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SoCEE Alumna and Faculty Article Named Most Viewed in Future Transportation
Saki Rezwana, Assistant Professor at Navajo Technical University Nicholas Lownes, PE, Associate Professor and Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies UConn Civil and Environmental Engineering Ph.D. alumna Dr. Saki Rezwana, and Dr. Nicholas Lownes co-authored a paper that was recognized as the most viewed article in 2024 by the international journal Future Transportation. Their article, “Interactions […]
Incoming PhD Student Ziqi Guo Awarded Impact Scholars Fellowship to Advance Climate Research
Positive environmental change requires both passion and science—a philosophy that drives Ziqi Guo, an incoming Ph.D. student in UConn’s Environmental Engineering program. Guo has been named an Impact Scholars Fellow, a prestigious award granted to incoming doctoral students who demonstrate academic excellence, leadership potential, and a commitment to creating positive societal change. Guo’s research focuses […]
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 Launches Three Innovative New Courses Fall 2025
The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (SoCEE) is excited to announce the launch of three new courses being offered for the first time in Fall 2025. These courses expand opportunities for students to explore cutting-edge and interdisciplinary topics, ranging from advanced engineering applications to emerging technologies. CE 3995 Special Topics: Site Visit to […]
Call for Abstracts: ICISR 2026
The 2nd International Conference on Iron-Sulfide Reactions in Concrete (ICISR 2026) will take place May 13-14, 2026, at the Mystic Hilton in Mystic, Connecticut. Building on the success of the 2024 event, the upcoming conference will further advance our collective understanding of sulfide-induced deterioration, with an expanded emphasis on standardization, mitigation strategies, sustainability, and effective […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ph.D. Student Samuel Rothfarb Wins National Award for AI-Driven Materials Research
Samuel Rothfarb, a first-year Ph.D. student in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Connecticut and advisee of Professor Baikun Li, has been awarded the prestigious NVIDIA GPU Award for Outstanding Research and Poster Presentation at the 2025 Machine Learning in Chemical and Materials Science (MLCM) Conference in Santa […]
