Year: 2019

  Dr. Tuyen Le was awarded and NSF Grant to investigate a new wearable hearing protection technology that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to amplify safety-critical sounds and help locate their source, while greatly attenuating ambient noise. This Future of Work at the Human Technology Frontier project will create intelligent hearing protection devices (HPDs) for workers […]

J. Richard Cottingham is a 1966 Civil Engineering graduate. While serving with the Navy Seabees in Viet Nam, his Company Commander was killed in action, and LTJG Cottingham was promoted to Company Commander of Delta Company of the 121st Seabees. Delta Company provided combat construction support to the 1st Marine Division including roads, bridges, helicopter […]

Kristi Baker, Graduate Student Services Manager, is a graduate of the most recent cohort of Clemson University’s Staff Development Program.  The program is a year-long endeavor that offers Clemson University staff an opportunity to grow professionally and personally by voluntarily participating in various developmental and relevant service activities.  Kristi was one of 25 staff members […]

Evacuations are protective actions involving the movement of people from a hazardous area to a safer location. Evacuation can be advised for numerous hazards, such as hurricanes, tsunamis, floods, wildfires, and nuclear power plant issues, which vary in the amount of warning available and the time available to prepare and travel to safety. This book […]

The department welcomes Zoraya Rockow to the civil engineering family starting full time this fall as a Lecturer. Ms. Rockow received her BSCE and MSCE from Clemson with an emphasis in construction and is currently working to complete her PhD in the Spring of 2020. Prior to her returning to Clemson, she worked as a Project […]

Dr. M. Z. Naser was recently published in the Progress of Materials Science journal, a top ranked journal in General Materials Science.   The paper is titled  Extraterrestrial Construction Materials, has been cited by several significant researchers in construction materials and definitely changes the spectrum of civil engineering research. Abstract In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the […]

Dr. Kalyan Piratla and his PhD student, Mr. Harshit Shukla, co-presented a research paper at the 2019 International Conference on Resource Sustainability (iCRS Cities) held in Adelaide, Australia in July 2019. In this presentation, they shared the methodology and findings of their NSF-funded research work focused on using image classification techniques for automated leakage detection […]

Dr. Denise R. Simmons, PE, PMP, LEED-AP is an associate professor in the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL.  Denise was born to Carl and Estelle Simmons in Charleston, SC.  After being raised in Charleston, she attended Clemson University and became a three-fold alumna, receiving her BS […]

Dr. Nadarajah Ravichandran (Associate Professor of Civil Engineering) and Vahidreza Mahmoudabadi received the GeoEngineering (JOG) Best Paper Award of 2018. The Editorial Board of GeoEngineering presents this award annually and is the most prestigious annual award provided by JOG. Only a single award is given among all JOG papers published in 2018.  Ravichandran and Mahmoudabadi co-authored the paper and […]

Clemson University’s ITE (Institute of Transportation Engineers) Student Chapter was selected in the fall of 2018 to host the Southern District’s first Student Leadership Summit (SLS) in late February 2019. This event pioneered ITE’s goal of bringing students together to develop leadership qualities as well as set the precedent for other events like this in […]