Civil,
Structural, and Environmental Engineering
Civil, structural, and environmental engineering
includes a diverse array of disciplines, including computational engineering mechanics, construction engineering and management, environmental and hydrosystems engineering, geomechanics and geotechnical engineering, and structural and earthquake engineering.
Areas of Faculty Interest and Research Concentration
Computational Engineering Mechanics
- Application of finite element-based large-increment method
- Micromechanical modeling
- Computational damage mechanics of solids and microelectronics packaging
- Aerodynamic and aseismic design
Construction/Structural Engineering and Management/Earthquake Engineering
- Effective slab width and 3-D computer modeling for steel bridge construction
- CADD-based expert system for blowing snow control
- Seismic retrofit and behavior of structures
- Earthquake simulation tools for implementation in integrated methodologies
Hydrosystems/Environmental Engineering
- Modeling capabilities, support, and transport modeling
- Real-time monitoring of land, lakes, and atmosphere from space-borne observations
- Analysis of natural and synthetic estrogens in wastewater, membrane filtration
- Modeling of permeable reactive barrier technology
Geomechanics, Geotechnical, and Geoenvironmental Engineering
- Liquefaction screening and remediation in silty soils
On-Site Laboratories
The Department of Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering has numerous facilities available for research and graduate study, including:
- Electronics Packaging Laboratory
- Environmental Engineering and Environmental Fluid Mechanics Laboratories
- Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Laboratories
- Groundwater Research Group
- Nonlinear Dynamics and Structural Control Research Group
- Structural Engineering and Earthquake Simulation
- UB National Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) Node
The department also houses three organized research centers:
- Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER)
- Center for Integrated Waste Management (CIWM)
- Great Lakes Program (GLP)
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