholarship from American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC)

Rachel Zable, a senior civil engineering student with a concentration in structural engineering, received a $5000 AISC Education Foundation Scholarship for 2019-2020.  More information about the awards can be found here.  Rachel is also past President of the CWRU Student Steel Bridge Competition Team.  Congratulations Rachel!

Prof. Zhang Receives Research Grant from Lubrizol

Prof. Huichun (Judy) Zhang has recently received a research contract from the Lubrizol Corporation. The goal of this research is to investigate the biodegradability of their consumer products so that the products can be more environmentally friendly.  Congratulations! Judy

Ram Krishna Mazumder wins ASCE-UESI Student Scholarship

Ram Krishna Mazumder, a PhD candidate, received the a scholarship from Utility Engineering & Surveying Institute (UESI) of ASCE. The scholarship is given to the outstanding students in utility engineering to support them for attending ASCE-UESI pipelines conference.  Ram's dissertation research is supported with a $2.5 million NSF funded research project entitled ‘CRISP Type 2: Collaborative Research: Multi-Agent Sustainable Water Decision Theory: Nexus of Water, Road, and Hierarchic Social Contractual Systems’.    Prof. Xiong (Bill) Yu is the PI and Prof.

Esmaeel Asadi receives a Travel Grant Award to attend Lloyd’s Day at Rice University

Esmaeel Asadi, a PhD Candidate at the Department of Civil Engineering, has been awarded a travel grant to attend Lloyd’s Day at Rice University: “The Smart and Resilient City”. The conference was held at Anderson Clarke Center of Rice University in Houston, TX on October 4, 2018.   Esmaeel presents on his recent research activities on “Multi-Criteria Decision Model for Risk-Based Life-Cycle Assessment of Building Structures”. Esmaeel presented a part of Professor Li’s collaborative project with Dr Hongyu Zhou from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Dr. Abdullahi Salman from The University of Alabama in Huntsville, which is aimed to integrate resilience- and energy-based building designs.   A copy of the poster can be found at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335430443