David McGill was an emeritus professor of civil and aerospace engineering and the inaugural director of the Center for Teaching and Learning, who transformed how Georgia Tech teaches.

John Carroll shared the four pillars of success that guided his 40-year career in engineering and construction after graduating from Georgia Tech in 1977 with a degree in civil engineering.

Civil Engineering Professor David Frost has been recognized for patenting and commercializing technologies with real-world impact. 

The Geosynthetic Institute (GSI) is relocating to Georgia Tech and bringing with it a new range of opportunities for students interested in this dynamic and growing field.

Joe Fusile, a football player and recent civil engineering graduate, was awarded the Weaver-James-Corrigan-Swofford postgraduate scholarship. The scholarship is given to student-athletes that have performed with distinction in the classroom, their sport and the community, and intend to pursue a graduate degree. 

Skopii helps water utilities, environmental teams, and industry partners quickly understand what is happening with microbiology in the environment and engineered systems without waiting for complex lab tests. The platform combines a compact imaging device with built-in artificial intelligence that analyzes samples on the spot. 

Georgia Tech researchers say high performance computing and artificial intelligence advances this year are poised to improve how people power their homes, design safer buildings, and travel through cities.

Jenna Crawford, a fourth-year undergraduate student majoring in civil engineering and nuclear and radiological engineering, says that pursuing two majors has given her a unique perspective. She’s grateful for the variety of people she learns from and studies alongside.

In the International Disaster Reconnaissance course, students now use a platform built by alumnus Max Mahdi Roozbahani to capture immersive 360° media, photos, and video that transform real disaster sites in India and Nepal into living digital classrooms. 

Adair Garrett, a Ph.D. candidate in Transportation Systems Engineering at Tech, was recognized by the U.S. Department of Transportation as the National Center for Sustainable Transportation’s Outstanding Student of the Year at a special ceremony on January 10 in Washington D.C.

How we get around is changing as new options like autonomous vehicles arrive in earnest. Srinivas Peeta works to unravel what that means for our communities and how we plan for a more connected future.

Engineers are building computerized replicas of cities, and even Georgia Tech’s campus, to save lives and create a better, more efficient world for all of us.

Antonia Kopp knows that clean water is vital for cities, and she wants to use her degree to ensure that Atlanta’s water system flows as it should.

Seven civil and environmental engineering teams participated in the Fall 2025 Capstone Design Expo, showcasing their semester-long design projects in transportation, dam restoration, environmental remediation, structural design and more.

Civil engineering student Grace Jiang and mechanical engineering students Devasena Sitaram and Nishita Tonangi traveled to Nepal as part of the Georgia Tech chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB-GT) Nepal Water Sanitation Project. While there, they gathered data, met with residents, and evaluated potential solutions for a long-term, sustainable water supply system for the village of Chisopani Bhirke.

Professor Rafael Bras—who honed his leadership skills as the former provost and executive vice president of academic affairs for Georgia Tech — is most passionate about sharing lessons on leadership to students of all ages these days.

Ph.D. Student Lara Rios won first place in the graduate oral presentation section at the national convention of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE). 

As the Fall 2025 speaker for the Hyatt Distinguished Leadership Lecture Series, Kimberlie Staheli shared with students how she learned from her failures and found an unlikely path to becoming an internationally recognized expert in her field.

Five faculty members from the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering are part of teams selected for funding in the 2025 round of Sustainability Next Research Seed Grants.

As global competitors pull ahead, Georgia Tech experts urge focus on safety and infrastructure for advanced air mobility.