Category: award

Crumbling Concrete Foundations Project Receives $4M in Funding From NIST

The Crumbling Concrete Foundations Project has received $4 million in funding from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), to support their research concerning the source of concrete degradation and possible solutions. For this project, CEE Professor Kay Wille is the principal investigator, joined by co-PIs CEE Department Head Marisa Chrysochoou and CTI Associate […]

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Olin Green Awarded CEE Outstanding TA Award

Congratulations to Olin Green for the well-deserved CEE Outstanding Graduate TA Fellowship for the Fall 2023 semester! The Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant (TA) Fellowship was established to recognize graduate students that demonstrated excellence in supporting the educational mission of the Department. The TAs are evaluated by the undergraduate student cohort […]

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EPA Awards $5M Grant to Support UConn’s Technical Assistance for Brownfields Program

CEE Department Head Marisa Chrysochoou and her team were awarded an additional $5M to fund the Technical Assistance for Brownfields Program, which engages UConn students to support communities in cleaning up contaminated land. For more details, read on UConn Today.

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Dilia Carrillo-Muralles Awarded INCLUDE Neurodiversity in Engineering Scholarship

Storrs, Connecticut This past summer, as part of the INCLUDE Project, a cohort of BRIDGE students participated in program activities designed to cultivate their unique potential for innovation in engineering. One of these students was awarded a scholarship to support and empower them on their engineering journey. The recipient of this year’s INCLUDE Scholarship, Dilia […]

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Zachary Marshall Receives Prestigious Moles Scholarship: Recognizing Excellence in Heavy Construction

In his application Marshall wrote:  “This scholarship will help with my education, and consequently, push me towards my goal of becoming successful in the heavy construction industry. I hope to make a difference by utilizing my UConn education to not only make sure buildings are constructed properly, but also ensure their sustainability in order to […]

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Senior Design Day Showcases Student Innovation in Civil and Environmental Engineering Department

Storrs, Connecticut The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering recently celebrated its highly anticipated Senior Design Day, providing a platform for budding engineers to showcase their innovative projects and demonstrate their expertise in tackling real-world challenges. The event, held on Friday, April 28, 2023, brought together students, faculty, industry professionals, and members of the public […]

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UConn Team Wins CIM-LRD Design/Construction Student Competition

April 28, 2023 On Saturday, April 22, a team of UConn students competed in the annual CIM-LRD Student Competition in Heavy Civil Infrastructure Design/Construction, where they won first place in designing and proposing a western extension of the MBTA Blue Line subway in Boston. “My team and I worked on the Blue Line Extension Project […]

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Steel Bridge Design Club Takes Home the Hardware

April 27, 2023 On April 23, the UConn Steel Bridge Design Club competed in the Northeast Regional Steel Bridge competition, where they had a clean sweep victory against 12 other teams in all major categories. The Steel Bridge Design Club is a structural engineering club that deals with designing a bridge based on the specifications […]

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CEE Student Presents at Annual TRB Meeting

February 10, 2023 From January 8 to 12, 2023, the Transportation Research Board (TRB) held its 102nd Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C, where policy makers, administrators, practitioners, researchers, and representatives of government, industry, and academia alike confer to share research in the transportation field. We would like to congratulate Leo Gamez, a Class of 2024 […]

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CEE Graduate Student Accepted for DDETFP: Interview with Genevieve Rigler

January 29, 2023 The CEE Department would like to congratulate civil engineering graduate student Genevieve Rigler for being accepted into the 2023 Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program (DDETFP), a prestigious fellowship for graduate students focusing on transportation engineeering. Rigler is a doctoral student pursuing mixed methods to investigate socio-economic impacts of historic infrastructure/development policies […]

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