Civil And Environmental Engineering

  • Vanderbilt University

    Caldwell, Landman win Chancellor’s Award for Research

    L-R, Chancellor Daniel Diermeier, Professor Bennett Landman, Professor Joshua Caldwell, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs C. Cybele Raver and Faculty Senate Chair Rebecca Swan. Engineering professors Joshua Caldwell and Bennett Landman won a Chancellor’s Award for Research at the 2022 Fall Faculty Assembly. Vanderbilt faculty marking 25… Read More

    Sep. 2, 2022

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    Frank L. Parker was a global pioneer in nuclear waste remediation, environmental sustainability

    Frank L. Parker in his office in Jacobs Hall in 2008.  (Vanderbilt University / Steve Green) International nuclear waste management pioneer and member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, Frank L. Parker, 96, died Aug. 10, 2022, in Nashville, Tennessee. He was named Distinguished Professor of Environmental and Water… Read More

    Aug. 18, 2022

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    Vanderbilt Engineering professor, student receive prestigious Fulbright awards to study abroad

    A professor and undergraduate student in Vanderbilt University’s School of Engineering are both recipients of esteemed 2022-2023 Fulbright awards that allow scholars to teach and conduct research abroad. Ravindra Duddu is an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and Kristi Maisha is a civil engineering major. Ravindra Duddu Duddu… Read More

    Aug. 16, 2022

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    Environmental engineering graduate student wins DOE nuclear technology R&D award

    Megan Harkema, a third-year graduate student studying nuclear environmental engineering at Vanderbilt University, has been awarded a prize in the Innovations in Nuclear Technology R&D Awards competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Fuel and Supply Chain. Megan Harkema Harkema’s research paper, The Dynamic Nature… Read More

    Aug. 12, 2022

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    Vanderbilt research on nuclear safety offers new pathways for clean energy, leads to industry awards

    Two leading energy companies that used a Vanderbilt-pioneered process to develop safer nuclear reactors received a prestigious technology award from the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) in June. Dr. Steven Krahn A team led by Steve Krahn, professor of the practice of nuclear environmental engineering, worked in collaboration with… Read More

    Aug. 10, 2022

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    Janey Camp to lead Vanderbilt Engineering center focused on transportation research

    Janey Camp has been named the director of the Vanderbilt Engineering Center for Transportation and Operational Resiliency (VECTOR) where interdisciplinary groups work on a variety of transportation and infrastructure resilience projects using groundbreaking applications and risk management practices. Janey Camp “It is an absolute honor to move into this… Read More

    Jul. 28, 2022

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    Benjamin Dysart was a leader in the nation’s conservation community

    Scientific adviser to federal and international agencies and former president of the National Wildlife Federation, Benjamin C. Dysart III, BE ‘61, MS ’64 in civil engineering, died July 9 in Nashville, Tennessee. Dysart, 82, was a professor in the Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences at Clemson University from… Read More

    Jul. 13, 2022

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    Sanjiv Gokhale named Engineering Endowed Director of Construction Management

    Sanjiv Gokhale, professor of the practice of civil engineering and longtime director of the Construction Management graduate program, has been named the Engineering Endowed Director of Construction Management, effective July 1, 2022. Sanjiv Gokhale Gokhale joined the Vanderbilt civil engineering faculty as a visiting associate professor in 2001. In 2003,… Read More

    Jul. 11, 2022

  • Vanderbilt University

    Dean Fauchet recognizes outstanding 2022 engineering graduates

    Philippe Fauchet, Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Dean of Engineering, has announced outstanding 2022 engineering graduates, school and department award recipients. Shubham Gulati of Edmond, Oklahoma, is Founder’s Medalist for the School of Engineering. Long Viet Than of Hanoi, Vietnam, will lead 2022 engineering undergraduates to their Commencement seats as the… Read More

    May. 12, 2022

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    Dean Fauchet presents 2021-2022 faculty, staff and student research awards

    Dean Philippe Fauchet announced the promotions of five engineering faculty members at the final School of Engineering faculty meeting of the 2021-2022 academic year and presented four awards at a reception following the May 10 meeting. Three faculty members have been promoted to the rank of professor: Joshua Caldwell, mechanical… Read More

    May. 10, 2022