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Fri, 12/06/2024

Grad Profile: Cliff Roepke, E’24

From Omaha to the Big Apple, CEAE student plans on taking the Architectural Engineering world by storm
Thu, 11/21/2024

KU Engineering department hosts 68th Annual Asphalt Paving Conference

On Dec. 5, the Department of Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering within the School of Engineering will host experts in the field of asphalt paving engineering for a one-day conference exploring the latest developments in the field.
Fri, 10/25/2024

Alumni Profile: Karsh Bhatt, G'23

Engineering grad returns to campus for KU's biggest project to date
Mon, 10/21/2024

CEAE department to host 56th Annual Geotechnical Engineering Conference

On Nov. 7, the University of Kansas Department of Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering, part of the School of Engineering, will host experts in the field of geotechnical engineering for a conference exploring the latest developments in the field.
Mon, 07/08/2024

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.
Mon, 06/03/2024

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.
Fri, 04/19/2024

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.
Fri, 04/05/2024

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.
Wed, 04/03/2024

KU Engineering professor wins NSF CAREER Award for research into wetlands’ water-quality benefits

Amy Hansen has won a five-year, $577,000 grant from the National Science Foundation for her work to understand the role of vegetation in nitrogen exchange and removal in riparian wetlands.
Wed, 03/20/2024

Dr. Caroline Bennett Wins Special Achievement Awards

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Wed, 02/21/2024

KU senior from Kansas City awarded full ride to University of Cambridge to pursue sustainable engineering

Elizabeth Appel, a senior in civil engineering with an emphasis in environmental engineering, is the most recent Jayhawk to be named a Gates Cambridge scholar, bringing the university’s total number of winners to four since the program was established.
Fri, 02/02/2024

KU, Kansas State faculty receive Higuchi-KU Endowment Research Achievement Awards

Four faculty members at two Kansas universities were named recipients of the Higuchi-KU Endowment Research Achievement Awards, the state higher education system’s most prestigious recognition for scholarly excellence.
Tue, 01/23/2024

Dr. Admin Husic Selected for NSF CAREER Award

Tue, 01/23/2024

Dr. Amy Hansen Selected for NSF CAREER Award

Fri, 12/08/2023

NIBS' Names Alum, Dr. Jiqiu Yuan to Business Insider's Climate Action 30 list

Thu, 11/09/2023

Associate Professor Rémy Lequesne Elected ACI Fellow

Thu, 10/12/2023

ARCE-MS Alum Meshal AlOtaibi Selected as by IUNV as Exemplary Young Leader

Mon, 07/31/2023

Professor William Collins Named a Chesterfield Education Foundation Bravo! Award Winner

Fri, 07/14/2023

Staff Members Receive Awards

CEAE Staff Members Kent Dye, Carey Meyer and David Woody received the Benjes Family Staff Achievement Award; Ray Carter, Ronda Morgison, Waqas Rana and Reta Solwa received the Robert L. Skaggs Staff Achievement Award; Ronda Morgison received the School of Engineering Staff Recognition Award. ...

Tue, 06/20/2023

KU Engineering professor surveys earthquake damage in Turkey

LAWRENCE — When Rémy Lequesne worked his steel-toed boots over the pervasive rubble of apartment buildings, schools, hospitals and dozens of other structures damaged and destroyed by a massive earthquake in early February in Turkey, he faced the real-life devastation already known by so many: more than 50,000 dead, more...

Wed, 04/19/2023

Three to receive KU Engineering Distinguished Engineering Service Award

LAWRENCE — Two alumni and a longtime engineering faculty member from the University of Kansas School of Engineering will be honored with the school’s highest award in a ceremony set for 6 p.m. May 4. ...

Wed, 04/19/2023

Emeritus Professor Tom Mulinazzi Receives DESA Award

Mon, 04/17/2023

Assistant Professor Justin Hutchison, one of three engineering faculty to receive national awards granted to early career faculty

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Wed, 03/29/2023

KU researchers strengthen American dams, levees with technological innovation

Mon, 03/27/2023

Graduate Alum, Abigail Bradshaw, Work Featured on CNN (Opens in new window)

Alum, Abigail Bradshaw (MS ENVENGR 2018) and her team at Appalachia Water Project in West Virginia, were featured on CNN for their work on water and sanitation infrastructure in low-income areas. ...

Thu, 10/13/2022

Professor Belinda Sturm Receives 2022 Paul L. Busch Award (Opens in new window)

The Paul L. Busch Award recognizes an individual for innovative research in the field of water quality and the water environment, with a special focus on those who show promise and make significant contributions in bridging research and its practical application. The Award has provided $2.1 million in funding to...

Thu, 06/30/2022

KU’s Research Rising awards will address critical challenges facing humanity

Wed, 05/25/2022

MSCE Alum Charles K. Nmai Named President of ACI (Opens in new window)

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Thu, 03/03/2022

Research into steel bridges funded by three new Federal Highway Administration grants will fortify American infrastructure

Thu, 02/03/2022

Professor Will Collins Named Recipient of the 2022 Robert J. Dexter Memorial Award Lecture (Opens in new window)