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What starts at the University of Texas at Austin changes the world, and Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering is an important part of that process! Below you will find some of the news about people in our department, and at left you will find links to such things as our Calendar of Events.

 

• Chandra Bhat Receives Humboldt Research Award
  Recognized for accomplishments in research and teaching.
  
• Fernanda Leite Featured in Engineering News-Record
  Magazine highlights her career and influence on industry.
  
• NAE Inductees from CAEE Department Honored
  President Powers recognizes inductees into national academies.
  
• Department Awards Presented at Spring 2013 Banquet
  Students, faculty, and staff receive awards at annual banquet.
  
• Kolodzey Travel Grant Awards Announced
  Spring 2013 travel grants awarded to doctoral students.
  
• Wassim Ghannoum Appointed Chair of Committee 369
  Assistant professor accepts chair position of Committee 369, Seismic Repair and Rehabilitation.
• 2013 Lymon C. Reese Distinguished Lecture
  Two-day event honors influential professor.
• Fernanda Leite Receives Early Career Researcher CETI Award
  Assistant professor honored for significant advancements in engineering and technology.
• Ph.D. Student Receives Distinguished Fellowship
  Amanda van Epps selected as Robert Bosch Foundation Fellow.
• Department Chair and Two Alumni Elected to NAE
  National Academy of Engineering announces 2013 members.
• Steve Wright Receives 2013 H. Bolton Seed Medal
  ASCE recognizes his contributions to teaching, research and practice in geotechnical engineering.
• Molly Gully Receives Academic Advising Award
  Recognized by Texas Exes for outstanding advising.
• Steve Boyles and Chadi El Mohtar Receive CAREER Awards
  NSF funding recognizes promising young faculty.
• CAEE recognizes Outstanding Young Alumnus 2012
  Mark C. Waggoner (MSCE 1999) is recognized for leadership in engineering community.
• David Maidment Receives 2012 Ray K. Linsley Award
  Honored by American Institute of Hydrology.
• Lance Manuel Receives Texas Blazers Outstanding Faculty Award
  Honored by UT Austin leadership organization.
• Joseph Malina, Jr. Retires
  Professor and former department chair retires after 51 years.
• B. Frank McCullough 1934 - 2012
  Professor Emeritus passes away in Austin, Texas.
• Randy Machemehl Receives CUTC Award
  Professor honored for outstanding contributions to transportation education and research.
• Daene McKinney Elected to Board of Governors
  Professor elected to board of the World Water Council in Marseilles, France.
• Lance Manuel Elected Fellow in ASME
  Manuel elected as a Fellow in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
• Walton to Receive Frank Turner Medal
  Transportation professor to be honored at TRB meeting.
  
• Kolodzey Travel Grant Awards Announced
  Fall 2012 travel grants awarded to doctoral students.
  
• Professor Receives Lockheed Martin Award for 2012
  Bob Gilbert recognized for outstanding teaching of undergraduate and graduate students.
  
• Waller Creek Tunnel Project - Presentation & Tour
  Alumni of the department are invited to attend a presentation and tour. Register now for the November 3 tour.
  
• Professor Receives UT Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award for 2012
  Oguzhan Bayrak recognized for extraordinary classroom performance and innovation.
  
• CAEE Now Accepting Applications for Kolodzey Travel Grant
  Program open to doctoral students in CAEE to attend conferences in fall 2012 or spring 2013.
  
• Transportation Student to Author Eno Research Paper
  Daniel Fagnant named author of the second Annual William P. Eno Research Paper.
• Lawler Receives O'Melia Award from AEESP
  Professor Des Lawler recognized for excellence in teaching, advising, mentoring, and research.
• Former Doctoral Student Receives Honorable Mention
  Nazneen Ferdous awarded honorable mention for the 2011 Eric Pas Dissertation Prize.
• Brady Cox Receives a Presidential Early Career Award
  Highest honor bestowed by the U.S. Government on science and engineering professionals.
• Graduate Research Assistant Receives Best Paper Award
  Eric Giannini awarded best paper at Structural Faults and Repair 2012.
• Lance Manuel Receives Best Paper Award
  Manuel recognized at ASME-OMAE Conference in Brazil.
• Jinying Zhu Receives Fellowship Award
  Assistant professor receives 2012 ASNT Fellowship Award.
• Daene McKinney Receives Two Paper Awards
  Professor receives two awards from ASCE for journal articles.
• 2012 Academy of Distinguished Alumni Announced
  Outstanding CAEE graduates honored at fall banquet.
• Richard Tucker Recognized as ASCE Distinguished Member
  Professor Emeritus elected to elite grade by ASCE.
• Alumnus Receives Cockrell School Engineer of Distinction Honor
  Hernán de Solminihac recently named Distinguished Engineering Graduate.
  
• William O'Brien Recognized for Innovative Research Project
  O'Brien and Ph.D. student Fernando Mondragon receive CETI award.
  
• Hillary Hart Elected Chair-Elect of UT Faculty Council
  Senior Lecturer will play role in campus-wide undergraduate curriculum committee.
  
• Jorge Zornberg Awarded 2012 James R. Croes Medal
  Geotechnical engineering professor and John McCartney (Ph.D. 2007) honored for paper.
  
• Carlos Caldas Receives Best Paper Award for ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering
  CEPM professor and Jie Gong (Ph.D. 2009) honored for paper.
  
• Joe Malina Receives Edward J. Cleary Award
  EWRE professor honored by American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE).
  
• Doctoral Candidate Receives 2012-2013 AAUW Fellowship
  EWRE student recognized for research on health effects of reactive oxygen species.
  
• Department Awards Presented at Spring 2012 Banquet
  Students, faculty, and staff receive awards at annual Spring Banquet
  
• CAEE Students Awarded NSF Fellowships
  Six CAEE students receive National Science Foundation fellowships to proceed with groundbreaking research.
  
• Alumnus Receives Life Time Achievement Award
  W. Walter Chiang (MSEHE 1970) Honored at Texas Water 2012.
  
• Outstanding Staff and Service Awards Announced for 2012
  Staff members receive awards from the university, Cockrell school, and department
  
• Paola Passalacqua Receives Faculty Appreciation Week Award
  Assistant professor honored by Student Engineering Council
  
• Zhanmin Zhang Receives 2012 James Laurie Prize
  Associate Professor recognized by TDI/ASCE
  
• Alumnus Craig Benson Elected to National Academy of Engineering
  Graduate recognized for contributions to geosynthetics community.
• Joe Malina Selected as Engineer of the Year
  Travis Chapter of the TSPE honors professor.
  
• Kolodzey Travel Grant Awards Announced
  Fall 2011 and spring 2012 travel grants awarded to doctoral students.
  
• Doctoral student wins ACI-James Instruments Student Award
  Xiaowei Dai selected as winner of the 2012 ACI-James Award.
  
• Lawler named Distinguished Lecturer
  AEESP selects EWRE professor as the 2012-13 Distinguished Lecturer.
  
• Nominate Outstanding Alumni for Recognition
  Nominate a CAEE graduate for membership to our Academy of Distinguished Alumni or for the Outstanding Young Alumnus/Alumna Award.
  
• Ying Xu receives NSF CAREER award
  Promising young faculty member recognized with 5 years of funding for investigating the emission and transport of PBDEs.
• Measuring Energy Efficiency at Home
  Associate Professor talks about ways to make our homes more energy efficient.
  
• Transportation Student Named Most Outstanding Student
  Doctoral student Rajesh Paleti receives Robert Herman Award to the Most Outstanding Student.
  
• CAEE recognizes Outstanding Young Alumnus 2011
  Michael Brack (BSCE/BA 1994, MSCE 1996) is recognized for leadership in engineering community.
  
• Paper Co-Authored by Zhang Receives Award
  Transportation faculty member and students receive Best Paper award at the 8th ICMPA.
  
• Take On-Line Motor Vehicle Crash Survey
  Take the vehicle crash survey designed by graduate students in transportation engineering.
  
• Paper Co-Authored by Zornberg Receives Award
  Geotech faculty member and co-authors receive Best Paper award from Geosynthetics International.
  
• Making Bridges Safer From Terrorist Attacks
  Associate Professor Eric Williamson developed the first-ever national guidelines for building and retrofitting bridges so that they can better withstand a terrorist attack
  
• Former Engineering Dean Gloyna Awarded Emeritis Title by UT
  Earnest Gloyna (MSCE 1949) is one of only nine former deans from across the university granted this title
  
• EWRE Professors Test Flood-Prediction System
  Ben Hodges and David Maidment partner with IBM to predict flood risk several days in advance.
  
• Walton Lends Expertise to President's Council on Jobs & Competitiveness
  Professor among academic, business and government leaders invited to discuss how public and private sectors can create opportunity and jobs.
  
• Paper Co-Authored by Bayrak Receives PCI Award
  Bayrak and former students receive George D. Nasser Award
  
• CAEE Now Accepting Applications for Kolodzey Travel Grant
  Program open to doctoral students in CAEE to attend conferences in spring or summer 2012.
  
• Transportation Student Wins AAPT Scholarship
  Doctoral student Arash Motamed receives 2011 AAPT scholarship
  
• Doctoral Student Recognized for Poster
  Sarah Taylor Lange recognized for exceptional quality of poster
  
• Doctoral Student Receives Best Poster Award
  Katherine Gustashaw awarded best poster at Madrid conference
  
• Lessons Learned in Shiner, Texas
  EWRE Students conduct water quality analyses
  
• 2011 Academy of Distinguished Alumni Announced
  Nine alumni to be inducted this November
  
• Professor Receives UT Regents Outstanding Teaching Award for 2011
  Mike Engelhardt recognized for extraordinary classroom performance and innovation
  
• 2011 CII Distinguished Professor Awarded to Fernanda Leite
  Assistant professor honored by construction industry institute
  
• Indoor Air Quality Experts Meet in Austin
  Over 1,000 experts and students meet at conference hosted by UT
  
• Hart to Lead Technical Communication Organization
  Distinguished Senior Lecturer will serve as president of STC
  
• Maidment Receives Quentin Martin Best Practice-Oriented Paper Award
  Professor and co-authors receive best paper award from ASCE
  
• Frank and UT Alumni Recognized by AISC
  Emeritus professor and alumni recognized by AISC
  
• Reible Receives Malcolm Pirnie/AEESP Award
  EWRE professor selected for Frontier in Research Award
  
• Assistant Professor Recognized by Academy of Indoor Air Sciences
  Ying Xu will Receive the 2011 Yaglou Award
  
• Jack Breen Recognized as ASCE Distinguished Member
  Elected to elite grade by ASCE
  
• UT Concrete Canoe Team Places First Overall at Regional Competition
  Students will move on to national competition in June
  
• Department Awards Presented at Spring 2011 Banquet
  Students, faculty, and staff presented awards at annual Spring Banquet
  
• Gilbert and Najjar Receive Norman Medal
  Professor and alumnus recognized by ASCE
  
• Doctoral Student Named APT Scholar
  Anthony Bentivegna named APT Victoria 2011 Student Scholar
  
• Alumnus James Barnard Receives Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize 2011
  Alumnus recognized for environmentally-sustainable technology
  
• Stokoe Receives Prestigious Geotechnical Engineering Award
  Professor Stokoe selected as ASCE Karl Terzaghi Lecturer for 2011
  
• Alumnus Carl Adams Awarded E3 Grand Prize in Research for 2011
  Graduate Recognized for Patent-Pending VOC BioTreat Technology
  
• Outstanding Staff and Service Awards Announced for 2011
  Staff members receive awards from the university and department
  
• Bhasin receives NSF CAREER award
  Faculty member recognized with funding for investigating the molecular, physical and mechanical properties in asphalt materials.
  
• Maidment Receives Ven Te Chow Award
  Environmental professor receives ASCE/EWRI award
  
• Walton Receives Theodore M. Matson Memorial Award
  ITE honors transportation professor for contributions
  
• Maidment Named UIUC Distinguished Alumnus
  Environmental professor honored by alma mater
  
• UT Named ACI Excellent University
  Award recognizes student chapter participation in ACI-related activities.
• Transportation Engineering Students Honored for Exceptional Work
  Graduate students recognized for research
• CAEE Alumni Participate in Reclaimed Water Initiative
  Graduates help make local reclaimed water system a reality
• Indoor Air 2011 Conference will Showcase CAEE Program
  CAEE professor serves as conference president
• Civil Engineering Senior is "Scholar of the Week"
  Federico Aguayo recognized by Great Minds in STEM
• Folliard and Juenger Receive Wason Medal
  Two professors awarded ACI medal
• CAEE recognizes Outstanding Young Alumna 2010
  Andrea Schokker (Ph.D. 1999) is recognized for leadership in engineering community
• Klingner Receives Schoeller Award
  Structural Engineers Association of Texas honors professor for contributions
  
• CAEE Students on KXAN-TV News
  Students in Traffic Engineering class study gridlock on Austin's streets
  
• Bhat and Lawler Recognized for Outstanding Teaching
  UT Austin and UT System Board of Regents recognizes CAEE faculty
  
• CAEE to Induct 2010 Academy of Distinguished Alumni
  Ten alumni from the department will be inducted this October
  
• Structural Engineering Student Wins Best Paper
  Sezgin Kucukcoban receives recognition at EMI 2010 Conference
  
• Undergraduate Wins Student Writing Competition
  Anna Tachau selected as a winner of the 2010 AIPN Student Writing Competition
  
• Lawler Receives Water Quality Person of the Year Award
  Award presented by the American Membrane Technology Association.
  
• Caldas receives CII Outstanding Instructor Award
  Caldas will be recognized at the 2010 CII Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida
  
• Outstanding Staff and Service Awards Announced for 2010
  Staff members received awards from the university, college, and department
  
• Department Awards Presented at Spring Banquet
  Students, faculty, and staff presented awards at annual Spring Banquet
  
• Rear Admiral David J. Nash to Speak
  Admiral Nash will speak about "The Rebuilding of Iraq"
• Kockelman and Rathje Receive Huber Prize
  Two professors awarded 2010 Walter L. Huber Prize
• Zornberg Elected President of IGS
  Geotech faculty member elected president of International Geosynthetics Society
  
• Award Named for David R. Maidment
  AWRA honors David Maidment
  
• Lawler Receives WEAT Lifetime Achievement Award
  Award will be presented at Texas Water 2010 in April.
  
• EWRE MS Student Receives AWWA Scholarship
  Amy Gao awarded Holly A. Cornell Scholarship
• Transportation Graduate Named Chile's Minister of Public Works
  Hernan de Solminihac Tampier (MSCE, PhD) sworn in as Chile's Minister of Public Works
  
• EWRE Grad Students Receive Grants
  Amy Gao and Carolina Mendez received research grants from TWRI
• Helwig Receives AISC Award
  Todd Helwig received the 2010 Special Achievement Award from the American Institute of Steel Construction
• John Connolly Elected to NAE
  UT alumnus John P. Connolly was elected to the National Academy of Engineering
  
• Rathje and Stokoe Receive Hogentogler Award
  Geotechnical professors awarded 2010 ASTM Hogentogler Award
• Bhat Receives Most Outstanding Faculty Award
  Chandra Bhat was presented the award during the SEC Faculty Appreciation event
  
• Helwig and Yura Receive Moisseiff Award
  Structural engineers awarded 2010 ASCE Moisseiff Award
• Kenneth Stokoe Receives H. Bolton Seed Medal
  Geotechnical engineering professor awarded 2010 H. Bolton Seed Medal
• Kara Kockelman Honored by Transportation Research Board
  Transportation engineering professor receives 2009 Young Researcher Award
• CAEE Professors Take Expertise to Haiti
  Geotechnical and structural engineering faculty head to Haiti for research and assessment of damage
• Professor Emeritus Clyde Lee Receives Pioneer Award
  Lee honored by Transportation Research Board Joint Subcommittee on Traffic Simulation
  
• Professor Selected as ARTBA Award Recipient
  Chandra Bhat will receive the S.S. Steinberg Award in January
  
• Former Grad Student Receives National Recognition for Thesis
  Bharath Rajagopalan (MSCE '08) recognized by Council of University Transportation Centers
  
• New Travel Grant Program to Assist Doctoral Students
  Program Created in Honor of Alumnus Charles Kolodzey (MSCE '46)
  
• Fenves Receives ASCE Medal
  Dean, and structural engineering professor, awarded J. James R. Croes Medal by ASCE
  
• Mike Walton Receives TxDOT Road Hand Award
  CAEE Professor honored for improvements to Texas transportation
  
• Bayrak Elected Fellow of ACI
  Award will be presented at the ACI annual spring convention
  
• Corsi Named Professor of the Month
  UT Faculty Affairs Committee selects environmental professor for monthly award
  
• Juenger Receives ACI Young Member Award
  Award will be presented at the ACI annual spring convention
  
• Wood Named 2010 EERI Distinguished Lecturer
  Structures professor and department chair will present lecture at the EERI annual meeting in February 2010 in San Francisco
  
• McKinney Receives ASCE Torrens Award
  Water Resources Professor Awarded for Outstanding Journal Editing Contributions
  
• Alumni Survey
  Provide valuable input on your educational experience at CAEE!
  
• Honoring Lymon C. Reese
  In remembrance of a lifelong teacher and friend
  
• Rathje is co-principal investigator of NEES project
  Geotech professor heads the UT research site for the Purdue-led NEEScomm Center.
  
• Caldas receives CII Researcher of the Year Award
  Award recognizes an author of completed CII research that significantly contributed to the improvement of the construction industry
  
• Ford receives Lifetime Achievement Award
  Award honors an individual who has made significant contributions to the improvement of water quality.
  
• Lawler named Fair Distinguished Engineering Educator
  Award recognizes accomplishments in the education and development of future engineers.
  
• Klingner shares expertise on CNN
  Professor discusses his testing of autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC), a masonry material which can withstand a 2,000 degree fire for four hours.
  
• CAEE Students Awarded NSF Fellowships
  Two CAEE students receive National Science Foundation fellowships to proceed with groundbreaking research.
  
• Take On-Line Vehicle Choice Survey
  Take the vehicle choice survey designed by graduate students in transportation engineering.
  
• Williamson receives ASCE research prize
  Prize honors younger professor's design work to make buildings blast-resistant and to prevent progressive collapse.
  
• Kirisits receives NSF CAREER award
  Promising young faculty member recognized with 5 years of funding for investigating the unintentional role of nanomaterials in microbial communities.
• Yura honored with rare AISC award
  Pre-eminent contributions in education and research made an indelible mark on the structural engineering profession.
• Breen receives T.Y. Lin Award
  Award established to encourage the preparation of meaningful papers in the designated field of endeavor.

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