Research conducted by faculty in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is sponsored by a variety of organizations representing the public and private sectors.

Students benefit from these associations, not only through opportunities to perform exciting research, but also by interacting with project sponsors, thereby honing their communication and presentation skills.

Sponsoring organizations include:

Industry

• Barge, Waggoner, Sumner & Cannon
• Bridgestone Firestone
• Delta Air Lines
• Foster Wheeler
• General Motors
• Ingram Barge Company
• Kellogg, Brown & Root

Govenment

• Department of Energy
• Department of Transportation
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Federal Highway Administration
• NASA
• National Science Foundation
• Organization of American States
• Tennessee Department of Transportation
• US Air Force
• US Army Corps of Engineers
• US Army Research Office

National and International Laboratories

• Argonne National Laboratory
• Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory
• Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
• Netherlands Energy Research Foundation
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Sandia National Laboratories