Civil And Environmental Engineering

Three passenger aircrafts in heavy traffic on the taxiway. Aircraft types on picture include Airbus A380 (middle). Two moving away, one approaching. Looks like the planes are deadlocked in a taxiway traffic jam. Getty Images by Brenda Ellis As the nation’s skies become more crowded with commercial air traffic and U.S. Read More

Vanderbilt hosted the Vanderbilt University–Oak Ridge National Laboratory Workshop on Climate Change and Environmental Justice on Oct. 9, welcoming ORNL researchers for a dynamic discussion on the climate change research the organizations are undertaking and to explore potential collaborations. The workshop, sponsored by the Office of the Vice Provost… Read More

Three engineering Ph.D. students have received prestigious 2024 Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowships, a showing that highlights Vanderbilt’s strengths as a hub of transportation research, connected cities, resilience and sustainability. Fellows are selected through a competitive process that includes university panels and a national selection panel. The awards, up to $35,000… Read More

Vanderbilt faculty and staff have been key contributors to a Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plan that was released by Metro Nashville on Sept. 19. Janey Camp Janey Camp, research professor of civil and environmental engineering, and Jaclyn Mothupi, director of social innovation at the Wond’ry, Vanderbilt’s Innovation… Read More

Ghina Absi, assistant professor of the practice of civil and environmental engineering, has been named a 2023 Engineering Unleashed Fellow for her leadership in undergraduate engineering education. Ghina Absi Last summer, Absi participated in an Engineering Unleashed Faculty Development workshop on entrepreneurship and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). She… Read More

Provost C. Cybele Raver announced the formation of the Provost’s Science Space Planning Committee, a faculty- and staff-led initiative established to ensure that Vanderbilt’s physical spaces properly serve the needs and goals of scientific research and discovery. The committee, which was charged by the provost on Friday, includes faculty and… Read More

The School of Engineering is pleased to announce that the Vanderbilt University Board of Trust has approved the promotion of Jason G. Valentine to professor of mechanical engineering, Jules White to professor of computer science, and Yuankai (Kenny) Tau to associate professor of biomedical engineering, all with tenure, and effective fall… Read More

From rising labor and energy costs to an aging population whose demand for medical services is expected to surge in the coming years, health care leaders agree that the system must prepare for a set of unprecedented challenges.   Left to right, Opening day panelists Dr. Michael Schlosser, senior… Read More

The Vanderbilt Alumni Association has welcomed two new engineering alumna to its board for three-year terms that started July 1, and two returning board leaders who are engineering alumni. The Alumni Association’s mission is to engage Vanderbilt alumni in the life of the university, encourage lifelong connections and support… Read More

Janey Camp (Submitted photo) Janey Camp, research professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the Vanderbilt Center for Transportation and Operational Resiliency, is part of a regional consortium that has won an $18 million grant to enable minority-serving institutions to build and… Read More