Someday, your drinking water could be completely free of toxic “forever chemicals.” Georgia Tech researchers, armed with a cutting-edge machine learning (ML) model, are spearheading a multi-university initiative. Their goal? To design a better membrane that efficiently removes PFAS from drinking water, a significant source of human exposure. 

Four graduate students in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering have been awarded this year’s Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowships, a prestigious fellowship program under the Federal Highway Administration.  

During his time at Tech, environmental engineering student Harrison Baro has actively participated across campus in a variety of organizations.

PhD graduate Xinyi Wang has received an award for the best dissertation worldwide in the field of travel behavior. The Eric Pas Dissertation Prize is given by the International Association for Travel Behaviour Research for the best dissertation in travel behavior research each calendar year.

The Atlanta chapter of WTS awarded the Helene M. Overly Memorial Scholarship to Ph.D. student Caroline Muhith.

Bacterial and other microbes are thought to evolve primarily through binary fission, meaning asexual reproduction. Using a novel bioinformatic method for detecting gene transfer, researchers tested their hypothesis for how species emerge and are maintained. They found that bacteria evolve and form species more “sexually” than previously thought. 

Williams Family Associate Professor Iris Tien is helping coastal communities improve their resilience with the right flood-control infrastructure in the right places.

A team from Georgia Tech, including civil and environmental engineering faculty members Joe Bozeman and Sofía Pérez-Guzmán, traveled to the Penn Center on St. Helena Island in South Carolina to work towards developing targeted resilience strategies to cope with environmental disaster events.

Professor Yongsheng Chen and his team are among the Georgia Tech engineers working to reduce the environmental impact of farming while creating technologies to help farmers feed a growing world and adapt to a changing climate.

Professor Emeritus Gerald Wempner has passed away at the age of 96 following a long career in academia that included groundbreaking research and published works in theoretical and applied mechanics. 

Civil engineering student and ROTC cadet Mason Ladd will graduate from Georgia Tech this week with more than his diploma and a pair of U.S. Army second lieutenant’s bars. Ladd will also end a stellar career at Georgia Tech with the distinction of being ranked one of the top cadets among the approximately 5,000 new officers joining the branch this year. 

The U.S. Army Cadet Command ranked Ladd No. 2 among cadets being commissioned in the Fall 2024 cycle, according to Lt. Col. Bradford Morgan, commander of Georgia Tech’s Army ROTC. 

Transportation engineering graduate student Gabriel Cedraz Diniz was recognized by the Graduate Research Award Program on Public-Sector Aviation Issues for the academic year 2024-25.

The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering celebrated its top work of the year Nov. 14 at an awards ceremony for students, faculty and staff.

Awards honored the best undergraduate and graduate student work, the most effective teachers, and remarkable research for 2024. They also recognized staff excellence and impactful service to the School.

The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering’s motto,: “People are our priority, the world is our responsibility,” was put into play close to home recently when a member of the CEE family was in need of assistance.

LaShone Simmons’ husband Earnest suffered a stroke on Labor Day, and the couple learned he would be wheelchair-bound post-rehabilitation. That meant their house would need a ramp built to be made wheelchair accessible.

When now fourth-year civil engineering major Michael Bauby approached high school graduation in 2016, his next steps were uncertain. Instead of college, Bauby found himself excited by a different idea: joining the military to serve and learn practical skills in a new environment.

“I just knew I wasn’t quite ready for college,” said Bauby. “I applied, got accepted, and even got scholarship money at a few places, but none of them really interested me. So, I decided to join the military. And I knew I wanted to be near the ocean, so that meant either the Navy or Coast Guard.”

After finishing his service, Bauby enrolled at the University of Alabama in 2021. When his girlfriend moved to Atlanta, he decided to transfer to Georgia Tech to go with her. To transfer, Bauby applied through the Veterans Transfer Pathway Program, which is a special entry path reserved for veterans wishing to earn a degree from Tech.

The Ramblin’ Royalty selection process begins with nominations from student organizations. The top candidates then participate in multiple interviews before being selected as a finalist. The annual honor, hosted by the Student Center Programs Council (SCPC) within Student and Campus Event Centers (SCEC), celebrates students who embody Georgia Tech’s motto, Progress and Service.

Formerly known as Mr. and Ms. Georgia Tech, the program has evolved into a more inclusive scholarship initiative to represent all students who are making a positive impact on campus.  Fourth-year environmental engineering student Harrison Baro was selected as one of two 2024 Ramblin' Royalty honorees following a vote by Georgia Tech students.

The Institute for Matter and Systems (IMS) at Georgia Tech has selected seven new interdisciplinary research initiatives to receive seed funding. This funding is part of the larger IMS effort to identify and support visionary leaders driving groundbreaking research and innovation.The funded initiatives come from four Colleges and 10 Schools across the Institute, and from GTRI. These initiative leads, including the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering’s Joe Bozeman, were selected based on their innovative approaches, potential impact, and alignment with IMS’ mission to push the boundaries of science and technology.

Gretchen Goldman, MS EnvE 08, PhD EnvE 11, has spent the last 13 years since she graduated trying to “leave places better than we found them,” one of three central tenets of the student reflection speech she delivered at commencement in August 2011.

Goldman spoke to students, faculty and guests for the Fall 2024 Hyatt Lecture on Oct. 17.

U.S. News and World Report has released its  2025 Best Colleges rankings, featuring Georgia Tech’s undergraduate civil engineering at No. 1 and environmental engineering at No. 3.

For Chris Pappas, CE 78, and Susan Pappas, CE 78, supporting education is a priority. This shared value fueled their decision to make an estate gift directed to the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering to support faculty, graduate fellowships, and laboratory equipment.