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The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering integrates research, education, and professional service in areas related to civil infrastructure and the environment. We provide the profession and academia with outstanding graduates who advance both engineering practice and fundamental knowledge.

In the News

Professor Dawn Cheng mentioned in New York Times

Research and Rehab in Gear for California's Rough Highways, Professor Harvey, Sacramento Bee

Professor Levent Kavvas recieves ASCE 2009 Ven Te Chow Award

Sirikanchana Receives Honor from National Civil Engineering Society

Dan Sperling on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Dr. Masoud Kayhanian has received the 2008 Omar Khayyam excellence in research award from the Iran’s Sharif University of Technology

Professors Wuertz and Niemeier sign Zugspitze Declaration on Global Crisis of Earth System

How New Auto Fuels Will Affect Air Quality in an Era of Climate Change - M. Kleeman

Professor Levent Kavvas Elected Fellow of American Society of Civil Engineers

Professor Emeritus I. M. Idriss Elected a Distinguished Member of the ASCE

UCD Teams Wins US EPA People, Prosperity, and Planet Competition for Sustainability Competition

Professor Amit Kanvinde receives the 2008 ASCE Norman Medal

UCD Undergraduate Team Wins Structural Innovation Prize at  2008 PEER Seismic Design Competition

Professor Sashi Kunnath Receives the 2008 Raymond C. Reese Research Prize

Professor Jason DeJong receives ASCE's Arthur Casagrande Professional Development Award for 2008

Professor Daniel Sperling among this year's Nobel Laureates