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Undergrads Engineer the Future of Research in the CEE Department
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Environmental Engineer Boosts Oil Production Efficiency with DOE Grant
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Professor Focuses on Improving Quality of Bridges
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Civil Engineering Online Master's Program
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Named Best Engineering School of 2017 by U.S. News & World Report
Welcome to the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Houston. We are located in Houston, Texas; a city with one of the highest concentrations of civil and environmental engineering companies in the country. Our educational programs offer unique opportunities for a successful career start. The Department has approximately 234 undergraduates and 182 graduate students pursuing BSCE, MS, MCE and PhD degrees in civil and environmental engineering.
Latest News
 Over the course of his extensive career, UH civil engineering alumnus Gary Goodheart has traveled near and far to tackle tough infrastructure questions and challenges around the globe. |
Q&A with Gary Goodheart, UH Engineering Alumnus and Civil Engineer of the Year in the State of Illinois |
 It actually does take a rocket scientist to be a rocket scientist. Case in point: Professor of physics and electrical engineering at the UH Cullen College of Engineering Edgar Bering, whose business card really does say he’s a rocket scientist – and for good reason. He’s been working with NASA on sending things airborne for decades. |
A BARREL of Fun and Science for Cullen College Students Launching Payloads |
 Singapore’s Changi Airport, voted the world’s best airport for the fourth consecutive year, already offers travelers a wide array of top-notch amenities, including a rooftop pool, 24-hour cinema, butterfly garden and multiple spas. But in 2018, the airport will unveil its newest attraction – the world’s tallest indoor waterfall called the Rain Vortex. |
Cullen College Professors Discusses World’s Largest Indoor Waterfall with WIRED Magazine |
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Faculty Accolades
 As the United States struggles to pay for expanding and maintaining the nation’s transportation infrastructure, a University of Houston research team is proposing changes to the design for bridge construction that could dramatically lower maintenance costs while improving the quality of the bridges. |
UH Engineer Focuses on Improving Quality of Bridges |
 Roberto Ballarini, Thomas and Laura Hsu Professor and Chairman of the department of civil and environmental engineering at the Cullen College, was invited to deliver a lecture at the Technical University of Vienna this month on strategies for cultivating a multidisciplinary environment in education and research. |
Civil and Environmental Engineering Chairman Delivers Lecture at Technical University of Vienna |
Student Success
 At the University of Houston, graduate students aren’t the only ones diving into research this summer. |
Undergrads Engineer the Future of Research at the Cullen College |
 A civil and environmental engineering student from the UH Cullen College of Engineering was recently awarded the Robert J. Melosh Medal for his doctoral dissertation in the area of finite element methods and computational mechanics. |
Doctoral Student Earns Robert J. Melosh Medal for Computational Mechanics Research |
