Department of Civil Engineering

A participant at Auburn University - Stormwater Research Facility’s Stormwater Week sprays chemicals during a demonstration.

Stormwater Week hosts more than 275 industry professionals

Dustin Duncan | 05/22/25

The Auburn University - Stormwater Research Facility hosted more than 275 stormwater professionals earlier this month during Stormwater Week, offering training, demonstrations and the latest research in stormwater management.

Highway Research Center graduate student receives fellowship from American Concrete Institute

Dustin Duncan | 05/13/25

Stanton Freeman, a graduate student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been awarded a 2025-26 fellowship from the American Concrete Institute (ACI).

The Department of Biosystems Engineering and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering were selected for the Provost’s Excellence in Assessment Award after a rigorous peer-review process.

BSEN, CEE programs recognized for excellence in student learning assessment

Jeremy D Henderson | 05/08/25

The Department of Biosystems Engineering and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering were among only three academic programs honored with Auburn University's annual Provost’s Excellence in Assessment Award for their outstanding commitment to continuous improvement and excellence in student learning assessment.

Research Directors from more than 10 state departments of transportation agencies throughout the southeastern U.S. attended the peer exchange.

ALDOT, AUTRI hosts peer exchange with Southeast region state DOT research leaders

Dustin Duncan | 05/02/25

The Alabama Department of Transportation and the Auburn University Transportation Research Institute (AUTRI) recently hosted state DOT research leaders from across the Southeast during the three-day Southeast Transportation Consortium (STC) Peer Exchange.

#GINNing Podcast: CEE senior to serve as Auburn Engineering graduation marshal

Jeremy D Henderson | 05/02/25

Carolina Triboni, a senior in Auburn University’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, will lead the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering’s class of 2025 as its graduation marshal during spring commencement on Sunday, May 11.

Each council class is active for five years.

Auburn Alumni Engineering Council inducts Class of 2030

Austin Phillips | 04/30/25

The Auburn Alumni Engineering Council inducted seven new members during its annual spring meeting in April in the Brown-Kopel Center.

Auburn basketball teammates Dylan Cardwell (left) and Joah Shay (right) recreate an iconic photo of former NBA stars Manute Bol and Spudd Webb.

#GINNing Podcast: Joah's Arc

Jeremy D Henderson | 04/25/25

Noah's Ark? How about Joah's arc? Because if you feed freshman civil engineering and Final Four'ing Auburn basketballer Joah Shay the rock behind that 3-point line, he's going to straight up make it rain.

A young man uses a drill on stacked wood

Cool tool expands mass timber research capabilities

04/21/25

With the addition of a CLT press, the interdisciplinary faculty of the Auburn Mass Timber Collaborative can manufacture and test mass timber products without leaving campus.

#GINNing Podcast: The Juggler

Jeremy D Henderson | 04/11/25

She'll be honest — growing up in Denver, Shelby Balding had never heard of Auburn. Now, the civil engineering junior and cross-country crusader can't stop talking about it.

Graduate Engineering Research Showcase winner Tori Phillips, left, with Maria Auad, the college's associate dean for graduate studies and faculty development.

Chemical engineering student wins Graduate Engineering Research Showcase with study on hydraulic redistribution

Joe McAdory | 04/08/25

More than 150 students participated in the 12th Graduate Engineering Research Showcase, held April 3 in the Brown-Kopel Center.

Auburn Engineering’s graduate programs were ranked No. 6 overall in the Southeastern Conference and, once again, No. 1 in the state.

Auburn Engineering graduate programs earn high marks in recent U.S. News and World Report rankings

Joe McAdory | 04/08/25

U.S. News and World Report, which ranks graduate programs nationally each spring, designated Auburn Engineering No. 33 among public institutions when its annual list was released Tuesday, April 8.

Shiqiang (Nick) Zou, assistant professor in civil and environmental engineering (center), holds a reactor used in electrochemical reduction, a process that uses electrical energy to break down per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) while keeping granular activated carbon intact for potential reuse. Graduate assistant Jason Zhao (right) and postdoctoral fellow David Ricardo Martinez Vargas (left) are working with Zou on the project.

Civil and Environmental Engineering assistant professor receives grant to remove hazardous chemicals using electricity

Dustin Duncan | 04/07/25

Shiqiang (Nick) Zou, assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, earns $250K grant to test electricity-based method for breaking down toxic PFAS chemicals in water more safely, cheaply and sustainably.

Ten representatives from Auburn’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) — including students, faculty and researchers — attended this year’s International Erosion Control Association (IECA) annual conference, walking away with four awards.

Auburn civil and environmental engineering students sweep the International Erosion Control Association Conference

Olivia Ballard | 04/01/25

Ten representatives from Auburn’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) — including students, faculty and researchers — attended this year’s International Erosion Control Association (IECA) annual conference, walking away with four awards.

Auburn researchers are part of an $887,985 study to address engineering challenges associated with energy efficiency of zero emission bus materials.

Researchers part of $887K FTA project to optimize efficiency on zero emission bus materials

Joe McAdory | 03/21/25

Auburn Engineering researchers on the project are Bryan Beckingham (principal investigator) and co-PIs Cassandra Porter, Michael Howard, Lauren Beckingham, Mark Hoffman and Christian Brodbeck.

Civil and environmental engineering assistant professor aims to predict how sea ice reacts to stress and strain

Dustin Duncan | 02/20/25

Ali Khosravi, an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is studying how sea ice moves and reacts to stress, especially during interactions with structures and vessels.

New Engineering Global Programs opportunity takes students to New Zealand

Dustin Duncan | 02/17/25

A new study abroad program through Engineering Global Programs will take Auburn Engineering students to the South Pacific, immersing them in the environmental landscapes of New Zealand.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey address attendees at the 68th annual Alabama Transportation Conference on Feb. 11-12 at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex hosted by the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering.

Auburn hosts 68th annual Alabama Transportation Conference

Dustin Duncan | 02/14/25

The Auburn University Samuel Ginn College of Engineering hosted the 68th annual Alabama Transportation Conference on Feb. 11-12 at the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex.

Engineering Without Borders students on location in Westpoint, Tennessee, include (from left), Eli Williams, Virginia Keith, Morgan Bell (resident engineer in charge), Emma Tolbert, Sam Mariano, Joel Young, Park White and Gerald John, advisor and civil and environmental engineering research associate.

Auburn Engineering students solving water issues domestically and abroad

Joe McAdory | 02/06/25

Auburn's Engineering Without Borders chapter helping residents in rural Tennessee, Guatemala and Bolivia.

Laurence Rilett, AUTRI director and Ginn Distinguished Professor, presided over the governor’s luncheon at the 67th annual Alabama Transportation Conference in Birmingham.

Auburn prepares to host 68th Annual Alabama Transportation Conference

Dustin Duncan | 01/31/25

Auburn University Transportation Research Institute (AUTRI) is once again shaping Alabama’s transportation future by hosting the 68th Annual Alabama Transportation Conference (ATC).

The newly established Auburn chapter of the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association gathers for a photo during the 104th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting in January in Washington, D.C.

The American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association introduces Auburn student chapter

Olivia Ballard | 01/29/25

The American Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way Association (AREMA) student chapter at Auburn University becomes the first AREMA student chapter in Alabama and the 26th nationwide.

Two AUTRI graduate research assistants, Corey McDaniels (right) and Christopher Gerber (left), received the 2024 Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship from the Federal Highway Administration. The pair represented AUTRI during a recognition session at the TRB meeting.

Auburn researchers shine at national transportation conference

Dustin Duncan | 01/29/25

AUTRI faculty, staff and students participated in 19 lectern sessions, 21 poster sessions and several workshops at the 104th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, held Jan. 5-9 in Washington, D.C.

Jonathan Pettus has been named executive director of the Auburn University Applied Research Institute. [Credit: UAH]

Pettus named executive director of Auburn University Applied Research Institute in Huntsville

Jeremy D Henderson | 01/28/25

Auburn University’s Office of the Senior Vice President for Research and Economic Development has hired Jonathan Pettus as executive director of the Auburn University Applied Research Institute (AUARI) in Huntsville, effective February 1.

#GINNing Podcast: The Right Material

Jeremy D Henderson | 01/24/25

From the woods of Columbiana to the Costa da Caparica, junior Anna Carter is living the dream, Birdsonging her away around this great material world of ours one extra engineering mile at a time.

The new rankings mark five consecutive years in the Top 20 and nine consecutive years in the Top 25.

Auburn Engineering ranks No. 20 in U.S. News online graduate program rankings, online computer science program moves up 10 spots

Karen Hunley | 01/21/25

The new rankings mark five consecutive years in the Top 20 and nine consecutive years in the Top 25.