Category: award
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 […]
Davis Chacón-Hurtado Receives National ASCE Teaching Award
The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering is proud to share that Dr. Davis Chacón-Hurtado, Assistant Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Co-Director of the Engineering for Human Rights Initiative, has been selected as a recipient of the 2025 ExCEEd New Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award, presented by the American Society […]
Ph.D. Student Devin Rhoads Receives Outstanding Graduate TA Fellowship
The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering is proud to announce that Devin Rhoads has been selected as the recipient of the CEE Outstanding Graduate TA Fellowship for Spring 2025, based on exemplary student feedback from course evaluations. Devin’s commitment to student learning and success has made a strong impression across the department. He is […]
UConn SoCEE 2025 Senior Design Award Winners
The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering proudly celebrates the achievements of our undergraduate students who showcased their capstone work at the annual Senior Design Demonstration Day on May 2, 2025. This culminating event highlights a year of collaboration, research, and innovation as students tackle real-world engineering challenges alongside industry sponsors. Outstanding projects were recognized […]
