Category: Civil and Environmental Engineering
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New Faculty: Sabine Loos
Dr. Sabine Loos will join the CEE Department as an Assistant Professor in August 2023.
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“Robot assistants” project aims to reinvent construction industry
$2M project aims to partner humans with robots for safer jobsites.
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Hollie Adejumo receives National Institutes of Health predoctoral fellowship
The Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award aims to enhance the diversity of the health-related research workforce by supporting predoctoral students.
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Zhengtian Xu awarded HKSTS Outstanding Dissertation Award and TSL Dissertation Prize
Both awards honor excellence in dissertations on the topic of transportation research.
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New Staff: Annie Winkler
Winkler joins the department as a Senior Undergraduate Coordinator.
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Dianna Kitt awarded Ford Predoctoral Fellowship
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine fellowship provides promising PhD students three years of graduate funding.
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Environmental Engineering Student Xanthe Thomas places in 2021 Daniel W. Mead Prize competition from ASCE
The competition recognizes outstanding student papers on a topic related to professional ethics in civil engineering.
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University of Michigan hosts students from MDOT Transportation Diversity Recruitment Program
Michigan Department of Transportation interns visit the University of Michigan to learn about graduate school programs.
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Nancy Love appointed Distinguished University Professor
Professor Love was appointed JoAnn Silverstein Distinguished University Professor of Environmental Engineering, effective September 1, 2021.
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New Staff: Katie Crawford, DEI Coordinator
Crawford will work closely with students, staff and faculty to advance DEI initiatives.
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Michigan researchers get $5.3M to expand COVID-19 wastewater monitoring
“Wastewater-based epidemiology has shown to be a valuable tool to inform public health officials of case levels and infection trends in a community.”
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AEESP awards Nancy Love 2021 Frederick George Pohland Medal
The award recognizes achievements in environmental research and education.
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PhD candidate Bowei Li wins 2021 Probabilistic Methods Committee’s Best Student Paper Award
Li’s work in machine learning seeks to model potential structural damage from natural disasters.
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Rebi Varghese receives CEE Staff Excellence Award
The annual award recognizes especially notable staff contributions.
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Jerome Lynch elected 2021 EMI Fellow
Four fellows were elected this year in recognition of their exemplary research and service.
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Professors and alumnus receive ASCE Wellington and Collingwood Prizes
Their winning paper seeks to enhance assisted navigation of wheeled mobility devices.
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A resilient campus
How engineers are applying their expertise for future planning.
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The future of Line 5: Engineering under Lake Michigan
How would Enbridge shut down the controversial pipeline and construct a replacement tunnel?
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Ming Xu receives 2021 Huber Prize from ASCE
The award recognizes especially impactful civil engineering research contributions.