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SoCEE Undergrad Jacob McCormick Awarded NASA CT Space Grant Scholarship
Jacob McCormick Environmental Engineering Undergraduate Abi Lawal Assistant Professor, Environmental Engineering The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering is proud to announce that Environmental Engineering undergraduate Jacob McCormick has been awarded a NASA Connecticut Space Grant Consortium (CTSGC) Undergraduate Scholarship for Fall 2025. The highly competitive scholarship, funded through NASA’s National Space Grant College and […]
CTI Received $1.97M to Advance Smart, Connected Transportation Safety
Assistant Research Professor, Kai Wang Assistant Research Professor and Project Manager, Connecticut Transportation Safety Research Center The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering is proud to announce that the Connecticut Transportation Institute has been awarded a $1.97 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and Roads for All program. The three-year project […]
SoCEE Researchers Advance Energy Resilience Research
SoCEE Contributors Emmanouil Anagnostou Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Director, Institute of Environment and Energy Shah Saki Ph.D. Candidate, Environmental Engineering As extreme weather events grow more frequent and intense, they increasingly occur in combination, creating compounding stresses on the nation’s power grid. New research from UConn’s Outage Prediction Modeling (OPM) team shows that these […]
Ryan Johns Receives Fall 2025 Outstanding Graduate TA Fellowship
Ryan Johns, M.S. Structural Engineering Student The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering is pleased to recognize Ryan Johns as the recipient of the CEE Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Fellowship for Fall 2025. This award is based on student feedback collected through course surveys and highlights exceptional dedication to teaching and student support. Johns has […]
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, […]
Emmanouil Anagnostou is Elected as an American Meteorological Society Fellow
Emmanouil Anagnostou Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Eversource Energy Endowed Chair in Environmental Engineering Director, Eversource Energy Center Applied Research Director, Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation We are excited to share that Emmanouil Anagnostou, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor and Eversource Energy Endowed Chair of Environmental Engineering, has been named a Fellow of […]
Students Gain Firsthand Experience in New Site Visit Course
Throughout the fall semester, students in CE/ENVE 3995 Special Topics: Site Visit to CEE Industries stepped beyond the classroom to observe large-scale engineering projects at UConn and throughout Connecticut. Led by Professor Shinae Jang, the course introduced students to active construction sites, utility upgrades, state transportation operations, and research facilities shaping the region’s infrastructure. These […]
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 […]
Dr. Guiling Wang’s Research Group Featured as a Cover Story in BAMS
A new paper by Dr. Guiling Wang and Ph.D. researcher Koushan Mohammadi has been selected as a cover story in the September 2025 issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS). The feature includes a two-page research highlight summarizing their article, “Impact Matters: Detection and Early Warning of Agriculturally Impactful Flash Droughts,” followed […]
