We welcome two new faculty members: Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos and Dimitrios Zekkos.
Their state date is January 1, 2020. Both have established CEE web pages so that CEE faculty and students can contact them.
Professor Jack Moehle is quoted in the San Francisco Chronicle article "Towers in earthquake county--designers say new ones are safe to their core. (10.15.19).
Jack Moehle helped craft the guidelines for what is known as performance-based seismic design.
The Rice University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering invites applications for a tenure track assistant professor position in the broad area of Resilient Urban Systems.
A project on monitoring the health of aging railway infrastructure was awarded the New Civil Engineer TechFest Rail Visionary award in London, UK. The award recognizes organizations developing pioneering ideas and designs to effect major changes in the global rail sector.
CEE Professor-In-Residence Susan Shaheen has been named Vice Chair of the Transportation Research Board's (TRB) Executive Committee. She will assume the post at the annual TRB meeting in January 2020.
The National Science Foundation recently announced the funding of two projects that address climate change in the area of ground engineering, to be led by Professor Kenichi Soga.
The College of Engineering (COE) at the University of New Orleans (UNO) invites applications for the Edward G. Schlieder Urban Waste Management and Research Chair in Engineering position at the rank of Associate or Full Professor to begin in August 2020.
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at West Virginia University (WVU) invites applications for an Endowed Chair in Asphalt Technology. We are seeking a dynamic individual who will serve as a role model in both the quality and quantity of their teaching, research and service contributions. A sustained record of accomplishments, supported by well-defined national reputation and recognition is required. We welcome applications from tenured faculty currently at the rank of Professor and we will also consider applications from well-respected, high achieving tenured faculty members who currently hold the rank of Associate Professor.
