Category: Campus & Community
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Jason McCormick honored as Arthur F. Thurnau Professor
Associate Professor Jason McCormick has been recognized for his outstanding contributions to undergraduate education.
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NGTS Faculty and MiTSO Attend TRB Transportation Meeting
A group from the Michigan Transportation Student Organization (MiTSO), along with six CEE faculty members, traveled to D.C. to learn more about the latest issues and innovations involving transportation.
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Professor Wigginton selected for Department Excellence Award
Assistant Professor Krista Rule Wigginton has been selected by the CEE Honors and Awards Committee to receive the 2018 Department Excellence Award.
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Professor Spence Receives John F. Ullrich Education Excellence Award
Professor Seymour M. J. Spence has been honored with the 2017-2018 John F. Ullrich Education Excellence Award.
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Professor Woods Receives Edward Law Emeritus/Emerita Outstanding Service Award
CEE Emeritus Professor, Dick Woods, was named the recipient of the 2017-2018 Edward Law Emeritus/Emerita Outstanding Service Award.
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Distinguished U-M CEE alum Feyyaz Berker passes
Berker (MSC CE ’48) passed on August 22, 2017. He was a prolific entrepreneur and pioneer in the Turkish construction engineering industry.
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3-D Full Waveform Tomography for Sinkhole Identification
Two former Civil and Environmental geotechnical engineering doctoral students, Kenneth Stokoe and Dennis Hiltunen, collaborated to present a workshop on three dimensional (3-D) characterization of the underground.
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Professor Skerlos has new role at the Center for Socially Engaged Design
CEE Professor, Steve Skerlos, has taken on a new role as the Faculty Director for the Center for Socially Engaged Design (C-SED) at the University of Michigan.
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Evgueni Filipov Awarded ONR Grant for Adaptable Structures
Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor, Evgueni Filipov, has been awarded a grant from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) for his work with adaptable structures.
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CEE Researchers Offer Non-Proprietary Concrete Formula Free of Charge
Passing beneath a crumbling overpass or rumbling over a pothole-riddled street in almost any U.S. city, it’s hard not to wonder: why don’t they make these things out of something that lasts longer?
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Emeritus Prof. Nowak Awarded Honorary Doctoral Degree
On Nov. 15, 2017 Civil and Environmental Engineering Emeritus Professor, Andrzej (Andy) Nowak, received an honorary doctoral degree, Doctoris Honoris Causa, from the Politechnika Warszawska (Warsaw University of Technology), Poland.
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Branko Kerkez selected as NAE Gilbreth Lecturer
CEE Assistant Professor, Branko Kerkez, has been selected by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) as a 2018 Gilbreth Lecturer, a lectureship recognizing outstanding young American engineers.
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Dimitrios Zekkos wins Shamsher Prakash Research Award
Dr. Dimitrios Zekkos, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has won the 2017 Shamsher Prakash Research Award.
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A champion for STEM diversity
2017 Distinguished Service Award honoree: Tarolyn Buckles
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Dimitrios Zekkos’ Team Use Drones to Aid Archaeology
Dimitrios Zekkos and some of his students spent part of the 2016 summer in northeastern Greece.
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Menassa Receives ASCE’s Alfred Noble Prize
Carol Menassa has been selected to receive the Alfred Noble Prize from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
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Prof. Henry Liu and Michigan Traffic Lab Featured in Forbes
University Of Michigan deploys augmented reality system to aid testing of automated vehicles.
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Erik Anderson II: Future engineering Jedi
“I don’t see many people that look like me in the field of environmental engineering. It made me want to do stuff like that,” Erik says. “I want to help show other people of color that we can do this too.”
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Emeritus Professor Richard Woods named to the NSF’s Network Independent Advisory Committee
Prof. Woods has been appointed to the Network Independent Advisory Committee to oversee the NHERI Network for a five-year term beginning May 1, 2017.
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Professor Kamat Receives the CII Distinguished Professor Award
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.