Research

From downloading data from instrumented facilities worldwide, to using a 100G-ton geotechnical centrifuge, to being involved in the most advanced construction projects including "The Big Dig", to winning national competitions in steel bridge-building; Civil Engineering students are involved in world-changing research on a daily basis.

We invite you to take a look at the vast research projects associated with the department.

The environmental engineering program has a variety of equipment and facilities available for use in research. These include various two-phase flow loops and associated instrumentation, laser Doppler and anemometer systems, optical void probes, probes to determine radiation damage in biological materials and semiconductors, state-of-the-art digitizing oscilloscopes, departmental computers, and computer terminals linked to the campus and national networks.

Plus, A major upgrade in lab equipment and space for environmental engineering research and teaching has occurred through the establishment of the Keck Water Quality Laboratory, the National Science Foundation Environmental Colloid and Particle Laboratory, and the refurbishment of the Environmental Engineering Teaching Laboratory suite.