Archives: Monthly Archives: March 2024

Future Leaders Internship Night

The Civil and Environmental Engineering Internship Night organized by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Student Chapter took place on February 8th, with great success!

ASCE officers Max Raha, Zachary Marshall, Gavin Berger, Rocco Veneruso, Jacqueline Torlai, and Jonathan Bustamante put together a professional event, featuring 11 of the best companies in the industry, including: The Connecticut Department of Transportation, Tighe & Bond, CHA Consulting, Inc., Loureiro Engineering Associates, Inc., Haley Ward, Inc., GNCB Consulting Engineers, P.C., Thorton Tomasetti, WSP, SLAM, and Langan Engineering & Environmental Sciences.

“As President of ASCE over the past two years, this event was easily the most rewarding I have been a part of,” says Max Raha. “I am very thankful to all of my fellow officers, Dr. Jang, Dr. Chrysochoou, and all of the employers for making this possible. It was amazing to have been able to facilitate connections between so many students and professionals in one night, and I hope this event will continue to happen in future years.”

Over 60 students signed up and attended the event to network and explore internship opportunities. We thank everyone for their attendance and support, without which this would not have been possible - and we are so excited for future events just like this!

CEE Alum Returns to Industrial Advisory Board

UConn Civil and Environmental Engineering is happy to announce Megan Coleman as a new member of the CEE Advisory Board.

Megan is a young professional with 5+ years of experience in the public sector, with a focus on sustainable built infrastructure and translating sustainability project objectives into grant funding. Using the Envision infrastructure framework, she works with design firm consultants and municipalities to leverage data driven solutions in order to inform tangible approach to sustainability, energy efficiency, decarbonization, and clean construction in public infrastructure projects. Her sustainability experience and performance metric driven approach has resulted in her managing several projects and work primarily with design firms and NYC DEP, NYC EDC, and NYC MOCEJ on progressive City-wide sustainability initiatives. Her exciting project to-date is being the project manager on behalf of JKMuir and playing an active role in integrating energy and sustainability for the NYC Lower Manhattan shoreline resiliency project, namely The Financial District and Seaport Climate Resilience Master Plan.

Megan works for JKMuir, a WBE and DBE certified agency in multiple states, agencies, consultants and municipalities. JKMuir also has a field team of experts that conduct water/wastewater process energy audits, pump system testing, and RPR services.

Megan earned a B.S.E. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Connecticut and an M.S. in Environmental Engineering from the University of New Haven. She is an Envision Sustainability Professional (ENV SP) and WEDG Professional. She is active with multiple committees, including the NEWEA Energy Committee, NEWEA Diversity Equity & Inclusion Committee, and NYWEA Sustainability Committee.

Megan is interested in joining the UConn Advisory Board, because diverse perspectives are critical in providing a holistic strategic direction to the UConn Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering. She is prepared to be an active collaborator and offer her perspective and lived experiences from the energy and sustainability industry as a motivated young professional, a female in a male dominated space, and deaf with cochlear implants. She is especially interested in bridging the gap between engineers and people, and wants to ensure that future UConn students and leaders are effective collaborators and leaders in the civil and environmental industry.