Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering
CEAE’s mission is to provide students with an outstanding engineering education and be a leader in research and service. We strive to prepare students for productive engineering careers, maintain and grow strong research programs, and serve the profession.
Undergraduate & Graduate Programs
Award-Winning Faculty
Our department boasts a vibrant faculty that includes distinguished professors and other rising leaders in their fields. In 2022, Professor Belinda Strum received the Paul L. Busch Award for her work in water-quality research.
AT A GLANCE
#40
Best master civil programs, U.S. News & World Report, 2023
#41
Best master for environmental engineering programs, U.S. News & World Report, 2023
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After graduation placement
CEAE News
Jie Han, 2024 Irvin E. Youngberg Award in the Applied Sciences
Learn more about Jie Han, the Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering at KU and the 2024 recipient of the Irvin E. Youngberg Award in the Applied Sciences.
Mona Shaheen Wins 1st Place at the 2024 EMI Conference Student Paper Competition
Mona Shaheen, a second-year PhD student in civil engineering, has been awarded 1st place in the ASCE Structural Health Monitoring and Control (SHM&C) Committee student paper competition at the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) Annual Conference, held in Chicago, Illinois, from May 28 to 31, 2024.
The 1st Annual CEAE Award Banquet
On April 17th, the Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering Department held their first-ever Awards Banquet. Of the recipients 11 were students and two were faculty members.
KU Engineering professor wins NSF CAREER Award for water resources research
Research conducted by an assistant professor of civil, environmental & architectural engineering at the University of Kansas that examines how humans have and will affect natural water systems was awarded a five-year, $609,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.