Civil and Environmental Engineering news

Award-winning research from UMass Amherst’s WET Center demonstrates low-cost interventions with energy cost savings at a wastewater-treatment facility.

The STAR Award is a prestigious honor that recognizes those who have made significant contributions to the advancement of Hispanics in STEM careers. 

The MassDOT project studied dynamics around “floating bus stops” to prevent conflicts between transit riders and bicyclists traveling on adjacent bike lanes.

The research explores the mechanical feasibility, scalability, and field-deployment of cold spray additive manufacturing to repair corroded steel structures

Among other findings, nearly a quarter of drivers run through the red light.

Besides being president of the ARTBA Research and Education Division, Knodler was just named vice president of the Council of University Transportation Centers.

The grant supports research between Gerasimidis of UMass Amherst and faculty at MIT to strengthen cross-institutional and cross-departmental collaboration. 

Sheila Ariana was awarded the O. H. Ammann Research Fellowship by the American Society of Civil Engineers for the creation of new structural design knowledge.

The largest gift in campus history will support scholarships, fellowships and professorships as well as funding for new initiatives.

Today I share momentous news. We are now the Daniel J. Riccio Jr. College of Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.