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The program
Civil engineering is concerned with the conception, design, construction,
and operation of engineering works that benefit society.
Michigan Tech offers excellent civil engineering research opportunities
that emphasize a blend of theory, practice, and creativity.
Michigan
Tech's civil engineering program is ranked nationwide in the top ten in
the number of degrees awarded.
Degrees
- MS in
Civil Engineering
- Master
of Engineering
- The Master's
International Program combines graduate studies with training and service
in the U.S. Peace Corps.
- PhD in
Civil Engineering
 Research
excellence
Departmental research funding exceeds $4.5 million per year. Current research
focuses on five areas of study (separate MS and PhD degrees are available
for Environmental Engineering).
- Construction
engineering and management: planning, scheduling, construction
productivity, environmental construction practices, international environmental
policy, impact of social issues on strategic planning.
- Geotechnical
engineering: Applied geomechanics, mechanics of seismic
signals, foundation engineering, geophysical methods applied to transportation
problems.
- Structural
engineering: concrete, steel, and timber design, structural
reliability, methods of structural analysis, earthquake engineering,
finite elements, materials testing, reinforced concrete design, and
pre-stressed concrete.
- Transportation
engineering: durability of concrete and asphalt materials,
highway planning and safety, pavement maintenance and rehabilitation,
airport planning, high-performance concrete,pavement deterioration,
people movers.
- Water
resources engineering: Hydrology, hydraulics, sediment
transport, water resources systems analysis, watershed restoration,
remote sensing.
Additional
opportunity
Interdisciplinary research is routine and can involve research/outreach
centers like the Remote Sensing Institute and the Local Technical Assistance
Program (LTAP). LTAP serves as the Technology Transfer effort of the Federal
Highway Administration’s Office of Professional Development.
Financial assistance
Research assistantships, teaching assistantships, and fellowships are
available to qualified applicants.
Stature
The Civil and Environmental Engineering Department includes more than
50 faculty and professional staff, close to 500 undergraduate students,
and more than 80 full-time graduate students (40 percent of whom are in
doctoral programs).
The department
is housed in the new $44-million Dow Environmental Science and Engineering
Building and the newly renovated Dillman Hall.
World-class
petrography capabilities are available for characterization of concrete
microstructure and other civil engineering materials.
Students
have more than 25 state-of-the-art laboratories for their academic and
research pursuits. The Department houses the $3.8-million Thompson Scholars
Pavement Enterprise and virtually unparalleled facilities for asphalt
binder and mixture characterization.
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