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Civil Engineering

Civil Engineers design, construct, and manage the physical and naturally built environment.   The Department of Civil Engineering at CWRU is proud of being one of the four founding departments by the Case Institute of Technology (since 1880) and continues to deliver significant impacts on the Civil Engineering profession in the Nation and worldwide with its rigorous and pioneering academic programs.

2017 Civil Engineering Awards

Congratulations to this year's Civil Engineering Awards winners: The Kennth M. Haber Award - Elizabeth Caceci and Jiale Li; The Craig J. Miller Memeorial Award - William Worsham and Mark Loria; The Allison C. Neff Prize - Samuel Shiau and Annastasia Wong; The Roy Harley Prize - Zachary Lyon, Yang Xu, and Shaoyang Dong; The Richard and Opal Vanderhoof Award - Campbell Fitzhugh and Jennifer DoVale; ASCE Junior Award - Katlin Newcombe; and GB Brook Award - Spencer Ehl. These students achieved outstanding academic performance and performed superb service to the department.

2017 Vanderhoof BS/MS Fellowship

Congratulations to the 2017 Vanderhoof BS/MS Fellowship recipients: Ben Allan, Nicolas Heim, Jacob Lunn, and Laura Rendos. The fellowship was estabilished through a generous endowment by Mr. and Mrs. Vanderhoof to support BS/MS students in civil engineering department. The awards were presented to the students at a departmental ceremony on April 20.

Congratulations to Class of 2016

We would like to offer our warmest congratulations to the Class of 2016 in our department. The BS degree recipients are: Benjamin Allen, Erin Dreger, Samuel Glaubitz, Nicholas Heim, Robert Kitson, Hana Litwin, Ferin Neff, John Pease III, Malcolm Perkins, Anna Pimentel, Laura Rendos, Sarah Ronan, Michael Streicher, Louis Stuerke, Jielun Gu, and Andrew Bollinger; MS degree recipients: Andrew Bollinger, Gwen Evans, Alexander Abbott, and Derek Slovenec; Ph.D. degree recipients: Quan Gao, Jianying Hu, and Jin Qin. We are very proud of their achievements and wish them the very best in their careers.

2016 Vanderhoof BS/MS Fellowship

We would like to offer our warmest congratulations to this year's recipients of Vanderhoof BS/MS Fellowship: Andrew Bollinger and Gwen Evans. This fellowship was established by a generous donation from Mr. and Mrs. Vanderhoof and has been supporting our BS/MS students since 2011.

Brazilian Civil Engineering students received summer research experience at CWRU

Two undergraduate students from Brazil, Rodrigo Teixeira Schossler and Igor dos Santos Rodrigues de Lima, conducted research with Dr. Xiong (Bill)  Yu’s group during Summer 2015.   Rodrigo is a senior in the Department of Civil Engineering, Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil.   Igor is a junior in the Department of Civil Engineering, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil.   Both Rodrigo and Igor were supported by the Brazil Scientific Mobility Program, which aims to provide opportunities for Brazilian students to receive international research and educational experience.

Congratulations to Graduates of 2015

We would like to express our warmest congratulations to the graduates of 2015! At the commencement on May 17, following Civil Egnineering students received their degrees:

BS Degree: Alexander Abbott, Kimberly Baker, David Bass, Maria Corsi, Emily Duewiger, Jessica Eiermann, Victoria Eldridge, Gwennyth Evans, Remy Hidaka, Lensa Jotte, Mohammad Khan, Ashley Parello, Tadbir Singh, Jakub Skodowski, Fatima Hussain Suhail, and Keri Walter

MS Degree: Holly Adams, Kimberly Baker, Alison Brooks, Lianwei Chen, and Stacy Hursen

Ph.D. Degree: Hao Yu

We wish them the very best in their future careers!

The Higley Endowed Lecture April 10

Our department will host the first Higley Endowed Lecture on Friday April 10 at 5 PM in Nord 356. Professor Craig H. Benson, the Wisconsin Distinguished Professor and director of sustainability research and education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will deliver the lecture. The title of his lecture is: Are We Designing for Sustainability? Using Life Cycle Analysis to Assess Sustainability Accomplishment.

Vanderhoof BS/MS Scholarship Winners

Congratulations to this year's winners for the Vanderhoof BS/MS Scholarship: Alexander Abbott, Holly Adam, Kimberly Baker, Alison Brooks, and Stacey Hursen. The scholarship was established through a generous donation by the Vanderhoof Family to support civil engineering students who are pursuing BS/MS degrees in our department.

Model Bridge Competition for High School Students

More than 200 area high school students participated in the 2015 Annual High School Model Balsa Wood Bridge Competition during E-week. The model bridges were judged by their design and stiffness under specific loading conditions.

Research on Bridge Trusses by Prof. Gasparini

Funded by the National Park Service, two 13,000-pound trusses, resurrected from the charred ruins of a wooden bridge, are heading home to New Hampshire after spending more than two years in our department.

Dario Gasparini, a civil engineering professor nationally known for his work on historic bridges, has been studying the strengths and weaknesses of what's known as a Howe truss bridge. For more information...

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