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Civil Engineering

Construction Management, M.Eng

Environmental Engineering

Undergraduate

Department Overview

Civil & Environmental Engineering Making Tangible Change Civil and Environmental Engineers have always tackled monumental problems, visualized the big picture, and developed innovative solutions to complex problems that have a major impact on people. Doug Adams describes the department's undergraduate and graduate studies, and how engineers are creating a life-sustaining legacy for future generations... View on

Civil Engineering

Civil Engineering Nanotechnology and the Concrete World: Small Science for a Big Future Dr. Florence Sanchez specializes in the study of interfacial interactions (chemical and mechanical) and mass transport processes coupled with chemical reactions as applied to advanced, cement-based composites and environmental systems... View on

Civil Engineering Cementitious Armor Panels Dr. P.K. Basu with Niko Nordendale & Bill Heard, Ph.D. Students describe multi-scale simulation, modeling, design and testing of fiber-reinforced composite structural elements subjected to projectile impact and blast effects... View on

Civil Engineering Studying the Health of Materials, Machines & Structures Department Chair Douglas Adams introduces the new 20,000 square foot lab - LASIR - that will enable researchers to study how large equipment responds in different environments, for example, how a wind turbine interacts with other wind turbines and how batteries perform.... View on

Civil Engineering Structural Mechanics & Materials: Carbon Nanofiber Cement Composites Lesa Brown, Ph.D. Student, describes her research which examines the behavior of carbon nanofiber (CNF) cement composites subjected to accelerated decalcification... View on

Civil Engineering Risk and Reliability Engineering and Management Research in aircraft wing design optimization and structural health monitoring of aircraft components is explained by Ph.D. students Chen Liang & You Ling. Ling is also working on reliability analysis of MEMS.... View on

Civil Engineering Risk & Reliability Engineering: Reliability Analysis of Structures and Materials Sankaran Mahadevan describes his research in the reliability analysis of structures and materials, one of four focus areas in his research group on Risk and Reliability Engineering and Management.... View on

Civil Engineering Risk & Reliability Engineering: Structural Health Monitoring Within in the research area of risk and reliability throughout the life of a system, one of the sub-groups is structural health monitoring of both civil systems and aerospace systems.  Dr. Mahadevan describes the methods and techniques used in this analysis... View on

Civil Engineering Risk & Reliability Engineering: Optimization Under Uncertainty Dr. Mahadevan's research in optimizing designs under uncertainty includes structural optimization of civil or mechanical components, and conceptual design of space vehicles and satellites. Various sources of uncertainty... View on

Civil Engineering Risk & Reliability Engineering: Model Uncertainty Qualification (UQ), Verification and Validation (V & V) This research area explores the reliability of models, and how to quantify uncertainty in system-level predictions.  Model verification, model validation, and calibration are incorporated in this analysis ... View on

Civil Engineering Risk and Reliability Engineering: Error Quantification in Multi-Fidelity, Multi-Resolution and Multi-Physics Models Ph.D. student Ghina Nakad describes her research in quantifying errors and uncertainty in the prediction of computational models. This application involves a curved panel around a hypersonic plane engine subjected to ... View on

Civil Engineering Multi-Scale Computational Mechanics Laboratory (MCML) Dr. Oskay's research focus is on computational characterization of the failure response of systems, including development of computational methodologies for failure and fragmentation of composite systems.... View on

Civil Engineering Life Extension of Bridge Infrastructure Structural mechanicals and materials research in extending the life of declining bridge infrastructure using composite patch materials is one component of graduate student Ozgur ("Oz") Yapar's research.... View on

Construction Management, M.Eng

Construction Management, M.Eng Preparing Leaders & Thinkers in Construction Management Graduates of the Construction Management graduate program at Vanderbilt University School of Engineering describe their experiences and advantages of the advanced degree program ... View on

Construction Management, M.Eng Construction Management Professionals and Graduates Industry professionals in the construction management field speak to the value  and strengths of the Construction Management graduate program at Vanderbilt ... View on

Environmental Engineering

Environmental Engineering Transportation Risk Assessment, Safety and Security Dr. Mark Abkowitz specializes in enterprise risk management, hazardous materials transportation safety and security, assessing the impacts of energy choices and climate change, and deployment of intelligent transportation systems ... View on

Environmental Engineering Environmental Engineering Ph.D. student John Nay describes his current research in understanding and modeling behavior to inform policy-making. This video describes a research project in Bangladesh. He is studying Environmental Engineering, with a focus on Environmental Management and Policy... View on

Environmental Engineering American Nuclear Society Student Chapter Three members of Vanderbilt's student section of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) are featured -- Bethany Smith, Lyndsey Fyffe and Joseph Rustick -- along with their faculty advisor, James H. Clarke... View on

Environmental Engineering Nitrogen Fertilizer Use and Fate as Influenced by Individual Behavior Dr. George Hornberger is the director of the Vanderbilt Institute for Energy and Environment (VIEE). The Nashville Yard Project, described in this ideo, involves professors and students from Environmental Engineering, Human and Organization Development and the Law School. View on

Environmental Engineering Nuclear Environmental Engineering Studies Dr. Steve Krahn describes how these focused studies within Environmental Engineering were designed in response to our national debate on energy sources and associated environmental consequences, including potential climate change... View on

Environmental Engineering Fate, Transport & Removal of Carbon-based Nanomaterials in Porous Media Coy McNew, Ph.D. student describes his research in water quality and wastewater treatment - as he works to gain a better understanding of the behavior of engineered nanomaterials (ENM) in the subsurface environment ... View on

Environmental Engineering Young Scientists Summer Program & Vanderbilt Institute for Energy & Environment (VIEE) Ph.D. student Debra Perrone's research is focused on developing a comprehensive understanding of the complex risks and tradeoffs in food, water and energy management. She also describes her experience in the Young Scientists Summer Program in Austria. View on

Environmental Engineering Low-Level Nuclear Waste Disposal Performance Assessments Joseph Rustick, Ph.D. student, describes his research which is focused on building confidence in Low-Level Nuclear Waste (LLW) Disposal, through performance assessment and risk evaluation analysis ... View on

Environmental Engineering Nuclear Fuel Cycles, Energy Assessment & Environmental Consequences Ph.D. student Bethany Smith focuses her research on 2 topics: Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Regional Baseload Electricity Generation Options and Comparative Radiological Risk Assessment of Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycles... View on

Undergraduate

Undergraduate Civil Engineer Leslie Labruto: Making Tangible Change through the Clinton Foundation in South Africa Since her graduation from Vanderbilt in 2011 with a degree in Civil Engineering, Leslie Labruto has been happily and aggressively pursuing her engineering career with a personal focus on and commitment to social impact, sustainable energy, energy efficiency and environmental consciousness.... View on

Undergraduate Why Vanderbilt? What makes Vanderbilt Civil Engineering special? Recent graduates Susannah Montgomery and Jacob Choi speak to some of the attributes of Civil Engineering at Vanderbilt - the close relationships, internships, small classes with interactive learning and faculty open-door policies ... View on

Civil Engineering Undergraduate Design Projects Design projects give undergraduates experiences working as part of a team, experiencing the real world application of their classwork learning, and working with local professional organizations - structural, transportation, environmental - to conduct an actual research project. View on

Civil Engineering 2012 ASCE Projects and Competition American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE, have opportunities to participate in the Steel Bridge and Concrete Canoe competitions shown in this video. ASCE members have access to internships and networking events with local alumni and industry experts ... View on

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