Category: Civil and Environmental Engineering
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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.
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Peter Adriaens receives Rackham 2021 Master’s Mentoring Award
Adriaens is recognized for his work with students from various disciplines working in FinTech.
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Neda Masoud receives NSF CAREER Award
The National Science Foundation award supports junior faculty projects that integrate research and education.
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Setting the nation’s engineering research agenda
Michigan Engineers involved in NSF Engineering Research Visioning Alliance, a force multiplier for high-impact research.