Civil Infrastructure Systems

Infrastructure refers to the basic facilities and systems that help society function, including buildings, roads, utilities and other systems.

The interior of the Environmental & Water Research Engineering building
Environmental & Water Research Engineering Photo: Joseph Xu, Michigan Engineering Communications & Marketing

Construction Engineering and Management

Designing efficient, sustainable methods for rehabilitating, rebuilding and maintaining civil infrastructure

CO2-initiative-pod close up
Environmental & Water Research Engineering Photo: Joseph Xu, Michigan Engineering Communications & Marketing

Geotechnical Engineering

Studying the engineering properties of soil and rock and using that knowledge to develop solutions to engineering problems

Photo of students performing test
A group of CoE First-Year students test pipe sensors built for ENG 100: Smart Water Systems in the Gorguze Family Laboratory on November 30, 2018. The sensors measure vibrations in the water pipes to measure for potential leaks. Photo: Joseph Xu, Michigan Engineering Communications & Marketing

Intelligent Systems

Studying how infrastructure components interact and enhancing resiliency and sustainability of infrastructure systems through advanced technologies

Cars drive around a roundabout with a block M in the middle at the Mcity test facility
An aerial view of MCity in Ann Arbor, MI on July 17, 2015. MCity is the world’s first controlled environment designed for the testing of autonomous vehicles that communicate with each other. Photo: Joseph Xu, Michigan Engineering Communications & Marketing www.engin.umich.edu

Next Generation Transportation Systems

Evaluating the implications of new technologies, such as on-demand mobility and connected and automated vehicles, on transportation systems

Two people observe a cement tensile test.
Volker Sick, director of the Global CO2 Initiative, and Victor Li, the James R. Rice Distinguished University Professor of Engineering and E. Benjamin Wylie Collegiate Professor of Civil Engineering, watch as a piece of bendable concrete infused with CO2 undergoes a tensile test. Li’s technology would sequester atmospheric CO2 in concrete. Photo: Joseph Xu/Michigan Engineering

Structural and Materials Engineering

Developing new multi-disciplinary analysis and design approaches for a wide spectrum of structural systems and materials, and adopting new materials in design and retrofitting of structures