The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is engaged in world-class research. The research program emphasizes improving fundamental understanding, methods and practices that enable decision-makers to develop and implement more efficient, reliable, and effective infrastructures, facilities, and operations.

Some of the areas of on-going research include:

Reliability Analysis and Engineering

• Methods of uncertainty analysis
• Multi-scale systems analysis
• Reliability assessment

Environmental Engineering and Risk Management

• Air and water quality management
• Contaminated site restoration
• Environmental forensics
• Environmental policy and security
• Environmental risk assessment, management and communication
• Long term environmental stewardship
• Molecular and multi-scale contaminant fate and transport
• Nuclear environmental systems
• Waste management systems design

Intelligent Infrastructure Systems

• Fracture and damage mechanics
• Computational micro-mechanics
• Infrastructure failure analysis and preventation
• Intelligent transportation systems
• Nano-composite materials
• Smart structures and materials
• Structural health monitoring
• Transportation management and operations

Construction Project Management

• Asset Management
• Front End Planning
• Fully Integrated Automated Project Processes (FIAPP)
• Materials Management
• Process Simulation
• Schedule Reduction Techniques
• Trenchless Rehabilitation of Municipal Infrastructure
• Trenchless Installation of Underground Conduits