Category: environmental engineering

Celebrating SoCEE’s Summer Doctoral Fellowship Recipients

We’re thrilled to share that five outstanding Ph.D. students from the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering have been awarded the UConn Summer Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. This competitive $2,000 fellowship is designed to support students as they work toward completing their dissertations. Congratulations to: Quinn Packer Oluwaseun Olufowobi Haimanti Bala Maxwell Wondolowski Israt Jahan Each […]

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Ph.D. Candidate Meshach Ojo Awarded Prestigious ACI Charles Pankow Foundation Fellowship

SoCEE is proud to announce that Meshach Ojo, a Ph.D. candidate in our program, has been selected as the recipient of the 2025–2026 Charles Pankow Foundation Fellowship, a distinguished award granted through the American Concrete Institute (ACI) Foundation. This national honor is reserved for students demonstrating exceptional potential to advance the field of concrete materials […]

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Diego Cerrai Receives NSF CAREER Award for Power Outage and Restoration Modeling

The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering proudly announces that Dr. Diego Cerrai, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Interim Director of the Eversource Energy Center (EEC), has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award in support of his research into storm impact modeling and infrastructure resilience. Cerrai’s work focuses on understanding […]

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UConn EERI Student Chapter to Host Industry Expert Dr. Erik Bishop

The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering is excited to announce that the UConn chapter of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) has been selected to participate in the 2024–2025 Friedman Family Visiting Professionals Program. This prestigious national program brings top professionals in earthquake engineering to university campuses to share expertise, promote career exploration, and […]

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UConn’s College of Engineering Now Offering a Ph.D. in Engineering Education

The College of Engineering has launched an innovative Ph.D. in Engineering Education program, focusing on the intersections between engineering and social sciences. This interdisciplinary program prepares graduates to foster inclusivity, accessibility, and creative teaching in engineering education. Students like Connie Syharat and Mikayla Friday are among those working to advance neurodiversity and innovative pedagogical methods, […]

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SoCEE Seeking Director/Head of the School

The University of Connecticut’s School of Civil & Environmental Engineering (SoCEE) is seeking qualified candidates for multiple faculty positions with an anticipated start date of August 23, 2025. Check out the Open Positions for all job requirements and relevant application details.  Director/Head of the School: This is a full-time, 10-month, tenured position at the rank […]

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SoCEE Seeking Qualified Candidates

The University of Connecticut’s School of Civil & Environmental Engineering (SoCEE) is seeking qualified candidates for multiple faculty positions with an anticipated start date of August 23, 2025. Check out the Open Positions for all job requirements and relevant application details.  Assistant or Associate Professor: The School of Civil & Environmental Engineering (SoCEE) at the […]

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Drilling Demo Day: Hands-On Learning Experience for CEE Students

November 5th, 2024 | Depot Campus The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering invites all students to attend the Drilling Demo Day. This will be a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience in geotechnical investigation techniques used to inform soil analysis and foundation design. This event offers participants the chance to observe a Standard Penetration […]

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Register Today For the UConn ACSE Future Leaders Internship Night

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CEE Student Nominated for Prestigious ASEE Award

Leana Santos, a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in structural engineering at the University of Connecticut, has been nominated for the Best Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Paper Award by the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). Her paper, which focuses on a redesigned Civil and Environmental Engineering course centered on “Sustainable Transportation,” will be presented at the […]

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