Dr. Romero inspires future engineers to design with both durability and the environment in mind—ensuring that every mile of progress leaves a lighter footprint. For more than two decades, Dr. Pedro Romero has been a cornerstone of the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering (CvEEN). Known for his approachable teaching style and his passion for […]

Leaders from academia, industry, and government gather to chart the future of AI in infrastructure and civil systems 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 […]

Ayat Alasadi is engineering sustainable energy solutions The 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 […]

We’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 […]

Supported and driven by University of Utah Civil & Environmental Engineering faculty through their work with EGI The 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 […]

  The ASCE Student Chapter at the University of Utah is excited to welcome everyone back for the Fall 2025 semester! The chapter kicked things off with their annual Welcome Back BBQ Social outside the Layton Engineering building, where students, faculty, and friends gathered for food, fun, and a chance to reconnect after summer break. […]

  A 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 […]

  The 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 […]

CvEEN Ph.D. Student Shouzheng Pan has won ITE’s Daniel B. Fambro Student Paper Award—a rare achievement he shares with his advisor The 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 […]

One Ph.D. student’s research is redefining radiation testing at the University of Utah’s TRIGA Reactor (UUTR) Radiation hardness testing is used to evaluate how well materials—such as sensors, microchips, and other essential tech used in nuclear science—can withstand radiation without failing. Testing a materials’ resilience to radiation helps us develop more advanced technologies to use […]