CEE Spotlight

Mason Renovation Progress Update

Check out this page for updates on the building construction taking place in the Mason building.  Photos coming soon....

Alumni Profiles

Suzanne Shank, Civil Engineering '84

Meet one of the "75 Most Powerful Blacks on Wall Street".

General Philip M. Breedlove (BSCE '77) Appointed Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force

Breedlove presides over the Air Staff and serves as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Requirements Oversight Council and Deputy Advisory Working Group. He assists the chief of staff with organizing, training, and equipping of 680,000 active-duty, Guard, Reserve and civilian forces.

Stephen Jensen

As president of Jensen Civil Construction, Inc., Stephen Jensen oversees all aspects of a company which specializes in the construction of infrastructure, with an emphasis on reconstruction.

Sally A. Jabaley

As a project assurance manager with Shell International Exploration and Production, Sally advises a wide portfolio of projects in the Western Hemisphere, including deepwater developments in the Gulf of Mexico and Brazil and unconventional oil shale and oil sands projects in Canada and the U.S.

Faculty Profiles

Yi-Chang James Tsai: Intelligent Sign Asset Inventory & Management System

Dr. James Tsai is working with the U.S. DOT to develop image processing and pattern recognition algorithms for an innovative system that detects and identifies roadway signs. This unique system has tremendous potential to dramatically reduce costs, increase efficiency, and improve safety.

Rafael L. Bras: Provost, Executive VP for Academic Affairs, and Civil Engineer

A native of Puerto Rico, Dr. Bras is a civil engineer and hydrologist by training.  His research in the civil engineering subfields of hydrology and hydroclimatology has contributed to solving important societal problems by describing and forecasting floods and precipitation.

Ioannis Brilakis: Detecting Defects in Infrastructure

Using machine vision technologies for the reconstruction and assessment of civil infrastructure

Yang Wang: "Smart" Structures that Monitor and Protect Themselves

Using advanced structural technologies to survey civil infrastructure

Student Profiles

Margaret-Avis Akofio-Sowah: Transportation Asset Management in Developing Countries

Margaret-Avis Akofio-Sowah is a Ph.D. student in transportation systems engineering under the advisement of Dr. Adjo Amekudzi. Margaret’s interest in the transportation field stems from a desire to understand the flaws of the transportation system in her home city of Accra and in other developing countries. While pursuing an undergraduate degree, she worked with the University of Massachusetts Transportation Center in Amherst, MA where she gained most of her experience in the field of transportation engineering, working on safety belt usage and commercial motor vehicles.

CEE Student Jacob Tzegaegbe

Using sustainable infrastructure to stimulate the economy and improve quality of life in developing countries throughout the world. 

Brandon Strellis: Undergraduate Research Internship in Norway

Strellis engages in an extended research intership with the help of the Mundy Global Learning Experience Endowment fund.