Civil Engineering

Large Scale Evacuations

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 […]

Extraterrestrial Construction Materials—not your average civil engineering research

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 […]

Pipeline to Sustainabilty

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 […]

NSF Red —Transforming Curriculum, Culture and Community

The National Science Foundation Revolutionary Engineering Departments (RED) is now in its second year. Over the last year, faculty and staff have collaborated with university personnel as well as industry stakeholders to develop programming and curricula for our undergraduate students. The overarching goal of our (RED) program is to transform the Glenn Department of Civil Engineering at […]

Center for Connected Multimodal Mobility Host 6th Annual University Transportation Center Conference

On October 24 and 25, 2018, the Center for Connected Multimodal Mobility (C2M2) hosted the 6th Annual University Transportation Centers Conference for the Southeastern Region at the Madren Conference Center in Clemson, South Carolina. This gathering of students, faculty, staff, practitioners, and public officials from throughout the  Southeast is vital for discussing ongoing activities conducted […]

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 […]

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 […]