| School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Environmental engineering Ph.D. student Laura Mast, left, and math Ph.D. student Samantha Petti visit Georgia congressman John Lewis' office. They were unable to meet with Lewis, but they did have conversations with staffers from several Georgia representatives' offices during the Catalyzing Advocacy for Scientists and Engineers Workshop, a three-day crash course in federal policymaking and science advocacy. Mast and Petti were the only two students from Georgia Tech who attended. (Photo: Robert Knotts)

Mast gets a taste of policy, advocacy during Washington science communication workshop

01 April 2019

Elizabeth and Bill Higginbotham at dusk with the Midtown Atlanta skyline in the background. (Photo: Gary Meek)

Higginbothams answer Messner challenge, endow new professorship

28 March 2019

Students from the International Disaster Reconnaissance Studies course walk through ruined buildings in Old Beichuan, China. The city has been left as a memorial to those killed when it was rocked by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in central China. The site was one of the places students visited in China and Japan over Spring Break as they considered the impact of disasters and how communities rebuilt. (Photo Courtesy: Lynnae Luettich and Katie Popp)

Spring Break travelers reflect on disaster recovery, a different approach to transportation, and water quality challenges after week abroad

27 March 2019

Assistant Professor Lauren Stewart in the Structural Engineering and Materials Lab. (Photo: Gary Meek)

Undergrad women say Lauren Stewart is one of their best engineering professors

21 March 2019

Former Ph.D. students Shelly Zhang and Eric Johnston, who have won the Sigma Xi Best Ph.D. Thesis award for 2019.

Johnston, Zhang produce two of Georgia Tech’s best Ph.D. dissertations this year

20 March 2019

Natual gas storage tanks with excess methane burning off. (Photo Courtesy: Jeffrey Phillips via Flickr)

Your carbon footprint is probably higher than you thought, thanks to methane leaking from natural gas systems

18 March 2019

Professor and Associate Dean Laurence Jacobs, left, accepts a lifetime achievement award in nondestructive evaluation from Tribikram Kundu at the SPIE Smart Structures and Nondestructive Evaluation Symposium in early March. (Photo Courtesy: Laurence Jacobs and SPIE)

Jacobs’ nondestructive evaluation work earns lifetime achievement honor

15 March 2019

Lauren Stewart and Nelson Baker, who both have earned promotions.

Stewart earns tenure, Baker promoted to full professor

14 March 2019

CEE's graduate programs in civil engineering and environmental engineering are No. 4 in the nation, according to U.S. News and World Report's 2020 survey. (Graphic: Amelia Neumeister)

Tech’s civil and environmental engineering graduate degrees again ranked among America’s best

12 March 2019

Water pouring from a faucet. (Photo Courtesy: Steve Johnson via Flickr)

Better water purification without the byproducts of using chlorine

07 March 2019