Civil Engineering

Eugene J. LeBoeuf’s Vanderbilt colleagues, his friends, neighbors and family witnessed a moving promotion recognition ceremony June 27 at the School of Engineering when the professor was honored as the Brigadier General of the 416th Theater Engineer Command, U.S. Army Reserve. Maj. Gen. Lewis G. Irwin administers the reaffirmation of… Read More

At the Sterling Ranch groundbreaking were, from left: Clark Murray (BS ’13), Scott Trench (BS ’13), Professor Lori Troxel, Carlton Jester (BE ’17), Alexander Macklis (BE ’16), and Brock Smethills (BE ‘13). A Vanderbilt University alumnus and his family broke ground this month on a 21st century… Read More

Craig E. Philip, a nationally recognized leader in marine and intermodal transportation industries and former CEO of Ingram Barge Company, has been named director of the Vanderbilt Center for Transportation Research. He also is a research professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Read More

Michael Cochrane (BE’79) has joined TTL as the Nashville Branch Manager. He will be responsible for all services in TTL’s Nashville region. Cochrane Cochrane earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Vanderbilt, and a bachelor’s degree in engineering science from Lipscomb University. Cochrane has more than 35 years of… Read More

In celebration of 25 years in business, Littlejohn Engineering Associates has changed its name to Littlejohn to reflect the firm’s growth and expanded services. Jim Littlejohn (BE’76) maintains active engineering licenses in 38 states. He is a member of the School of Engineering’s Board of Visitors. Read More

Billy Joe Adcock In his four years at Vanderbilt, Bill Adcock (then Billy Joe) accumulated several “firsts” as a Commodore athlete. Not only was Adcock Vanderbilt’s first basketball scholarship recipient, he also became Vanderbilt’s all-time leading scorer and first member of the 1000-point club with 1,190 points (1946-1950). Adcock currently… Read More

John Gass, former vice president of Chevron Corporation and former president of Chevron Gas and Midstream, has been appointed to the board of directors of Suncor Energy, Canada’s leading integrated energy company. Suncor’s operations include oil sands development and upgrading, conventional and offshore oil and gas production, petroleum refining, and… Read More

Leslie describes how she’s putting her civil engineering degree to work in this YouTube video. You can explore and engineer clean energy, too Vanderbilt alumna Leslie Labruto’s early career trajectory illustrates just how many ways a young civil environmental engineer can accommodate both her heart’s leaning and her tangible… Read More

By Vincent Troia For a brief moment half a century ago, four Vanderbilt University engineering students were band mates in ‘Nashville’s Most Popular Combo.’ How they managed to attain that title is a longer story – one that was recently recounted as if it happened yesterday. As the Lancers,… Read More

Mike Bogdanor, a second year graduate student in civil and environmental engineering, has been awarded a 2013 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship through the Air Force Office of Scientific Research to continue his doctoral research. The NDSEG fellowship is a highly competitive three-year award that pays full tuition… Read More