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Professor David A. Lange testified before a congressional subcommittee on the potential of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer building materials for strengthening infrastructure development in the U.S.

CEE Assistant Professor Rafael O. Tinoco has been awarded a CAREER award to study and quantify the effects of aquatic ecosystems in gas transfer processes in natural waters, from the water-sediment interface to the water surface.

Professor David Lange was elected President of the American Concrete Institute at its 2018 Spring Convention in Salt Lake City.

CEE Assistant Professor Hadi Meidani has been awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER award to develop faster, more accurate methods for modeling smart infrastructure systems.

Illinois civil and environmental engineering professor Wen-Tso Liu leads a team of researchers who are studying how microbial communities assemble within indoor plumbing systems.

Assistant professors Jeremy Guest and Ashlynn Stillwell have received College of Engineering Faculty Awards for 2018.

Rubber duckies have long been the quintessential bathtime toy, but a recent study has shown that they harbor harmful bacteria and fungi, revealing the dark side of these flexible plastic bath toys.

Professor Bill Spencer has been awarded ASCE's Nathan M. Newmark Medal for 2018.

Golparvar-Fard receives the 2018 Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize from the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Professor Timothy Stark received a CEE-funded Rapid Response Grant to survey the Rattlesnake Ridge Landslide near Yakima, Wash., with an ASCE Geo-Institute research team.

Original musical work, "Gathering," composed for the sesquicentennial celebration of the University of Illinois and featuring the words of three distinguished Illinois alumni, including CEE at Illinois alumnus and pioneering structural engineer Fazlur Khan.

The Master of Science in Environmental Engineering is now available as part of the CEE Online program.

First-of-its-kind database will help researchers understand water consumption in urban areas and the energy needed to collect and treat wastewater.

New research shows that international trade can lead to more efficient use of water resources in agriculture.

Christopher Barkan awarded the Charles H. Hochman Lifetime Achievement Award by the Transportation Research Board’s Committee on the Transport of Hazardous Materials.

Center for Applied Collaboration on Human Environments awarded funding to explore the complex chemistry that happens in wood in the moments just before it bursts into flames.

Professor Emeritus Michael Darter is recognized for his innovation, leadership, advancement of technology, teaching and mentoring in the field of civil engineering

On Dec. 15, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth visited a CEE at Illinois railroad engineering research laboratory, accompanied by Chancellor Robert Jones.