News & Announcements
CEE Students Receive Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH) and RenaissanceRe Scholarships
Two Civil and Environmental Engineering students, along with four other FIU engineering students, have been awarded a total of $6,000 in scholarships from the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH) and RenaissanceRE. ...
ABC-UTC kicks-off with first steering committee meeting
Florida International University’s (FIU) first ever Accelerated Bridge Construction university Transportation Center (ABC-UTC) completed its kick-off steering committee meeting on December 2013. Building experts from across the nation arrived at FIU to attend...
Join us February 28, 2014, for CEE Distinguished Speaker Robert Bertini
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at FIU is pleased to announce that the second lecturer of the 2014 FIU CEE Distinguished Speaker Series is Dr. Robert Bertini, Portland State University, who will be delivering a presentation entitled “Can “Big”...
February 21, 2014 is FIU CEE’s 2nd Annual Graduate Research Day
The Civil and Environmental Engineering Department of FIU is pleased to be participating in National Engineers Week with a day of events on Friday, February 21. CEE Graduate Research Day will also coincide with the 2014 FIU Engineering Expo, which is hosted by the FIU...
Join us January 31, 2014, for Renowned CEE Distinguished Speaker Dr. Roger Staehle
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at FIU is pleased to announce that the first lecturer of the 2014 FIU CEE Distinguished Speaker Series is Roger Staehle, Ph.D., NAE., who will be delivering a presentation entitled “Predicting Corrosion in...
County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works is Recruiting Civil Engineer Graduates
Civil Engineering Assistant Monthly Salary: $5,114.18 - $6,017.74 Civil Engineer graduates completing their degree by June 2014 are invited to submit an employment application online at http://dpw.lacounty.gov/hrd/ when the position opens for filing beginning on...
CEE to Host Renowned Speaker
TITLE: GIS Terrain Analysis for Modeling River Basin Processes and Features at the Large Scale DATE: Thursday, January 9, 2014 LOCATION: EC 1110 FIU Engineering Center SPEAKER: Dr. Fernando Nardi, PhD,...
Further Improvements in Post- Tensioning Grout Materials
by Gregory Hunsicker, Structural / VSL, and Theodore L. Neff and Miroslav F. Vejvoda, Post-Tensioning Institute In 2012, the Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI) published the updated PTI M55.1-12, Specification for Grouting of Post-Tensioned Structures.1 The reason for...
Civil & Environmental Engineering, Spring 2014 Distinguished Speakers Series
Civil & Environmental Engineering, Spring 2014 Distinguished Speakers Series The Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at FIU is pleased to announce that the second annual Distinguished Speaker Series will begin in the 2014 Spring semester....
Bridge Tendon Failures in the Presence of Deficient Grout
Kingsley Lau, Florida International University, Miami, Florida Ivan Lasa and Mario Paredes, FDOT State Materials Office, Gainesville, Florida The assessment of recently failed external post-tensioned tendons from a Florida bridge provided insight on the conditions...
South Florida Bridges On The Brink
SOUTH FLORIDA BRIDGES ON THE BRINK(VIDEO) MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Earlier this year, Miami-Dade engineers sounded the alarm over Key Biscayne bridges that are actually crumbling into the ocean. In a panic, nearly $31 million dollars was shelled out for emergency repairs....
Chronicle of Higher Education: Engineer Connects His Research With Campus Bridge Project
Atorod Azizinamini, 57, is director of the Accelerated Bridge Construction University Transportation Center, at Florida International University, and a professor and chair of civil and environmental engineering there. A university-led partnership recently won an...