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Two students awarded Chicago Consular Corps Scholarships

by David Staudacher | Posted on December 06, 2016

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

by David Staudacher | Posted on November 23, 2016

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

by David Staudacher | Posted on November 07, 2016

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

Posted on November 02, 2016

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…

Sean Vitousek

Professor Vitousek researching the impact of climate change

by David Staudacher | Posted on October 25, 2016

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

by David Staudacher | Posted on October 19, 2016

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

by David Staudacher | Posted on October 18, 2016

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

Posted on October 11, 2016

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

Posted on October 04, 2016

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…

Professor Boyce’s gift promotes transportation planning

Posted on August 08, 2016

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…

Notice: Course change

Posted on August 07, 2016

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…

Farhad Ansari awarded Federal Highway Administration grant

Posted on August 04, 2016

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…