Civil engineers, researchers, and industry leaders from across the country gathered at the University of Utah on September 19, 2025, for the ASCE Center for Technical Advancement (CTA) AI Task Force Workshop. Chaired by Dr. Guohui Zhang and co-hosted locally by University of Utah’s Dr. Chenxi Liu and Dr. Cathy Liu, the workshop focused on building strategies, […]
Read MoreThe Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering is proud to congratulate Ph.D. candidate Shouzheng Pan on receiving the 2025 Daniel B. Fambro Student Paper Award from the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE). This national recognition is presented to just one student each year across all ITE districts, making it one of the most competitive and […]
Read MoreThe Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering was proud to host Dr. David Sanders, Greenwood Department Chair and Professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering at Iowa State University, for a seminar on September 5, 2025. His talk, titled “Where is Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering Research Headed?”, drew a standing-room-only crowd in the Layton […]
Read MoreWe’re proud to announce that a team from the University of Utah’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has received the Best Poster Paper Award at the International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, held at Stanford University from September 9–11, 2025. The award-winning paper, titled “Locating crack tip in Mode-I fracture tests of engineered wood by acoustic emission and […]
Read MoreThe University of Utah’s Energy & Geoscience Institute (EGI), in collaboration with CoolSky Energy Solutions LLC, has secured approval for Utah’s first-ever Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) plan from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Applying to the Lisbon Valley Gas Processing Plant near Moab, UT, the plan marks a milestone in the state’s efforts to advance […]
Read MoreA team of University of Utah Civil & Environmental Engineering (CvEEN) students represented the U at the 2025 Transportation Technology Tournament (TTT), earning recognition as one of the top three teams in the nation. The competition was held during the 2025 ITE International Annual Meeting and Exhibition in Orlando, Florida, providing an outstanding opportunity for the team […]
Read MoreThe Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering was proud to host Dr. David Sanders, Greenwood Department Chair and Professor of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering at Iowa State University, for a seminar on September 5, 2025. His talk, titled “Where is Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering Research Headed?”, drew a standing-room-only crowd in the Layton Auditorium, […]
Read MoreThe extreme conditions beneath the earth’s surface are both a challenge and an opportunity. For Ayat Alasadi, they are the foundation of advancing the potential of geothermal energy. A Ph.D. student in the University of Utah’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ayat has been awarded the Marcelo Lippmann Graduate Scholarship—a prestigious honor given annually to […]
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