Civil and Environmental News

Not Lost in Translation

Pitt Engineering alum Percy Curtis receives a prestigious MEXT scholarship to study sustainability in Tokyo, Japan

Caging Enzymes to Create More Voracious Microorganisms

Pitt Engineering's Meng Wang receives a $550,000 NSF CAREER Award to advance biodegradation

Warmer spots within fields have more blooms and more bees

Pitt Engineering's Vikas Khanna and PhD students collaborate with Penn State on pollinator study

Vikas Khanna named Interim Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Pitt Students Shine Bright in NREL Solar District Cup

Interdisciplinary team places first in divisional nationwide solar design competition

Benedum Builders Make a Winning Bid

Pitt’s AGC Student Chapter team places second in the CAWP Student Estimating Competition Championships

The Unexpected Power of Construction Estimating

How site visits and an estimating challenge helped Farrah Alkanaan find her place

Two Incoming Pitt Engineers Announced as Nordenberg and Stamps Scholars

Pitt Researchers Reveal How Tiny Swimmers Disrupt Ocean Flow: APS Recognizes Top Fluid Dynamics Paper of 2024

Pitt professor Lei Fang and his PhD student Xinyu Si’s research of swarming active matter was recognized as an APS Top Paper of 2024

Spring 2025 Design Expo

Pitt engineering students showcase innovative, collaborative problem-solving at the Spring 2025 Design Expo

Concrete Canoes, Steel Bridges—and Bright Futures

Pitt’s ASCE Student Chapter Shines at the 2025 ASCE Mid-Atlantic Student Symposium

Jeffrey Mascaro Celebrated as Swanson School 2025 Distinguished Alumnus in Civil and Environmental Engineering

Ramsey Smith and Trey Blystone Receive the 2025 George Washington Prize

Four Swanson School Faculty Receive Chancellor’s Distinguished Awards

Amir Alavi named editor-in-chief of a new Nature Portfolio journal

Students Showcase Innovation in the Fall 2024 Senior Design Expo

Paving the Way for Future Engineers

ASCE Pittsburgh Section Recognizes Steven Sachs as 2024 Professor of the Year

A Surgical Fix to Greenhouse Gases

University of Pittsburgh study investigates assessing and reducing environmental impact of ACL reconstruction

The Swanson School's Rising Stars

ASME recognizes four Pitt faculty as rising stars of research

Setting a Foundation for a new Infrastructure Future

Pitt's Swanson School of Engineering, Pitt Business and S&B USA Forge Collaboration to Develop Infrastructure Talent and Knowledge Sharing

Pitt’s Sarah Haig recognized with 40 Under 40 in Environmental Engineering

Origami-inspired Architecture

Pitt, Cal Poly & Michigan researchers receive $920K award to develop adaptive façade technology

A Smarter, Safer Way to Monitor Our Pittsburgh Streets

Small Creatures, Big Impact

Assistant Professor Lei Fang receives more than $200K from the NSF to determine how the smallest marine animals can generate ocean turbulence

CEE Associate Professor Carla Ng Appointed to EPA’s Science Advisory Board