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Utah’s only Nuclear Engineering Program
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Research Shaping Utah's Asphalt Industry
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Civil & Environmental Engineering
The Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering (CvEEN) houses degrees in Civil, Nuclear, and Construction Engineering, with over eight distinctive research areas.
Our graduates go on to create all aspects of smart cities and communities, from daily water needs, transportation, protecting our future environmentally, creating sustainable infrastructures, building resilient structures, and improving life as we know it.
93% of our Graduates Have Job Offers Upon Graduation
We produce successful engineers.
With unique opportunities for hands-on research and mentorship in a variety of majors, our students have the ability to personalize their engineering education. We offer several degree programs as well as research opportunities with faculty in state-of-the-art labs and experiences in the field.
Recent News from our Department
Fighting Forever Chemicals: Dr. Ramesh Goel Leads $1.6M EPA Research on PFAS
As PFAS contamination through land applied biosolids and their plant uptake continues to escalate risks to both environmental and public health, Dr. Ramesh Goel‘s groundbreaking research will be tackling this critical issue head-on, supported by a nearly $1.6 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
This project — one of ten grants awarded nationwide to address the PFAS crisis in agricultural, rural, and tribal communities — underscores the University of Utah’s dedication to tackling critical challenges that affect the region.
One of 12 U.S. Department of Transportation Grants Secured
Drs. Nikola Markovich and Abbas Rashidi secured one of 12 SBIR U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) $200K contracts. The USDOT initiative, Complete Streets AI Initiative, aims to leverage advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) to improve transportation. Drs. Markovich and Rashidi will team up with local Utah engineering firm WCEC, Inc. to conduct the work.
Titled “Complete Street Data Collection and Assessment using Machine Vision,” the $200k initiative will focus on using computer vision and AI to extract infrastructure information.
Dr. Hong's Research, Recently Featured in @theU, is at the Forefront of New Nanobubble Technology
Dr. Hong and his team at the University of Utah are pioneering a novel, energy-efficient process for creating nanobubbles. This process, developed in the Meldrum Civil Engineering building, has numerous promising applications.
In collaboration with Dr. Lewis and Dr. Fleming of the University of Utah Health Sciences and fellow Environmental Engineering professor Dr. Jennifer Weidhaas, Dr. Hong has a patent pending for this new and innovative energy-efficient process.
Innovative Alzheimer’s Treatment Developed at the U Featured in Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Dr. Aidan Bender, a UNEP PhD graduate, spearheaded pioneering research on Alzheimer’s disease. His remarkable work is being published in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine, the premier journal in the field.
The research received funding from the University of Utah’s 1U4U initiative, which aims to bring together research and projects from health sciences and the U’s main campus to increase their societal impact. 1U4U’s support of this project underscores the value of Dr. Bender’s contributions.