Civil Engineering

By Clay Skipper, BA’12  Before arriving at Vanderbilt for his first year, Logan Glazier achieved an important life milestone: He bought a car. Well, a school bus, to be more precise. It was headed for a scrapyard after making stops at a school, a daycare, a camp… Read More

Anu Ramaswami, an interdisciplinary environmental engineer recognized as a pioneer and leader on the topic of sustainable urban infrastructure systems, will deliver the 2024 Frank L. Parker Distinguished Professor Lecture on Tuesday, March 19. The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is host of the Parker Lecture Series. The talk—Urban… Read More

Hiba Baroud, A. James and Alice B. Clark Foundation Faculty Fellow and associate chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been appointed as a fellow of the International Science Council in recognition of outstanding contributions to promoting science as a global public good. She is among the 100… 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

Shihong Lin, civil and environmental associate professor, and two biomedical engineering doctoral students were honored recently at the inaugural Graduate School Honors Banquet. Vice Provost for Graduate Education André Christie-Mizell presented the Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring Award to Lin and a new award—Outstanding Doctoral Student Award—to Carlisle DeJulius. Deanna… Read More

Xenofon Koutsoukos, chair of the Department of Computer Science, and Çağlar Oskay, chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, have been honored by Vanderbilt University with endowed chairs. Koutsoukos has received the inaugural Thomas R. Walters Chair. This chair will be celebrated at the Investiture event… Read More

  The Shafdan Wastewater Treatment Centre’s main goals are to minimize environmental pollution and protect Israel’s limited water resources. Engineering professors and students will spend their 2023 spring break in Israel to learn about the country’s water recycling programs and bring those lessons back to share with Sterling Ranch,… Read More

Hiba Baroud, A. James and Alice B. Clark Foundation Faculty Fellow and associate chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been selected for membership in the Global Young Academy. She joins the world’s top 200 young researchers and professionals to contribute innovative and creative solutions… Read More

A Vanderbilt engineering team won top spot in a U.S. Department of Energy STEM competition. Team members are (L-R) Maggie Chudik, Alexandra Filipova, Arielle Kopp and Jacqueline Quirke. As the DOE challenge applicant, Kopp  presented the project at the Jan. 26-27 finals in Colorado. She has been offered a summer internship… Read More