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Civil, Environmental Engineering Again Ranked Among Top Undergraduate Engineering Programs

September 18, 2023

The Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin has once again been named one of the nation’s top engineering schools.

Why Black Neighborhoods Have More Vehicle-Pedestrian Crashes

July 27, 2023

There's a growing body of research showing that members of marginalized populations are more likely to be involved in severe or fatal crashes as pedestrians, and that disparity is on the rise.

Nepalese Graduate Shines in Civil Engineering Program

June 14, 2023

The University of Texas at Austin was Abhigya Paudyal’s dream university for graduate school in the United States from the moment he earned his bachelor’s degree at home in Nepal.  

2023 Department Leadership Awards

June 13, 2023

The Civil, Architectural and Environmental Department has announced the recipients of the 2023 Departmental Leadership Awards! These students and faculty have set themselves apart from their peers academically and as prominent members in our community. Congratulations to these deserving individuals!

Eliminating CO2 Emissions from Manufacturing the Goal of Major Research Alliance

May 23, 2023

An alliance of nine universities, three national labs and 37 companies will tackle one of the biggest hurdles to decarbonizing manufacturing: carbon dioxide emissions from generating process heat.

CAEE Professor Todd Helwig has been selected to receive the 2023 George S. Richardson Medal

May 03, 2023

The International Bridge Conference (IBC) Executive Committee has selected Dr. Todd Helwig to receive the 2023 George S. Richardson Medal.  This award is given annually for a single, recent outstanding achievement in bridge engineering.  The selected achievement may consist of design, construction, research, or education. 

Please take a few moments for our end of year surveys.

May 01, 2023

We are needing student feedback! Please take a moment to answer questions for our end of year surveys.

Seismic Design Team competes in San Francisco

May 01, 2023

Students from the University of Texas CAEE Seismic Design Team traveled to San Francisco, California in April to participate in the 2023 Undergraduate Seismic Design Competition. In this competition, which is hosted by the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, student teams are required to submit RFPs in response to a prompt modeled around a real-world scenario. This year’s problem statement required students to design skybridges connecting two new building structures.

U.S. News and World Report Ranks CAEE Programs Top 10 Nationally

April 25, 2023

The Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Department is once again in the top 10 graduate programs nationally according to the latest U.S. News and World Report rankings. Civil Engineering has ranked No.4, and Environmental Engineering is No.5.

Blair Johnson Receives NSF CAREER Award

March 16, 2023

Blair Johnson is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award, entitled “Stratified Mixing in Sheared and Zero-Mean-Shear Turbulent Environments.”

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