Graduate Record 2013-2014 [ARCHIVED RECORD]
Civil and Environmental Engineering
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The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering offers a variety of areas of study for those interested in pursuing an advanced degree in civil engineering. These degrees can lead to advanced employment opportunities in government, industry, or academia. Our graduate program offers the following degrees:
• Master of Engineering (ME) in Civil Engineering **
• Master of Science (MS) in Civil Engineering
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Civil Engineering
** Students may complete the M.E. either on-grounds, or through the Commonwealth Graduate Engineering Program (CGEP).
An important component of graduate education in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is active involvement in the department’s research program. The research program is organized in the following two focus areas:
Environmental and Water Resources: The focus of our research in environmental and water resources is on utilizing water resources in the most sustainable manner possible while providing reliable supplies of clean water throughout the world. Research is focused on a broad range of topics related to the sustainable supply of clean water, including protecting and improving the health of the rivers that act as water sources, optimizing the supply and transport of water to a community, improving the chemistry of point of use water treatment, understanding nanoparticle transport in groundwater and, modeling contaminant transport in surface and subsurface waters, characterizing three-dimensional coherent structures in turbulent open channel flows, and creating algal biofuels from wastewater. Professors in this area utilize computer modeling, laboratory research, and field sites that vary from rivers in Charlottesville to remote African communities. The Water Quality Lab, the Sustainable Rivers Lab, and the Virginia Environmentally Sustainable Technologies Lab are led by researchers in this area.
Infrastructure Systems Engineering: Research in infrastructure engineering focuses on improving the design, construction, and operation of infrastructure in a sustainable manner. The department has considerable expertise in advanced information technology to monitor and control infrastructure. Much of the work in this area is conducted in partnership with the Virginia Center for Transportation Innovation and Research, through the department’s Center for Transportation Studies. Finally, research in Infrastructure Engineering includes investigation of the physics and mechanics of solids to provide the basis for understanding, predicting and improving the behavior of civil engineering systems.
For more detailed information about the department, degree programs, and research areas, visit the website at cee.virginia.edu.
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