Pictured above: Dr. Chris Pantelides Presents to the Structural Engineers Association of Utah (SEAU) in Layton Auditorium. Civil and Environmental Engineering (CvEEN) professor Dr. Chris Pantelides was recently invited by the Structural Engineers Association of Utah (SEAU) to present his cutting-edge research on mass timber buildings. The presentation, titled “Mass Timber Frame with Buckling Restrained […]

Pictured above, left to right:  Ph.D. student Fengze Yang and CvEEN Faculty Members Dr. Dylan Liu, Dr. Chris Pantelides, Dr. Cathy Liu, and Dr. Peter Zhu, and former CvEEN faculty Dr. Terry Yang. From January 5–9, 2025, several faculty members and PhD students from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CvEEN) attended the Transportation […]

From Fracture Mechanics to Traffic Flow: CvEEN Undergraduates Push Boundaries in Engineering Research Pictured above: Dr. Shahrzad Roshankhah with two students in her lab. Each semester, the University of Utah’s Office of Undergraduate Research hosts the Undergraduate Research Symposium, a platform where students from across disciplines showcase their innovative projects. This event allows students to […]

How a U Alum Became a Pro Athlete, Engineer, and Entrepreneur As a student-athlete at the University of Utah, Grayson Murphy excelled on the track and in the classroom. Now, as a professional athlete and emerging engineer, she’s taking her U experience to extraordinary heights—literally. As a professional mountain runner, she’s a two-time World Champion […]

How Granular Soil Insights Lead to a Lower Carbon Footprint What if the key to stronger, more sustainable infrastructure lies not just in traditional construction methods, but in understanding the movement of individual soil particles? Dr. Tong Qiu, Professor and Department Chair of Civil & Environmental Engineering, is exploring this idea through his innovative research […]

Harnessing ambient seismic noise for advanced seismic hazard analysis Accurately predicting variations in ground motion characteristics is essential for reliable seismic hazard analysis and the design of resilient infrastructure. Traditional site response assessments rely on earthquake recordings or controlled field experiments, but these approaches are constrained by the infrequency of seismic events and the limited […]

Civil and Environmental Engineering faculty expands research into commercial-scale carbon storage across Utah to tackle climate change and revitalize local economies Pictured above: The Utah Iron mine looking over one of the future CarbonSAFE sites. What if Utah could lead the charge in addressing climate change by capturing millions of tons of carbon emissions? What […]

Blending Visionary Research with Student Success in Structural Engineering Dr. Chris Pantelides has served as a structural engineering professor at the University of Utah for 33 years. In that time, he has built a state-of-the-art structural engineering lab in the Layton Engineering Building, received numerous honors and distinctions from leading engineering societies, and graduated 20 […]

Geothermal energy offers a sustainable way to power homes and industries by harnessing the Earth’s heat. However, extracting this energy from deep, hot dry rock layers presents unique challenges, such as maintaining permeable channels—or fractures—within high-temperature, high-pressure, high-stress environments. The fractures in geothermal reservoirs allow fluids to flow through the reservoir and carry the heat […]

Civil & Environmental Engineering Professors to Support $3M U.S. Department of Transportation Grant Dr. Nikola Markovich and Dr. Abbas Rashidi, professors in the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department (CvEEN) at the University of Utah, are part of a consortium awarded a $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). Their portion of the […]