School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences

Winter Holiday Mixer

December 2, 2022 The School hosted its first Winter Holiday Mixer for all School Faculty and Staff on Friday, December 2 at Lakeside Lodge on the banks of Lake Hartwell.  Winners of the Amazon gift card drawing were Dr. Chao Fan, Dr. Mary Kate Fidler, and Dr. Brian Powell. 

Operations Manager Hired

November 1, 2022 The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences hired its first Operations Manager on November 1, 2022.  Megan Kystofik received her B.S. in Marketing and Human Resource Management from the University of South Carolina and is currently working on her MBA, also from the University of South Carolina at Columbia. […]

November Staff Appreciation Lunch

November 17, 2022 Pictured are Staff from the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences at the November 17, 2023 Staff Appreciation Lunch The Staff from the Glenn Department of Civil Engineering and the Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences Department met for a monthly luncheon at Lowry Hall on November 17, 2022.  The […]

Distinguished Lecture Series

NC State’s Dr. Mort Barlaz October 28, 2022 The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences hosted its second Distinguished Lecture with Dr. Morton Barlaz, a Distinguished University Professor from North Carolina State University.  His seminar topic is “Understanding and Predicting Temperatures in Municipal Solid Waste Landfills.”  The seminar was held at the […]

First Tiger Grant Research Symposium

September 9, 2022 First Tiger Grant Research Symposium featuring the results of three seed research projects. The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences’  first Tiger Grant Research Symposium was held at Rich Lab on September 9, 2022.  This seminar featured the results of three seed research projects awarded approximately sixty-one thousand dollars […]

Distinguished Lecture Series

Georgia Tech’s Dr. Don Webster September 2, 2022 The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences hosted its first Distinguished Lecture with Dr. Don Webster, the Karen and John Huff School Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta Georgia.  His seminar topic was “Structure and Mixing […]

Fall ’22 School Social Event

August 23, 2022 Faculty and Staff from the School met in the Lowry Hall courtyard for “Taco Tuesday” (August 23, 2022) just before the first day of classes for the Fall semester.  It was a wonderful opportunity to meet with both new and returning faculty and staff.  Congratulations to Prasad Rangaraju, David Lipscomb and Nigel […]

Adaptation to Climate Change Assistant Professors Selected

June 2022 Twelve full-time faculty positions will be allocated to the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences with the first positions specializing in adaptation to climate change.  Last Spring ’22 two new faculty members were selected with hire dates for Fall 2022 and Spring 2023, Chao Fan and Joshua Bregy, respectively.  Please […]

Spring Mixer

May 4, 2022 The School of CEEES held a Spring Mixer atop the Watt Family Innovation Center on May 4, 2022 to end the semester.  This was the School’s first social event for the Faculty and Staff of both the Glenn Department of Civil Engineering and the Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Science to […]