|
CE Home > Graduate Studies
Graduate Studies
Associate Professor Miki Hondzo, right, works with
research assistant Hong Wang.The department's graduate program ranks 6th among the nation's public universities, according to the National Research Council. Faculty members have received national and international recognition for work in steel and concrete structures, river engineering and mechanics, traffic control and safety, pavement design and performance, rock mechanics, environmental chemistry, and climate effects on water resources.
The department focuses on five research areas:
The department offers world-class research facilities, including the Multi-Axial Subassemblage Test (MAST) lab, part of a nationwide network of NSF-funded earthquake testing facililites, and the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory (SAFL), one of the world's foremost institutions for research in water resources and hydromechanics.
Students apply to study in one of five speciality areas: transportation engineering, water resources, structural engineering, environmental engineering, or geomechanics. The department also oversees a professional master's degree in infrastructure systems engineering, and a dual-degree program in urban planning and civil engineering offered jointly with the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs.
Graduates from our M.S. and Ph.D. programs hold faculty positions at major research universities. Others work as research engineers, run large public agencies, own their own consulting companies and have run for public office.
+ Additional Employment Data
|
