Civil and Environmental News

Building Momentum, Community, Bridges, and the Andy War-Hull

Pitt’s ASCE Chapter Takes First Overall at the 2026 ASCE Mid-Atlantic Student Symposium

(Digital) Twin Studies

Pitt engineers develop a “living” model of the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation that converts hard data into sustainable decisions

Why a Pittsburgh Bridge Failed

Pitt’s Kent Harries joins producer Tom Gorham on "Why Stuff Fails" to explore the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse and why design and maintenance matter

Pitt’s Cailey Dolata Receives the 2026 George Washington Prize at ESWP Annual Banquet

Pitt’s Swanson School of Engineering Hosts Its 15th Transportation Forum

Pennsylvania Transportation Secretary Mike Carroll delivers keynote address

Real Problems, Engineered Solutions

Pitt Engineering Students Showcase Their Breadth and Depth at Spring 2026 Design Expo

Five Swanson School Students Named NSF Graduate Research Fellows

New Shoots for an Old Building Material

Pitt’s Kent Harries helps turn bamboo’s promise into practice

Swanson School of Engineering climbs in U.S. News graduate rankings

Electrical engineering posts largest gain; school maintains Top 25 public ranking

Setting out on Sabbatical

Pitt engineering professors reflect on the uniquely rewarding experience of taking a sabbatical overseas

Swanson School of Engineering Recognizes Anthony Parasida as Its 2026 Distinguished Alumnus

Swanson School of Engineering Recognizes Charles Niederriter as Its 2026 Distinguished Alumnus in Civil and Environmental Engineering

From Highways to Higher Education

Pitt faculty member and former PennDOT leader receives prestigious William Metcalf Award

A New Model for Old Cracks

Pitt civil engineering professors receive three-year, $600,000 National Academies award to model longitudinal cracking on concrete pavements

Uncovering Patterns amid Chaos

Prof Lei Fang receives $372,882 NSF grant to use data-driven methods to understand and model self-competition and weak asymmetry in turbulent flows

Researchers publish first ever structural engineering manual for bamboo

Pitt's Kent Harries among manual authors

Fall 2025 Senior Design Expo

Student innovation on display at the Fall 2025 Senior Design Expo

‘Czech’ your bags to Prague this summer

Scholarships available for Plus3 Transfer Plus: Czech Republic

Pitt Professor Melissa Bilec Recognized as the Bevier Endowed Chair

Pitt Engineer and Surgeons Unveil Wireless Metamaterial Spinal Implants That Feel, Heal, and Communicate

NIH awards $352,213 R21 grant to Amir Alavi, Nitin Agarwal, and D. Kojo Hamilton to develop and test novel monitoring technology in vivo

Hitting the Road to Retirement with a Legacy in the Rear View

Pitt Civil Engineering Professor Leonard Casson retires after 38 years dedicated to his students

Tiny Swimmers, Big Impact: Pitt Professor Wins NSF Grant to Study Ocean Mixing

Pitt Professor Lei Fang receives $325,089 NSF grant to research the mechanics of swarms of tiny swimmers and their potential to produce large-scale flow structures

Pitt Researchers Rewire the Energy Pathways of Turbulence

Pitt researchers demonstrate that the direction of turbulent energy flux can be reversed, creating a new type of turbulent flow that challenges long-standing assumptions about how energy moves through systems like oceans and the atmosphere

Translating Bamboo Across Continents and Cultures

Visiting Fulbright Scholar Luisa Molari collaborates with Pitt’s Kent Harries to advance bamboo research

Not Lost in Translation

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