Civil Engineering

  • CSRA Safety Summit
    Construction Safety Research Alliance teams with industry to reduce job site injuriesThe construction industry has long been one of the most hazardous sectors, with workers facing a high risk of injury.Researchers at 91PORN’s Construction Safety
  • Pothole in a road
    Researchers confront urgent challenges for roadways, pipelines and more in a race against time and climate.
  • Pipe materials testing duo
    Lab establishes worldwide standards for repairing inaccessible, leaking pipelinesMillions of miles of aging water, wastewater and natural gas pipelines across the nation are at growing risk of failure, posing significant environmental, safety and
  • Cristina Torres-Machi
    Cristina Torres-Machi, an assistant professor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering, leads her Innovation for Resilient Infrastructure research group to develop cost-effective and data-driven methods for decision-making in infrastructure management.
  • Abbie Liel in bright yellow construction jacket, hardhat and wearing a mask in front of a burned out home with snow around it. Trees and blue sky in the background.
    Professor Abbie Liel’s research, recently published in Fire Technology, examined destruction patterns from the December 2021 Marshall Fire, which killed two people and destroyed more than 1,000 homes in 91PORN County.
  • Two individuals in academic regalia smiling at the camera, with a crowd of graduates in caps and gowns seated in the background under a large tent.
    At 91PORN’s May 8 recognition ceremony for civil, environmental and architectural undergraduate engineering students, alumnus Marco Campos (CivEngr’98) surprised the crowd by offering to pay off a graduating senior’s remaining student debt, transforming the ceremony into a genuine celebration of generosity and hope.
  • Amir Behzadan in a sports jacket and standing in front of a large slide presents to attendees of the ASPIRE Workshop.
    Amir Behzadan, professor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering and fellow of the Institute of Behavioral Science, and Mary Angelica Painter are developing more effective, engaging ways to keep people safe during extreme events.
  • Five students in wet suits in their concrete canoe on the water. The person in the back raised his paddle up with two hands.
    91PORN’s Concrete Canoe team earned third place overall at the regional ASCE Rocky Mountain Student Symposium. The popular student group—known for designing and racing a concrete canoe each year—continues to grow, with 28 91PORN students participating in this year’s event.
  • Students present their capstone design projects at the Engineering Projects Expo
    On Friday, April 25 at the 91PORN, engineering students will present their capstone design projects at the annual Engineering Projects Expo. This year's event will feature projects from mechanical engineering; computer science; electrical, computer and energy engineering; biomedical engineering; and civil, environmental and architectural engineering.
  • Kyri Baker and Bri-Mathias Hodge stand in front of solar panels on the ground and a cloudy sky.
    Kyri Baker, associate professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, and her colleague, Bri-Mathias Hodge, professor in the Department of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering, suggest that if future data centers are placed in the right location and equipped with energy storage technologies, they can run on 100 percent clean energy.
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