Civil Engineering

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 […]

USDOT Transportation Center for Connected Multimodal Mobility

In the Spring of 2017 it was announced Clemson was awarded  a Tier 1 University Transportation Center (UTC) by the United States Department of Transportation,  headquartered in the Glenn Department of Civil Engineering at Clemson University. We are delighted to showcase the efforts of our multi-disciplinary, multi-campus collaboration as the University Center for Connected Multimodal […]

Advisory Board Presented Hard Hats

Last summer, the Department received a $2 million dollar National Science Foundation grant. The grant will allow the first major restructuring of the Glenn Department of Civil Engineering in 50 years and is aimed at creating a model for academic departments around the nation to follow. Eighteen civil engineering faculty members and social scientists developed the project […]

Welcome Dr. Pamela Murray-Tuite

Dr. Murray-Tuite joined our civil engineering family this fall.  She comes to Clemson from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.  Her areas of interest an expertise are Evacuation Modeling; Transportation Resilience Analysis; Behavior Modeling; Infrastructure Interdependency Modeling and Analysis; Network Analysis and Design; Transportation Systems Analysis; Risk and Security Analysis; […]

Dr. Nigel Kaye working to improve disaster resilience caused by wildfire

October 10, 2017 —CNN At least 10 people are dead and more than 20,000 have been evacuated as wildfires burn in California’s wine country and other parts of the state. More than 100 people have been hospitalized for fire-related injuries or health issues, including burns, smoke inhalation and shortness of breath. An estimated 1,500 structures […]

Dr. Piratla Receives NSF Eager Grant

Dr. Kalyan Piratla received a National Science Foundation EAGER Grant. NSF’s EAGER was designed specifically for potentially transformative or exploratory research that explores new subjects, different methods, or interdisciplinary approaches, the exact kinds of things one would expect in innovative research. Dr. Piratla recognizes that our critical infrastructures such as water, power, gas, and telecommunications systems […]

Clemson Research with Connected Vehicle Technologies

The ever-increasing congestion along major corridors and cities both here and abroad has hindered global economic progress and quality of life. Moreover, more than 32,000 people die from traffic crashes alone in the US each year. Connected vehicle technologies show a great promise in reducing these problems, while enhancing the transportation system performance. A team […]

PhD Student Wins ASEE ERM Diversity Paper Award

Ph.D Student Freddy Page was part of a team of authors that won the best paper award at the 2015 American Society of Engineering Education National Conference(ASEE). The paper A Series of Singular Testimonies: A New Way to Explore Unearned Advantages and Unearned Disadvantages focuses on innovating Educational Research and Methods (ERM) for understanding the social factors affecting the […]

Civil Faculty Receives Two Journal Awards

Dr. Ashok Mishra’s paper titled “Water, Environment, Energy, and Population Growth: Implications for Water Sustainability under Climate Change” was selected by Journal of Hydrologic Engineering published by ASCE for the 2015 Best Forum Article. The award was presented during the World Environmental & Water Resources Congress 2015 held in Austin, Texas. Dr. Mishra also received […]