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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Welcome

Website updated: July 8, 2008

Welcome to the Civil and Environmental Engineering website!

CEE Events

 

Gulf Coast Severe Storm and Hurricane Preparedness Workshop

June 23, 2008

 

 

Arches2The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) was created in July of 2001 when the Civil Engineering and the Environmental Science and Engineering departments merged. The goal of CEE is to build on the strengths of the two existing departments to create innovative programs in education and research designed to address questions of our society's growth and sustainability in a world of technological change. (See Photo Gallery)



Class excursion - placing a monitor well using the GeoprobeImportant Sites:

CBEN

SSPEED Center

CASA Engineering Research Center- Houston Testbed for Flooding

China Nankai University Partnership for Sustainable Development

Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate Student Association Website

Mech Lab - trees

ASCE Homepage

Flood Alert System

Rice Engineering Alumni

Rice Global Forum





EWB picRice Engineers Without Borders:

Rice-EWB Overview

Rice-EWB Photo Gallery

News Updates

Dr. Qilin Li received Excellence in Review Award from the journal Environmental Science and Technology

Alison Harris was awarded the Water Environmental Association of Texas (WEAT) Scholarship. Congratulations, Alison!

Thirteen Faculty Initiatives Fund proposals awarded grants

Congratulations to Katherine Zodrow! Her paper "Incorporation of silver nanoparticles into polysulfone microfiltration membranes for reduction of biofouling" won Best Poster Award at the IWA leading Edge Technologies conference

Dr. Pedro Alvarez receives Leopold Leadership Fellowship

Kirti Datla an All-American

Dr. Leonardo Dueñas-Osorio receives CAREER Award from NSF

Dr. Ahmad J. Durrani has been elected as Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engieners (FASCE).

Dr. Phil Bedient received funding from the Houston Endowment to develop a smart-sensor watershed system

Dr. Daniel Cohan and associates awarded a Science to Achieve Results grant from the EPA

Dr. Pedro Alvarez awarded a grant from Shell Center for Sustainability

Hot Jobs for the next Decade

Seminars for 2007-2008

CEE Outreach News

B.S. Program Objectives & Outcomes