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SIUE Civil Engineering Faculty Host Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Conference

2 December 2024, 5:57 PM

The environmental and water resources engineering faculty members of the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Civil Engineering Department organized the 2024 Mid-American Environmental Engineering Conference (MAEEC) on October 19 at SIUE. Graduate students and their faculty advisors attended a day-long conference, where students presented their research. The attendees represent six universities in the region: SIUE, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri University of Sc...

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SIUE and Germany University Partner to Offer Civil Engineering Double Degree Program

4 October 2024, 1:55 PM

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is proud to be part of a paired double degree program that makes for an educational opportunity and cultural exchange that spans two countries.

SIUE and the Hochschule Mainz- University of Applied Sciences of Germany (HS-Mainz) are in partnership to both offer civil engineering degrees, according to Nader Panahshahi, PhD, professor and chair of the SIUE Department of Civil Engineering.

“SIUE students can earn a second bachelor’s in civi...

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Seven SIUE Civil Engineering Faculty, Students, Alumni, and IPAC Members Recognized at the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) St. Louis 2024 Annual Awards Dinner

4 October 2024, 10:00 AM

SIUE Civil Engineering had multiple recognitions of their faculty, students, alumni and advisory board members at the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) St. Louis 2024 Annual Awards Dinner on Friday, September 20, 2024. Two SIUE students were recognized with scholarships. Andrew Holba (below, left), president of the SIUE ASCE Student...

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SIUE ASCE Student Chapter, Recipient of Two Prestigious Recognitions

7 May 2024, 8:10 AM

The SIUE ASCE Student Chapter is the recipient of two prestigious recognition awards: the 2024 Letter of Significant Improvement and the 2024 Letter of Honorable Mention. These awards are for the Chapter’s activities as recorded in the 2023 Student Chapter annual report. This is recognition received by only the top third of all...

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SIUE ITE Student Chapter has been awarded this year’s MOVITE Student Chapter Momentum Award

5 May 2024, 8:55 AM

Over the past year, the SIUE Inastitute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Student Chapter has been actively involved in both on-campus and off-campus outreach activities. The Chapter has invited transportation professionals to campus to share their experiences and insights, broaden our students' understanding of the latest trends and developments...

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Drs Rohan Benjankar and Jianpeng (Jim) Zhou received the 2024 Emeritus College Faculty Award to host the 29th Mid-American Environmental Engineering Conference in Fall 2024 at SIUE

11 April 2024, 10:00 AM

Dr. Rohan Benjankar and Dr. Jim Zhou received SIUE ECFA funding for hosting the 29th Mid-American Environmental Engineering Conference (MAEEC) in Fall 2024 at SIUE, where students and faculties from multiple universities in Illinois and Missouri will present their research findings to fellow students, faculty members, and environmental...

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Professor Jianpeng (Jim) Zhou, Chair of the Technical Coordination ExCom, Spotlighted in the 2024 Winter Issue of the EWRI CURRENTS

7 February 2024, 12:00 AM

The EWRI Communications Council has featured one of its distinguished members, Dr. Jianpeng (Jim) Zhou, P.E., BCEE, F.EWRI, Chair of EWRI Technical Coordination Executive Committee (Tech ExCom) in a “member spotlight” in it’s the CURRENTS newsletter (winter 2024 issue). To read more please click this...

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FE Review Sessions 2022

3 October 2022, 10:47 AM

The SIUE Chi Epsilon student chapter has announced the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Exam review session schedule for Fall 2022. You will find the schedule and other details...

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Experimental-Scale Fault Rupture Test on Buried Pipeline Reinforced with Segmental Protective Shield

3 November 2021, 12:00 AM

The Graduate School’s Research Grants for Research Doctoral Students program awarded a competitive grant to Civil Engineering PhD candidate Hamid Rostami for Experimental-scale Fault Rupture Test on Buried Pipeline Reinforced with Segmental Protective Shield. More detail can be found at feature SIUE Research and Creative Activities...

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SIUE’s David Sherrill Supports Region’s Surveyors

31 October 2021, 12:00 AM

David. J. Sherrill, PLS, Land Surveying Program Coordinator and Instructor at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, presented at the 64th Annual Meeting and Conference of the Missouri Society of Professional Surveyors at Osage Beach, Missouri in October 2021. The Association has over 800 members from Missouri and surrounding States....

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U.S. Corps of Engineers Recognizes SIUE Alumnus

8 October 2021, 12:00 AM

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering (SOE) alumnus Stefan Flynn has been recognized as the 2021 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Early Career Geoprofessional of the Year....

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Two Civil Engineering Graduate Students Receive Fellowships

28 September 2021, 12:00 AM

The Geosynthetic Institute (GSI) has awarded two $5,000 Fellowship Grants to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering (SOE) students. Mr. Hamid Rostami is a student in SIUE’s Cooperative Program in Engineering Science, working under the guidance of Abdolreza Osouli, PhD, in the Department of Civil Engineering. His...

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SIUE Alumnus Ghimire Triumphs in Transportation Research Contest

30 August 2021, 12:00 AM

Ishwor Ghimire from the SIUE Department of Civil Engineering won the 2021 Dr. Nylen W. Edwards Memorial Transportation Research Paper Contest for creating a detailed no-notice evacuation plan for the SIUE road network....

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Civil Engineering Team Awarded $462K from IDOT to Improve Scour Estimate Analyses for Bridge Stability

5 November 2020, 12:00 AM

Faculty and staff in the Department of Civil Engineering have been awarded a $462K grant by Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) for a 4-year research project that will analyze scour estimates at bridge sites in Illinois to produce findings that will lead to improvements related to bridge design and maintenance. Abdolreza Osouli,...

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CE Doctoral Candidate Kargar Receives Geosynthetic Institute Fellowship Grant

22 October 2020, 12:00 AM

Civil Engineering doctoral candidate Pourya Kargar has been awarded a Fellowship Grant by the Geosynthetic Institute for his research proposal “Investigating Seismic Response of Geocell Reinforced Retaining Walls with Low Plasticity Backfills Using Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis.” More information about Mr. Kargar and and this...

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SIUE Civil Engineering Prof. Cross Named ASCE Fellow

21 October 2020, 9:00 PM

Prof. Brad Cross, professor of structural engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering, has been named Fellow by the American Society of Civil Engineers. More information about Dr. Cross and this honor can be found here. Congratulations Dr....

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2020 Annual Mid-America Environmental Engineering Conference

20 October 2020, 3:11 PM

The Department of Civil Engineering at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is pleased to announce we are again hosting this regional conference in close collaboration with five other midwest universities and the Environmental and Water Resources Institute Saint Louis Chapter. October 24, 2020 (Saturday), 8:40am-5:30pm Register...

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CE Graduate Students Acknowledged with Multiple Awards

24 October 2019, 12:00 AM

We wish to congratulate Civil Engineering Graduate students Pourya Kargar Ghomesheh, Hamid Rostami, and Ravali Vennu on their recent awards. Pourya Kargar Ghomesheh was the recipient of the Ohio Valley Chapter Thomas A. Buzek Scholarship for the 2019-2020 academic year. This scholarship includes an award of $3,000 as well as registration, travel,...

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Local Elementary Robotics Team Visits SIUE School of Engineering

9 October 2019, 12:00 AM

Last month, the First Lego League (FLL) Robotics Team at St. John Neumann School had an opportunity to spend an afternoon with Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Department of Civil Engineering (CE). More information...

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CE Graduate Student Jace McGuire awarded SEI-St. Louis Chapter Scholarship

19 September 2019, 12:00 AM

We wish to congratulate Jace McGuire, Civil Engineering Structural Master's student, who has been awarded the SEI-St. Louis Chapter Scholarship. The St. Louis Chapter of SEI provides this competitive scholarship to a graduate student who is pursuing a Master’s degree in Structural or Civil Engineering with a structural emphasis...

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SIUE Ranked 1st in the US in Community and Public Service

6 September 2019, 12:00 AM

The 2019 National University Rankings in Washington Monthly’s Top National Universities ranked SIUE first in the nation in community and public service. This ranking evaluated 395 universities in the United States that award doctoral degrees and includes prestigious institutions such as Harvard, MIT, and Princeton. ...

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SIUE Alumna Receives “Innovative Transportation Award”

19 August 2019, 12:00 AM

Jerilyn Hassard (BSCE 1997) received the “Innovative Transportation Award” for her work on a project designing replacement approach structures for the Martin Luther King bridge. Her design included five spans of composite steel plate girders, one being curved. As the project lead, she coordinated with several agencies and...

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Civil Engineering Researchers Measure Salt Concentration in Local Bodies of Water Study Impact on Ecosystem

22 May 2019, 12:00 AM

CE Professor Rohan Benjankar is working to understand the effects of salt in local waterways may have on the ecosystem. See the full article...

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SIUE ASCE Student Chapter Participates at 2019 SciFest Engineering Expo

5 March 2019, 12:00 AM

The SIUE American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Student Chapter participated in the 2019 Saint Louis Science Center SciFest Engineering Expo on Saturday, Feb. 23. Chapter members demonstrated a small shake table model with instrumentation and described to visitors fundamental structural engineering concepts that engineers need to consider when...

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Pourya Kargar Awarded the GeoConfluence Research Scholarship 2018 Award

14 November 2018, 12:00 AM

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville graduate assistant Pourya Kargar has been awarded the 2018 GeoConfluence Research Scholarship. The St. Louis Chapter of the Geo-Institute of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) uses this scholarship to provide support for outstanding practical research in the field of geotechnical/geoenvironmental...

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CE Department's Siavash Zamiran Receives ASCE 2018 Young Engineer Award

19 October 2018, 12:00 AM

The St. Louis Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) presented its annual Young Engineer Award for Professional Achievement to Siavash Zamiran, PhD, adjunct professor of civil engineering in the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of...

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SIUE Designated a Living Architecture Regional Center of Excellence

26 September 2018, 12:00 AM

Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (GRHC), and its charitable arm, the Green Infrastructure Foundation (GIF) have named Southern Illinois University Edwardsville as a Living Architecture Regional Center of Excellence (LARCE). SIUE is one of four higher education institutions in the nation to receive the honorable designation....

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SIUE Alumnus Ed Grady Supports School of Engineering with Major Contribution

29 August 2018, 12:00 AM

The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering’s (SOE) Student Design Center (SDC) will be filled with an entrepreneurial spirit as the center for engagement and creativity features the names of a distinguished alumnus, who has contributed a total of $1 million, and his two most inspiring educators. Civil engineering...

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CE Student wins multiple scholarships

6 July 2018, 12:00 AM

Civil Engineering undergraduate student Ryan Gueldener was recently awarded national and regional scholarships from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Gueldener is currently a senior in the Civil Engineering program and serves as the president of the ASCE student chapter. He currently works as a summer intern at Oates Associates, in...

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MiTek Donates Funds to support Timber Design Course

5 July 2018, 12:00 AM

MiTek Industries has made a generous donation of $10,000 to support the offering of Timber Design to SIUE students during the 2018-19 academic year. Mitek manufactures steel connectors for residential wooden trusses and creates software, aiding engineers in such designs. Many CE alumni are employed in their Chesterfield, MO,...

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SIUE Alumnus Named Rural County Engineer of the Year

5 July 2018, 12:00 AM

Please see the full story...

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Vickie LaRose’s naming as Most Influential Business Women

27 June 2018, 11:00 AM

Congratulations to Vicki LaRose for being named in the 2018 class of the Business Journal's Most Influential Business...

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Vickie Larose Named Most Influential Business Women

27 June 2018, 12:00 AM

Congratulations to Vicki LaRose for being named in the 2018 class of the Business Journal's Most Influential Business...

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New Chi Epsilon Inductees for 2018

24 April 2018, 12:00 AM

Please congratulate our new XE inductees: Jared L. Frye, Logan M. Hawker, Devin L. Isselhard, Alex P. Nail, Cade G. Puzey, Clint T. Reilson, Dana N. Sigman, Michael J. Thoele, Jared J. Williams, Ryne S. Wirtjes, and Justin T. Zanger Also pictured are the incoming officers (left to right): Logan Hawker, Marshal Alex Nail, Treasurer Michael...

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