Category: environmental engineering
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 […]
E-Corps: Building Skills and Bolstering Environmental Efforts Across Connecticut
CEE’s Marisa Chrysochoou leads the Brownfield Corps that is part of the very successful service learning program E-Corps, which provides students with opportunities to work with communities across Connecticut and New England on various environmental issues. Learn more about the program here.
New Center on Soil Research Addresses Industry Needs for Reliable Sensors
April 17, 2023 A group of UConn researchers from the School of Engineering and the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources have recently established an industry-driven center for advanced soil science research as part of a collaborative SoilTech IUCRC Center project led by the University of Southern California. The following text is from UConn Today: “The UConn […]
STEM Writing Retreat for Neurodiverse Grad Students
Are you trying to get started on that paper or journal article, but you feel stuck and don’t know how to get started? Are you having trouble making time for writing in your busy schedule? It’s time to break out of the writing anxiety cycle and level up your writing productivity! Our research suggest that […]
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 […]
Neurodiversity Discussion Series for UConn Staff
We are pleased to offer this year’s Neurodiversity Discussion Series exclusively for UConn Staff! Please share this invitation widely with others who might be interested! Join us for a boxed lunch and great conversation! Space is limited to 20 participants per session, so if you are interested, please register to reserve your spot. INCLUDE […]
AEHS Conference 2022 Student Competition Runner-Up: Kayla Turner
November 5, 2022 From October 17-22, the AEHS Foundation hosted its 38th East International Conference on Soils, Sediments, Water, and Energy in Amherst, Massachusetts. We are very proud to congratulate one of our CEE students, Kayla Turner, for placing as a runner-up in the conference’s student competition. “…My presentation date was the 18th. I was […]
Fall 2022 Clean Energy Workshop — Register Now!
October 18, 2022 UConn School of Engineering is proud to announce the Clean Energy Workshop on October 24th, 2022 in Hartford, Connecticut. This workshop is aimed at exploring research and collaboration among state and federal government organizations, academia, and industry to create new clean and sustainable sources of power and methods for delivery, reliability and […]
Drought Research Making Headlines
August 8, 2022 This month, there has been a lot of buzz online surrounding UConn research at the Hydroclimatology and Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions Lab overseen by Professor Guiling Wang. In particular, the topic of interest surrounds findings on plants’ chemical markers to help forecast flash droughts far in advance. Characterized by its rapid acceleration due to […]
UConn CEE @ 2022 NSEE Annual Conference
July 1st, 2022 UConn CEE faculty and grad students attended the ASEE Annual Conference in Minneapolis, MN at the end of June! Everyone had a fantastic time sharing groundbreaking research in engineering education, AR/VR as part of senior design projects, course redesign for the inclusion of neurodiversity students, and engineering for human rights! Pictured on […]
