CME seniors set for annual design expo

NBC 5 Chicago asked Professor Ansari how Chicago would handle an earthquake

New truck platooning system can benefit everyone

PhD candidate awarded scholarship for transportation research

Media outlets ask Professor Ansari why did the Baltimore bridge collapse?

Louisville news turns to Professor Ansari for bridge expertise during closure

PhD candidate awarded for technical skills in transportation

New faculty member brings water expertise to growing program

Researchers generate a carbon capture breakthrough using AI, physics and supercomputers

New faculty member wants students to get excited about environmental engineering

Depopulation’s impact on infrastructure

Karatas researching prefab building assemblies

Geoenvironmental engineering spring webinar schedule released

PhD students display research flair at the Christopher Burke PhD Poster Competition

The pros and cons of using generative AI in education, research, and academia

Alumnus seeking donors for CEPAC25 scholarship fund

CME researchers among top 2% in their fields

Study to examine impact of electric vehicles on air quality, the environment, and public health

Open position: Bridge to Faculty Postdoctoral Research Associate in Materials Engineering

Donors, students, and faculty gather for annual scholarship dinner

New program will empower students of color, provide tools and resources

Student Spotlight: Sights set on water resources/environmental engineering

Ozevin named notable woman in STEM by Crain’s Chicago Business

UIC hosts 12th International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference

Professor Sybil Derrible talks to Chicago Tribune about I-55 expansion

UIC leads field study on home, water safety after Ohio chemical spill

Professor Mohsen Issa named fellow of SEI

Karl Rockne selected for university scholars program

Sybil Derrible vows to make the world better

Investigating damaged and destroyed buildings after earthquake in Turkey

Breaking big beams in High-Bay Lab

Alumnus thriving as an professional engineer

Exploring the water system in rural Alaska

Students display two semesters of research at annual expo

Sybil Derrible awarded Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize

Seniors set to display research projects at Engineering Design Expo

Researchers awarded $1 million to establish a new center focused on freight transport

Matthew Daly receives Young Leaders Professional Development Award

Turning up the heat on research

Sediment study finds growing number of chemicals in Great Lakes

Professor Krishna Reddy hosting three months of webinars

Setting the standard for biomedical implants

PhD students show ingenuity at the 2022 Christopher Burke PhD Poster Competition

Graduate application fee waiver

Students and donors gather at annual scholarship dinner

UIC researchers among top 2% in their fields for career and single-year impact

Master’s student awarded diversity scholarship

Finding new ways to solve water shortages

PhD student awarded NASA grant to investigate urban cargo delivery systems

UIC researchers featured on CBS News with drone technology

Professor Lesley Sneed honored by alma mater

Developing tech to eliminate ‘forever chemicals’ from water

Making an impact through engineering

Infrastructure system management expert joins CME faculty

Sybil Derrible joins Scientific Reports editorial team

E-scooters to boost equitable, sustainable transportation in Chicago

Seniors display innovation at design expo

CBS 2 News talks to UIC engineer about new metals

UIC team wins first place at Great Lakes Student Conference

Engineering student nabs first-place at Undergraduate Research Forum

UIC launches new environmental engineering bachelor’s degree

Jane Lin selected as an advisory committee member of EPA’s Board of Scientific Counselors

Matthew Daly receives prestigious NSF CAREER Award to investigate alloys

Sybil Derrible’s textbook a finalist for the PROSE Award

Using deep learning to develop new materials

Six researchers among top 2% in their fields for career and single-year impact

Professor Mohsen Issa awarded three new research contracts

Researchers develop new time- and money-saving testing technique

University Scholar Abolfazl ‘Kouros’ Mohammadian

Graduate students exhibit cutting-edge research during poster competition

Professor Rockne named associate dean for research

New fellowship aims to build careers in civil infrastructure resiliency

Researchers team up for net-zero transportation infrastructure project

Think outside the bus

ASCE names Hossein Ataei ‘Construction Engineering Person of the Year’

PhD candidate awarded Construction Management Association of America scholarship

Jane Lin talks about ‘The Road to Zero-Emission Trucks’ on The Hill

6 transportation questions with Professor Jane Lin

Didem Ozevin investigates bridge damage with CBS reporter

CME faculty gains new construction engineering expert

Ready for the working world

ASCE taps Didem Ozevin to guest edit ‘special collection’ of papers

UIC students lend a hand after chemical plant fire

Jane Lin researching commercial vehicles emissions

UIC forming Army Research Center of Excellence

Engineer working on $9 million project to manufacture printable biodegradable electronic devices

Solving two environmental problems at once

Graduate Marian Agamy wants students to ‘work’

Words of wisdom before a career in industry

Webinar series brings awareness to geoenvironmental engineering issues around the world

New data show impact of COVID-19 on transportation

Students get down to earth with response to erosion

With premier ASCE scholarship, UIC student seeks to ‘break the silo of the discipline’

New book investigates construction industry’s response to COVID-19

Professor Ataei awarded for teaching excellence

Sybil Derrible presenting ‘How Cities Work: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Cities of Today and Tomorrow’

Professor Burke elected to the National Academy of Engineering

Researchers utilizing agricultural waste to remediate soil polluted by Agent Orange

Alumni honored for their accomplishments

CME hiring clinical assistant professor or lecturer

Wall Street Journal taps Professor Mohammadian for commuting article

New book takes a creative look at infrastructure in 2100

Distinguished faculty member joining CME

Keeping contaminants out of stormwater

Annual scholarships keep students in the classroom

Governor appoints CME department head to regional planning board

Detecting damaged infrastructure with state-of-the-art sensors

Researcher examining drinking water quality with first NSF grant

Building success from childhood experience, work ethic, and art

'Walk the Talk: Quantifying Sustainability in Engineering Projects' by Professor Reddy

Structural engineering expert joins CME faculty

IIN grants fund research on municipal waste management, regional connectivity

PhD candidates display innovation at Christopher Burke Poster Competition

CME graduate: It is never too late to be a civil engineer

Mustafa releases two engineering books

What will America look like after pandemic ends?

Professor Sara Kadkhodaei makes materials research breakthrough

Professor Jane Lin to head national Sustainability and Resilience Group

PhD student wins new research award

Graduate finds success by turning tragedy into challenge

CME faculty and staff congratulate Class of 2020

Five students awarded ASCE scholarships

CME hosting info session about master's degrees

Climate change: Extreme coastal flooding events in the US expected to rise

Department head, student, and alumna win Best Paper award

UIC shows continued strength in US News graduate schools rankings

Early advisory board member Harold Sandberg passes away

Wall Street Journal talks to CME professor about the impact of coronavirus on travel behavior

Professor Matt Daly’s metal research has potential to change industries worldwide

CME MS international application deadline for Fall 2020 extended until May 1

Engineering seminar takes off in High-Bay Lab

UIC hosts inaugural ‘ASCE Legends’ event

Alumna reflects on her 18-year career at USACE Chicago District

Derrible receives NSF EAGER grant for post disaster cleanup

Gizmodo turns to CME professor for transportation article

PhD candidate wins ITE Graduate Student Scholarship

PhD student nabs first place at UIC GIS Day

Professor Bo Zou tapped as transportation expert by Fortune magazine

Professor Derrible releases ‘Urban Engineering for Sustainability’ textbook

Professor Mahamid elected as a Fellow of the American Concrete Institute, receives Delmar L. Bloem Distinguished Service Award

Donors and scholarship recipients celebrate at annual recognition dinner

Science Channel features Professor Ansari as an expert on 'Engineering Catastrophes'

Converging on a global waste solution

Chris Burke receives Ray K. Linsley Award for surface water hydrology

Professor Sybil Derrible leads workshop on post disaster cleanup

UIC hosts 10th International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference

PhD candidate wins Outstanding Paper Award at city logistics conference

Researchers make new connection for bonding graphene oxide layers

PhD candidate awarded NSF grant for summer internship

Graduate students win prestigious scholarships

UIC hosts emerging environmental and sustainability conference

New master’s degree aimed at growing construction industry

Three PhD candidates stand out at annual poster competition

Professor, students seek solutions to urban flooding issues

CME seniors display innovation at engineering expo

UIC nabs third place at ASCE Great Lakes Student Conference

Professor Lin awarded Seed Funding for mobile air-pollution monitor

Graduate student wins best student paper award at international conference

CBS News talks to Professor Ozevin about hazardous bridge

CBS News calls on Professor Ozevin to review bridge repairs

Student creates mentoring program to pair undergrads with seasoned professionals

Professor Reddy’s ‘green’ research named best of 2018

CBS News taps Professor Ozevin to discuss Chicago bridge corrosion and cracks

Professor Ozevin talks about Chicago bridge crack

CME student wins IL-ITE student paper award

Engineering students build 3D model of Chicago’s Loop

Making city infrastructure more resilient

College of Engineering’s first female graduate

PhD student helps team win second place at ‘Intelligent Water Systems Challenge’

Professor Vitousek quoted in Wired magazine story

Student’s passion for engineering leads to scholarship

Two new donors bring more scholarship opportunities to students

Three new faculty members join CME

U.S. Army Research Laboratory taps CME student for fellowship

PhD student awarded prestigious EREF scholarship

CME student helps team win at ‘Student Days Competition’

Professor Ansari featured on Chicago Tonight

Two graduate students win top spots at ASCE-EWRI competition

Newsletter highlights the first half of 2018

Professor Ansari honored with life-time achievement award

Professor Derrible featured at TEDx Talk

Seniors display innovation, creativity at design expo

CME students host successful ASCE Great Lakes Student Conference

One-of-kind student awarded one-of-kind scholarship

Researchers prove that multiple elements can be perfectly mixed at atomic scales

CME hosting International Structural Engineering and Construction Conference

CME students bowl over the competition

CME student wins IL-ITE Graduate Student Scholarship

Professor Reddy wins ‘2018 Wesley W. Horner Award’

Professor Zou researching crowdshipping for urban delivery

CME student wins Chancellor’s Graduate Research Award

Donors, students meet at scholarship dinner

CME alumni newsletter – fall 2017

UIC hosting ASCE Great Lakes Student Conference

Professor Reddy is researching zero emissions from landfills

Professor Derrible set to discuss climate change

Alumnus gives back by helping construct footbridge in Panama

CME student wins second place in Image of Research contest

UIC ITE wins second place at Traffic Bowl competition

Professor Lin featured expert in ‘The best and worst cities to drive in’ article

College of Engineering’s first professorship empowers talented faculty

CME students awarded scholarships from UIC

CME students win Globe Award, second place overall at Engineering Senior Design Expo

UIC nabs two wins and fourth place overall at annual conference

Sean Vitousek’s research is making waves

Fulbright scholar joins Professor Reddy’s team

CME students sweep Institute of Transportation Engineers scholarships

Professor Mohammadian appointed CME department head

NSBE hosting Kimley-Horn for recruitment event

Civil and materials engineering, computer science faculty researching real-time weld quality

Two students awarded Chicago Consular Corps Scholarships

Two students from the Department of Civil and Materials Engineering were awarded Chicago Consular Corps Scholarship for the academic year 2016-2017 from UIC’s Office of International Affairs (OIA). Civil engineering students Negar Kamali…

Ph.D. student wins pre-doctoral fellowship competition

CME student Ramin Shabanpour is having a great year. The Ph.D. candidate in Transportation Engineering is one of only four student to win the Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Competition presented by UIC’s Institute for Environmental…

Student spotlight: Joshua Deans has big dreams as an engineer

UIC provides a variety of opportunities for its students to succeed, and Joshua Deans knows it. The CME junior is an Honors College fellow, he completed a summer internship, he participates in several…

Professor Reddy helps host Geo-Chicago conference

In mid-August, approximately 600 engineers, scientists, academicians and students from 32 countries gathered in Chicago for the ASCE specialty conference Geo-Chicago 2016: Sustainability, Energy, and the Geoenvironment. The conference, which was chaired by…

Professor Vitousek researching the impact of climate change

Professor Sean Vitousek joined the Department of Civil and Materials Engineering in the spring and he is already making waves. The assistant research professor recently received a $300,000 grant entitled “Coastal Impacts Associated…

CME student nabs top spot at UIC research forum

The competition at UIC’s 2016 Student Research Forum was fierce as nearly 300 students from all disciplines contend for the judges’ attention. At the end of the day, it was CME’s Minoo Kabir…

Professor Ozevin awarded Department of Defense grant

Assistant Professor Didem Ozevin and a team of faculty members from three departments in the College of Engineering received a new $304,997 grant from the Department of Defense (DoD) entitled “C-Mode Scanning Acoustic Microscope for…

Professor Karpov awarded new NSF grant

Associate Professor Eduard Karpov has been awarded a new $243,185 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) entitled: “Structural Metamaterials with Saint-Venant Edge Effect Reversal for Static Load Pattern Modification and Recognition.” He…

Scholarship sends sophomore to London for the fall

Jigar Gohel, a sophomore in Civil and Mechanical Engineering, is studying in London this fall. The Lakemoor, Ill., resident is one of four UIC students awarded a U.S. State Department Benjamin A. Gilman…

Graduate student wins thesis competition at The Railway Academic Conference

Summer is a time for many students to take a break from their studies. For Ahmed El-Ghandour, it was time to excel. El-Ghandour, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Civil and Environmental…

Professor Boyce’s gift promotes transportation planning

David Boyce, PhD, has dedicated his career to confronting urban transportation challenges through his research. And now he is dedicating funds through an annual gift to support UIC doctoral students who also conduct…

CME department rises in U.S. News and World Report rankings

The Department of Civil and Materials Engineering at UIC has moved up in the latest U.S. News and World Report rankings of graduate Civil Engineering programs. CME moved up substantially in the rankings…

Notice: Course change

Please note course change: CME 497, Capstone Design, does not count toward the graduate level degree course requirements. This class was originally CME 397, Senior Design II. The change has appeared in the…

Professors McNallan and Mahamid receive COE Seed Funding awards

Two faculty members in the Department of Civil and Materials Engineering (CME) have received “2016 COE Seed Funding Awards.” Only 14 proposals were chosen from among 36 submitted proposals after a review by…

Farhad Ansari awarded Federal Highway Administration grant

Distinguished Professor Farhad Ansari has been awarded a grant for $312,995 from the Federal Highway Administration for the project entitled “Implementation of Existing BWIM Technology.” Ansari is the sole PI for the grant…

CME alumni newsletter – spring 2016

Congratulations to CME Professor Craig Foster for being named a 2015-16 US Fulbright Scholar

Congratulations to CME Professor Craig Foster for being named a 2015-16 US Fulbright Scholar! Professor Foster’s work is to study Earthen Buildings in India. Earthen buildings are an old technology experiencing renewed interest,…

CME is proud to recognize our department’s four winners of the David Boyce Graduate Awards

CME is proud to recognize our department’s four winners of the David Boyce Graduate Awards: Mehran Fasihozaman, Ramin Shabanpour, Mohamadhossein Noruzoliaee and Mahmoud Javanmardi (not pictured). The annual David Boyce Awards competition was…

Congratulations to the 2015 winners of the Christopher B. and Susan S. Burke poster competition

Erin Yargicoglu took first place with, “Evaluation of biochar-amended landfill covers for methane mitigation: Biotic and Physical Factors Affecting Long-Term Performance.” Saeed Karim Baba Najad Mamaghani won second place with, “Reference Free Dynamic…

Professor Burke inducted into the National Academy of Construction

CME’s Professor of Practice Christopher Burke, PhD, PE, D.WRE. Dist.M.ASCE has been inducted into the National Academy of Construction. Chris is a leading expert in stormwater management, and an excellent instructor and innovative…

CME student snapshot: John Mulrow is a man on a mission

John Mulrow is going to change the world for the better! He is about to complete his Master’s Degree in Civil and Materials Engineering with a focus on Environmental Engineering. With two additional…

Professor Ozevin receives $500,000 NSF CAREER Award

Assistant Professor Didem Ozevin received the $500,000 National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award for her project entitled “CAREER: Engineered Spatially Periodic Structure Design Integrated with Damage Detection Philosophy.” This project…

Information, application for Langelier scholarship

The Wilfred F. & Ruth Davison Langelier Scholarships in Sanitary/Environmental Engineering will be made available to undergraduate students majoring in Civil Engineering and/or whose main field of study is Sanitary/Environmental Engineering, principally concerned…

Professor Sheng-Wei Chi awarded new $149,302 grant

CME Assistant Professor Sheng-Wei Chi has been awarded a new $149,302 grant entitled “Meshfree Modeling of Munitions Penetration in Soils” from the Department of Defense’s Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP). Associate…

Professor Krishna Reddy awarded $77,150 supplement grant

Professor Krishna Reddy received a $77,150 supplement grant to his National Science Foundation (NSF) project entitled “Modeling Coupled Dynamic Processes in Landfills: Holistic Long-Tern Performance Management to Improve Sustainability.” In September, Reddy was…

Q&A with CME’s new faculty member Joseph Schulenberg

How did you become interested in engineering? I’ve always been able to do math and science work, so a profession in engineering seemed to make sense. I would have to say that it…

Q&A with CME’s new faculty member Sean Vitousek

How did you become interested in engineering? I became interested in engineering in College. I had a fantastic Civil Engineering professor (David Billington) who taught how works of engineering can transcend simple infrastructure…

Students restart organization to help those in need

The UIC community is encouraged to be leaders and facilitate positive social change through service. Now, all engineering students have a new opportunity to help others through the re-established Engineers Without Borders USA…

ASCE members compete at Great Lakes Student Conference

UIC placed in the top half of the highly competitive Great Lakes Student Conference on April 14-16 at IIT in Chicago. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) members competed against 18 universities…

Professor Derrible receives $500,000 NSF CAREER Award

Examining pollution in Great Lakes sediment

Videography by Rachel Glass An Li and Karl Rockne have been working together for more than five years to monitor and measure environmental pollutants in Great Lakes sediment. Through the Great Lakes Sediment…

Disaster response research is personal for UIC engineering student

The Wilfred F. & Ruth Davison Langelier Scholarships in Sanitary/Environmental Engineering will be made available to undergraduate students majoring in Civil Engineering and/or whose main field of study is Sanitary/Environmental Engineering, principally concerned…

Dr. Farhad Ansari named Distinguised Professor

Congratulations to Dr. Farhad Ansari, of the Department of Civil and Materials Engineering, on being named a UIC Distinguished Professor. Dr. Ansari was recommended by a review panel of UIC Distinguished Professors, and…

Professor Reddy awarded three year grant

Congratulations to Professor Krishna Reddy for his new three year grant from the National Science Foundation entitled “Modeling Coupled Dynamic Processes in Landfills: Holistic Long-Term Performance Management to Improve Sustainability.” The grant is…

Congratulations to Associate Professor Jane Lin on receiving new NSF grant

Congratulations to Associate Professor Jane Lin on receiving a new three-year collaborative NSF grant entitled “Smart CROwdsourced Urban Delivery (CROUD) System.” The project will build on collaboration between a CROUD-based technology firm, Zipments,…

Designing landfills that clean themselves

A University of Illinois Chicago engineering professor is designing state-of-the-art landfills that will really stand out from those that are just — well, dumps. When a landfill dries out, the waste degrades so…

CME Professor Bo Zou’s recent research on shared-use rail corridor planning

ABC 7 calls on CME Distinguished Professor for expert viewpoint

Fall 2015 alumni newsletter

CEPAC Scholarship reception and awards dinner

UIC ASCE students win big at Great Lakes Regional Conference; head to nationals

In the 2014 ASCE Regional Student Conference, UIC’s ASCE group placed third in the overall competition— securing their spot in the National Competition. The ASCE student engineering organization competes annually in eight different…

Elevating excellence at CME’s 2014 CEPAC Awards

Less financial stress. More time to study, pursue internships and participate in professional student organizations. For some undergraduate students in the Department of Civil and Materials Engineering, having these small luxuries can either…

Congratulations to CME’s Professor Krishna Reddy, Ph.D., named 2014 Distinguished Researcher of the Year

This award, presented by the UIC Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research, recognizes Dr. Reddy’s excellence in using research as a tool to improve society and promote environmental stewardship. His research focuses…

CME researchers develop new ways to monitor bridge safety

Videography by Jeanne Galatzer-Levy   No matter how well we design and build our roads and bridges, the stresses of traffic, weather and age take a toll. Maintenance and repair of infrastructure is…

Congratulations to CME’s Ph.D. candidate Sk Nasir Ahmad on winning the 2014-15 IESP Pre-Doctoral Fellowship

Congratulations to CME’s Ph.D. candiate Sk Nasir Ahmad on winning the 2014-15 Institute for Environmental Science and Policy Pre-Doctoral Fellowship. Ahmad’s main goal is to better understand how energy and environmental resources are…

ABC7 interviews CME Department Head Farhad Ansari

ABC7 Interviews CME Department Head Farhad Ansari about glass cracks in the Willis Tower Skydeck Ledge. Watch video.

ABC7 Chicago interviewed CME Assistant Professor Bo Zou

Local news ABC7 Chicago interviewed CME Assistant Professor Bo Zou after the incident on Friday at O’Hare Airport where vital operations equipment was damaged—grounding more than 400 flights to the international airport. Zou, who…

CME student Zahra Heidary receives the Chancellor’s Graduate Fellowship Award.

  Zahra Heidary is a PhD student in the Civil Engineering Department. Zahra worked as a full time trainee in an engineering company which does structural design and computer modeling. Since January 2010,…

CME student Suriya Vallamsundar receives the Chancellor’s Graduate Fellowship Award.

Suriya is a final year PhD student in the department of Civil and Materials Engineering at UIC. Her research advisor is Dr. Jane Lin. Her research interests include sustainable transportation planning, vehicular emission, air…

CME student Zahra Heidary receives the Chancellor’s Graduate Fellowship Award.

Zahra Heidary Zahra Heidary is a PhD student in the Civil Engineering Department. Zahra worked as a full time trainee in an engineering company which does structural design and computer modeling. Since January…

CME assistant professor, Bo Zou, appears on WTTW’s Chicago Tonight

CME Professor Reddy receives a $350,000 research grant from the National...

Professor Mohammadian and CME student Joshua Auld win the Ryuichi Kitamura Paper Award

The Kitamura Paper Award The travel behavior and modeling community lost a great thinker and researcher with the passing of Professor Ryuichi Kitamura on February 19, 2009. In honor of his commitment to…

Two CME students receive the Chancellor’s Graduate Fellowship Award.

Qin Chen Qin Chen received the B.S degree in transportation engineering from Tongji University, Shanghai, China in 2008. She is currently pursuing the PhD degree in civil and material engineering and serves as…

Sustainability and the Rebound Effect Seminar

Dr. Harry Saunders, Managing Director, Decision processes, Inc. Monday, October 29, 2012, 3:30pm-5:00pm.

Seminars by reputed international geotechnical engineering experts

To begin the new Fall 2012 semester we have three seminars given by reputed international geotechnical engineering experts during our first week of classes; August 28th, 29th and 30th. The seminars are open to…

CME Professor Jane Lin featured in a “PI Spotlight” article in the ICT

CME Professor Jane Lin featured in a “PI Spotlight” article in the ICT, Illinois Center for Transportation Newsletter.

UIC IESP 2011-2012 Predoctoral Fellowship Competition

Each fellowship carries with it a $15,000 award. Applications are due Monday May 2, 2011, 3PM. For more details, visit IESP

ASCE student chapter for UIC received 1st place overall at the ASCE Great Lakes Student Conference

This three day event consisted of 18 different colleges in the Great Lakes Region with a total of 7 individual competitions including Steel Bridge and Concrete Canoe. UIC excelled in each individual competition…

Professor Khodadoust has been selected by his peers to receive a 2010-2011 Teaching Recognition award

Professor Khodadoust has been selected by his peers to receive a 2010-2011 Teaching Recognition award. His teaching is an example of the high quality of instruction that characterizes the best of UIC.

Professor Dov Leshchinsky wins the 2010 ASCE Martin S. Kapp Award

The 2010 Martin S. Kapp Foundation Engineering Award is presented to Dov Leshchinsky, Ph.D., M.ASCE for his innovative contribution to the unified method of design and analysis of earth retaining structures and slopes…

CME Professor and Department Head, Farhad Ansari and his students are featured in a Chicago Tribune article

CME Professor and Department Head, Farhad Ansari and his students are featured in a Chicago Tribune article, “High-tech sensors help spot potentially fatal problems with bridges”.

Reception honoring Alfred Benesch & Company and Mr. Harold Sandberg, chairman emeritus

Reception Honoring Alfred Benesch & Company and Mr. Harold Sandberg, Chairman Emeritus The Alfred Benesch & Company engineering firm is a mainstay of the CEPAC board and the College of Engineering Advisory Board.…

CME’s Professor of Practice, Chris Burke, wins the 2010 ASCE Edmund Friedman Professional Recognition Award

The 2010 Edmund Friedman Professional Recognition Award is presented to Christopher B. Burke, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE, F.ASCE for outstanding service to the profession of engineering demonstrated by technical merits, leadership efforts in his…

In memoriam: Robert Bryant, CME professor

CME PROFESSOR ROBERT H. BRYANT The Memorial Service is Sunday 01/17/2010 at 2:00 PM at Robert’s church, North Shore United Methodist Church 213 Hazel Ave. (corner of Greenleaf and Hazel Avenues) Glencoe, Illinois…

CME library dedication to Dr. Robert Bryant

On November 11, 2009, the CME department dedicated its library to Dr. Robert H. Bryant. Dr. Bryant, a great teacher, an honorable and respected professor in the discipline of structural engineering, and a…

CME head & professor named president of ISHMII

Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to announce that Professor Farhad Ansari has been elected President of the International Society for Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure (ISHMII). This honor is not surprising as…

CME Professor Emeritus Thomas C. T. Ting, receives the Daniel C. Drucker Medal from ASME

  For more information please visit the ASME webpage

Computer modeling to build better mud bricks

Computer Modeling to Build Better Mud Bricks Rammed earth and stabilized mud block or brick are cheap, easy to make, usually durable materials widely used for building homes and low-level structures, especially in…

CME students form partnerships for international research, education and gain cultural experiences

National Science Foundation Partnership for International Research and Education (PIRE) Grant Recipient: Farhad Ansari, Department Head & Professor UIC Civil & Materials Engineering The NSF-PIRE-ISHM grant in Civil and Materials Engineering seeks to…

Dr. Karpov new NSF grant

NSF CBET-1033290 ($217,167) “Catalothermionic Solid State Electric Generator with Nonadiabatic Functionality” The project explores the possibility of a novel type of higher efficiency, chemically driven solid state electric generators. This perspective technology will…