News & Announcements
Towards hurricane-resilient structures with WOW
Natural disasters can have a devastating effect on society, affecting people and infrastructure in often unalterable ways. Andrew, Katrina and Sandy are just a few of the powerful hurricanes that have greatly affected our nation. Hurricane-resilient infrastructure has...
Kingsley Lau addresses national challenges in corrosion durability of bridges
Civil and environmental engineers are the modern-day builders of civilization. From airports to parking lots, these engineers are responsible for the infrastructure that billions of people use every single day. One problem that has become a costly durability issue for...
NSF funded project examines whether wetlands can mitigate global warming
South Florida, home to Florida International University, has one of the world’s largest wetlands located in its backyard. As an important natural resource, the wetlands provide society with numerous environmental and economic benefits. However, the wetlands still hold...
Transforming travel demand models for a better transportation system tomorrow
One of the most important issues affecting the daily lives of residents of Miami-Dade County in South Florida is the ever-changing transportation system. With an approximate population of 2.56 million people and an estimated 13.9 million tourists each year, driving in...
FIU helping to enhance the service life of bridges
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) is proud to announce that the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Academy of Engineering, on October 29, 2013, will focus on and showcase the research products that were developed as part of...
FIU’s Accelerated Bridge Construction Center announces October monthly webinar
FIU’s Center for Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC), established in March 2011, has conducted monthly webinars, without an interruption, on state-of-the-art topics related to ABC. These monthly webinars, on average, are attracting more than 4,000 bridge...
Larry Griffis, member of national academy of engineering, joins department as Professor of Practice
Lawrence G. Griffis, P.E., is joining the FIU Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering faculty as a professor of practice. Griffis, known as one of the most established building designers in the world, will provide students and faculty with tremendous...
FIU engineers monitor Miami-Dade’s first smart highway bridge
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Bridge On The Brink: The Bear Cut Bridge To Key Biscayne
CBS, Miami Chair of FIU Civil & Environmental Engineering Atorod Azizinamini talks with CBS Miami about Key Biscayne bridge. http://miami.cbslocal.com/video/8824643-bridge-on-the-brink-the-bear-cut-bridge-to-key-biscayne/
FIU CEE Alumnus Paul André Wins Path Award
Paul Levelt André, P.E., CEHP., M.ASCE, was recently honored as the 2013 Environmental Health Award recipient at the annual Path Awards ceremony at FIU. Mr. André, the Drinking Water Program Manager at the Florida Department of Health (FDOH) in Miami-Dade County, is...
Emma V. Lopez, MS Env. ‘12, Lands Prestigious Fellowship
Recent graduate’s accomplishments featured in LatinaStyle magazine Emma Violeta Lopez, a Miami native and FIU Civil and Environmental Engineering Department alumna, is currently serving in Washington, D.C. as a 2012-2013 Graduate STEM Fellow of the Congressional...
Join us April 12 for CEE Distinguished Speaker Soroosh Sorooshian, Ph.D.
Dr. Sorooshian’s webcast is archived here: https://connect.fiu.edu/p9gn9tstn92/ The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at FIU is pleased to announce that the third lecturer of the 2013 FIU CEE Distinguished Speaker Series is Soroosh Sorooshian, Ph.D. of...