Civil engineering graduate student, Katherine Flanigan, was awarded the first place prize in the Engineering Mechanics Institute’s Student Paper Competition.
Students submitted papers on the thematic area of Objective Resilience. The submissions were evaluated by a panel of three experts and the top five papers were selected for presentations at the EMI 2017 Conference held June...
The University of Michigan Steel Bridge Team (SBT) finished up a very successful season of competition. After placing second at the ASCE North Central Regional Competition, the U-M SBT was one of only 43 teams to advance to the ASCE/AISC National Student Steel Bridge Competition (NSSBC). Oregon State University hosted the event, held on May 26-27, 2017.
The students spend many...
Professor Vineet R. Kamat was the 2017 recipient of the Distinguished Professor Award from the Construction Industry Institute (CII). Professor Kamat was presented with the award during the CII Annual Conference on August 1 in Orlando, Fl.
The award “recognizes the most outstanding university faculty member incorporating published CII research...
ANN ARBOR—A study of lead service lines in Flint's damaged drinking water system reveals a Swiss cheese pattern in the pipes' interior crust, with holes where the lead used to be.
The findings—led by researchers at the University of Michigan—support the generally accepted understanding that lead leached into the system because that water wasn't treated to...
Carol Menassa, Associate Professor and John L. Tishman Construction Management Faculty Scholar, has been selected to receive the Alfred Noble Prize from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The award is given for a technical paper of exceptional merit published prior to the lead author’s 35th birthday. This prize, consisting of a certificate and honorarium, was...
