Category: award
SoCEE Ph.D. Candidate Shah Saki Receives AMS Student Award
Shah Saki Environmental Engineering PhD Candidate Shah Saki, a Ph.D. candidate in the University of Connecticut School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has received Second Prize for Oral Presentation in the American Meteorological Society (AMS) Energy and Renewable Energy Committee Student Award Competition. Saki earned the award for his presentation titled “Projecting Power Outage Risk […]
Ph.D. Student Aagya Dahal Receives SEI Futures Fund Student Scholarship
Aagya Dahal Civil Engineering PhD Student Aagya Dahal, a Ph.D. student here in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been selected to receive a Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) Futures Fund Student Scholarship to attend Structures Congress 2026, which will be held in Boston from April 29 to May 1, 2026. The scholarship provides […]
Ryan Johns Receives Fall 2025 Outstanding Graduate TA Fellowship
Ryan Johns, M.S. Structural Engineering Student The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering is pleased to recognize Ryan Johns as the recipient of the CEE Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Fellowship for Fall 2025. This award is based on student feedback collected through course surveys and highlights exceptional dedication to teaching and student support. Johns has […]
SoCEE Students Earn CMAA Scholarships at Annual Awards Banquet
Two University of Connecticut Civil and Environmental Engineering students were recognized this fall by the Connecticut Chapter of the Construction Management Association of America (CT CMAA), earning competitive scholarships that highlight their academic excellence and leadership within the construction management field. The CT CMAA Annual Awards and Scholarship Banquet brought together construction management professionals, students, […]
Congratulations to the 2025-2026 Graduate Leadership Fellowship Awardees
The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering is proud to recognize the recipients of the 2025-2026 SoCEE Graduate Leadership Fellowship Awards, honoring graduate students who demonstrate exceptional leadership, service, and positive impact within the SoCEE community. 2025-2026 Awardees: Mandip Dahal Syed Islam Israt Jahan Mahjabeen Fatema Mitu Devin Rhoads Sajan Shakya Alok Sharma Haotian Wang […]
SoCEE Graduate Students Sweep SEI-CT Poster Awards
UConn Civil and Environmental Engineering graduate students earned a clean sweep of the 2025 SEI-CT Student Poster Competition during the 5th Annual Structural Engineering Seminar on November 7. All three poster awards in the graduate division were awarded to UConn students, reflecting the School’s continued leadership in structural materials and infrastructure systems. First Place: Meshach […]
Drs. Wang and Lei Named 2025-2026 Morico Sustainable Environmental Resources Faculty Fellows
Guiling Wang, Professor Dr. Fangni Lei, Assistant Research Professor The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering is proud to announce that Dr. Guiling Wang and Dr. Fangni Lei have been selected as recipients of the 2025–2026 Morico Sustainable Environmental Resources Faculty Fellowship. Established by UConn CEE alumna Kris Morico, the fellowship supports full-time College of […]
Dr. Monika Filipovska Earns NSF Grant for Quantum Transportation Research
Dr. Monika Filipovska, assistant professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has received a prestigious NSF Early-concept Grant for Exploratory Research (EAGER) to pioneer the use of quantum computing in transportation engineering. Her project, Quantum Algorithmic Foundations for Reliable Transportation Networks, addresses one of today’s most pressing challenges: ensuring transportation systems remain safe, […]
SoCEE Students Awarded 2025-26 Moles Scholarship
The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering proudly congratulates Max Wolff and Benjamin Shatzel on being selected as recipients of the prestigious 2025-26 Moles Scholarship from The Moles, an organization dedicated to advancing the heavy construction industry through education and professional development. Max Wolff, a civil engineering student, is currently employed at Wolff Engineering, a firm […]
Xingyu Wang Receives 2025 CAPEES-Elsevier Best Doctorate Dissertation Award
We are proud to announce that Xingyu Wang, a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Connecticut School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been selected as a recipient of the 2025 CAPEES-Elsevier Best Doctorate Dissertation Award. This prestigious honor, presented by the Chinese-American Professors in Environmental Engineering and Science (CAPEES) in partnership with Elsevier, recognizes […]
