Civil Engineering

CE Faculty Earn Promotions and Professorships

Congratulations to Drs. Ashok Mishra, Kalyan Piratla and Brandon Ross on their promotions to Associate Professor! Along with their promotions effective August 15th, 2018, Dr. Kalyan Piratla has received the S. E. Liles, Jr. Distinguished Professorship, Dr. Brandon Ross the J. Richard and Nancy W. Cottingham Distinguished Professorship, and Dr. Ashok Mishra received the College […]

New Faculty Join Department

This fall, we welcomed three new faculty to our department. Dr. Nasim Chowdhury received  his PhD from Clemson in 2017 with an emphasis in Water Resources Engineering. He joined the department full time this fall as a Senior Lecturer. During his tenure in Civil, he was a graduate research assistant, a graduate lab instructor, and […]

Civil Engineers Bring Home ‘Sweet Sixteen’ Award

Clemson fans celebrated in March when the men’s basketball team made the Sweet Sixteen for the first time in 21 years. A group of Tigers has made the Sweet Sixteen again, except this time it was in the lab instead of on the basketball court. Brad Putman, left, and Jennifer Ogle were co-principal investigators on […]

The Learning Buildings Research Group – Australia Trip Summer 2018

The Learning Buildings Research Group (LBRG) housed in the Glenn Department of Civil Engineering at Clemson University embarked on an amazing opportunity to participate in the SEB-18 (Sustainability in Energy and Buildings) Conference in Gold Coast, Australia, and to visit various universities between the Gold Coast and Sydney during June and July of 2018. It […]

Faculty Commitment to Excellence

CE Faculty continue to excel in their commitment to excellence. Dr. Ashok Mishra received two awards, a National Science Foundation Career Award  a University Research Scholarship and Artistic Achievement Award (URSAA), which recognizes Clemson University faculty who have achieved the highest levels of national and international recognition. Faculty selected for URSAAA recognition are lifetime appointees invited […]

Dr. Qiushi Chen is part of a 1.8 Million Research Grant to study Next generation of Biorefinery Process Design

Dr. Qiushi Chen is part of a 1.8 Million Research Grant to study Next generation of biorefinery process design. New research based on a collaboration among Clemson University, Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) will develop analytical models to optimize the design of the feeding system. Read more http://newsstand.clemson.edu/next-generation-of-biorefinery-process-design-targeted-in-1-8-million-research-project/

Sruthy Agnisarman—Named Student Member with Honors

Sruthy Agnisarman, a PhD student in the Glenn Department of Civil Engineering, was named a Student Member with Honors  of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society at the association’s annual meeting. She joined a select rank of students worldwide to receive the award, the highest student honor awarded by the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. […]

NSF Revolutionizing Engineering and Computer Science Departments (RED)

Clemson University attended the 2018 NSF Revolutionizing Engineering and Computer Science Departments (RED) Annual Meeting in Alexandria, Virginia organized by the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE). The Glenn Department of Civil Engineering at Clemson University is one of nineteen NSF RED-funded engineering and computer science programs from across the nation. The select group includes programs at Purdue, Georgia […]

Brandon Ross of Clemson University Selected for Fellowship Program in Israel

Brandon Ross, an associate professor of civil engineering at Clemson University, was among 23 professors from universities and colleges across the United States that attended the Jewish National Fund’s 2018 Summer Faculty Fellowship Program in Israel. The Faculty Fellowship Program in Israel is a competitive academic fellowship that invites full-time university and college faculty members […]

Vicki W Ford Named Managing Director, Walter P Moore, Dallas

Walter P Moore Announces Dallas Leadership Transitions International engineering firm Walter P Moore announces that David A. Platten, P.E., Managing Director of the firm’s Dallas office, will retire on March 30, 2018. Vicki Ford, P.E., S.E. will assume the managing directorship and office leadership in his stead. Principal Vicki Ford, a structural engineer at Walter P […]