Civil And Environmental Engineering

Çağlar Oskay, chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering, has been selected as a fellow of the U.S. Association for Computational Mechanics. Çağlar Oskay Oskay, who heads the Multiscale Computational Mechanics Laboratory (MCML), is being recognized “for significant contributions… Read More

Hussam Mahmoud, a globally recognized expert on infrastructure resilience, has been named director of the recently launched Vanderbilt Center for Sustainability, Energy, and Climate (VSEC), part of the university’s multimillion-dollar research initiative, Discovery Vanderbilt. Hussam Mahmoud In addition to his role as Director of VSEC, Mahmoud is the… Read More

Left to right, engineering faculty awardees are Scott Guelcher, Shihong Lin, Anita Mahadevan-Jansen, Meiyi Ma, Nabil Simaan   Vanderbilt has announced eleven awardees in the latest round of its Innovation Catalyst Fund, an initiative that supports translational research that has promising commercial potential. Five engineering professors received awards in the… Read More

Vanderbilt University and Cintra, a Ferrovial company, along with the NextMove by Cintra team, are collaborating on an exciting project centered on I-24 MOTION, the Tennessee Department of Transportation’s Mobility Technology Interstate Observation Network, located in Nashville, Tenn. Dan Work The project is being led by Dan Work, professor… Read More

Vanderbilt researchers received top honors at the recent 16th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems (ICCPS), including Best Paper, Best Artifact, and Best Poster awards. ICCPS is the premier forum for presenting and discussing the most significant technical research contributions in the field of cyber-physical systems (CPS). The conference… Read More

Dean Krish Roy presented awards and honors on May 8 to 30 seniors at the School of Engineering’s 2025 Commencement reception. Earlier, the School of Engineering’s Founder’s Medalist was recognized at Graduates Day, and the Banner Bearer will play an honorary role in the Vanderbilt Commencement ceremony, May 9. Grace… Read More

Krish Roy, Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Dean of Engineering, announced 20 awards at a May 6 reception following the final School of Engineering faculty meeting of the 2024-2025 academic year. Vanderbilt University also announced spring award winners during the May 1 Faculty Senate meeting and a reception followed. Engineering faculty… Read More

Four engineering faculty members are included in the 2025 11-member cohort of Chancellor Faculty Fellows. They are Ravindra Duddu, Justus Ndukaife, Ipek Oguz and Eric Tkaczyk. Each fellow holds the title of Chancellor Faculty Fellow and receives $80,000 over a multi-year period to support their work. They also meet with… Read More

By Hayley Britton Since the beginning of the school year, Vanderbilt civil engineering seniors Logan Glazier, Zachary Hodges, Winnie Huang, and Elise Puliafico were looking forward to going to Costa Rica. Not so much for leisure, but to fulfill a more hands-on objective: construct a pedestrian bridge that would allow… Read More

The Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center has named Lori Troxel a recipient of one of its five annual awards for 2025. Award recipients will be recognized at a luncheon on Tuesday, April 22. Lori Troxel Troxel, professor of the practice of civil and environmental engineering, received the Mentoring Award, which honors a… Read More