Welcome to the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering!
We are pleased to offer B.S., M.Eng., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees with emphasis in the following technical areas: Civil Systems; Construction; Environmental & Water Resources; Geo-engineering & Pavements; Materials; Structures; and Transportation.
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2009 Ph.D. Dissertation Award
Dr. Katie van Werkhoven, has been selected as the first place recipient of the US Universities Council for Water Resources (UCOWR) 2009 Ph.D. Dissertation Award in the field of Natural Science and Engineering. Katie graduated from Penn State with a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering in August 2008 with a dissertation titled "Evaluating model behavior for hydrologic forecasting in gauged and ungauged watersheds".
First place at the Graduate Exhibition
Adam Ward, Ph.D. candidate won 1st place in the Engineering category at the Penn State 2009 Graduate Exhibition. His poster was titled "Characterization of Hyporheic Solute Transport During Tracer Tests using Electrical Geophysics".
Jack Matson and team of students to present at NASA sponsored 2009 RASC-AL Forum
5K run/walk honoring alum, Virginia Tech victim set for April 16
Cieslak named 2009 World-Class Alumni Award winner
Thorsten Wagener named an Associate Editor of the Hydrological Sciences Journal
John Regan selected for Fulbright grant
Patrick Reed selected for Outstanding Achievement Award