The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering focuses on interactions between human activities and the natural environment. Its mission is to use science, engineering, and policy to improve quality of life. This includes intelligent use of natural resources such as the raw materials, energy, and ecosystems needed to sustain modern society. It also includes the design of functional and environmentally compatible facilities and infrastructure. Within this broad context, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is especially concerned with:
An education in civil and environmental engineering provides an excellent foundation for careers in fields as diverse as engineering design, education, law, medicine, and public health, as well as for graduate study in engineering and science. Our graduates teach and carry out research in universities, work for large firms, start their own businesses, and take positions in government and nonprofit organizations. As pressures on limited natural resources grow, there will be increasing demand for engineers who understand how to make best use of these resources in the products and services they design. The department's undergraduate program recognizes this need by providing background in science and engineering fundamentals while also emphasizing hands-on design projects and case studies that provide context and motivation. Students are taught how to combine theory, measurement, and modeling to develop a good understanding of the problem at hand and to point the way to desirable solutions.
The department offers two designated undergraduate degrees accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). The Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering provides a solid foundation for practice in both classical and newly developing areas of civil engineering, including structural analysis and design, engineering materials, geotechnical analysis and design, sustainable built environments, and transportation and logistics. The Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering Science emphasizes the fundamental physical, chemical, and biological processes necessary for understanding the interactions between man and the environment. Issues considered include the provision of clean and reliable water supplies, flood forecasting and protection, development of renewable and nonrenewable energy sources, causes and implications of climate change, and the impact of human activities on natural cycles. Both programs provide awareness of the sociopolitical context in which civil and environmental engineering problems are solved. Premedical students may satisfy medical school entrance requirements while earning the accredited degree in environmental engineering science with proper planning of their program. A third degree is offered for students who want more flexibility. Typical examples are students who will pursue careers in medicine, law, or scientific research.
The undergraduate programs in civil engineering and environmental engineering science share a common sophomore year that emphasizes mathematics, mechanics, ecology, and design. The ecology sequence begins by considering how natural systems work and then turns to a consideration of interactions between these systems and human activities. This sequence provides a scientific context for a consideration of sustainable design in subsequent subjects. Sophomore students from all programs work together in teams on design projects that synthesize concepts taught in the core subjects. In the junior and senior years, students from the two programs concentrate on disciplinary subjects that provide depth in each specialty. During the final term of the senior year, all students come together again in an advanced design subject that integrates lessons learned throughout the undergraduate education. There is ample room in the program for electives and minors that can be used to tailor each student's program to individual needs.
At the graduate level, the department offers two complementary but distinct programs. First, research-oriented doctoral and master's programs advance fundamental understanding and develop innovative approaches to engineering problems. Such programs prepare professionals for positions of leadership in research and teaching. Second, practice-oriented master's degrees introduce the political, economic, and cultural factors that influence social priorities, and prepare students to function as members of interdisciplinary teams. These programs add technical depth and professional skills beyond the four-year bachelor's degree.
Graduate programs are offered in the following areas: environmental chemistry; environmental biology; geotechnical and geo-environmental engineering; environmental fluid dynamics; coastal engineering; hydrology and water resources; materials and structures; transportation systems and other engineering systems (including information technology and infrastructure).
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering offers three undergraduate curricula: Course 1-C, leading to the Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Course 1-E, leading to the Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering Science, and Course 1-A, leading to the Bachelor of Science as recommended by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Each of these curricula is flexible enough to allow students to pursue special interests by taking subjects in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and in other departments. Undergraduates are encouraged to participate in the research activities of the department and in many cases obtain degree credit for such work.
In general, students find advantages in planning their programs for the third and fourth years so that they dovetail with possible graduate study, including the department's Master of Engineering degree. This is readily accomplished by those students who embark on the departmental program in their second year. Under certain circumstances, students are permitted to work toward receiving simultaneous undergraduate and graduate degrees.
The 1-C curriculum helps students develop abilities in problem formulation, problem solving, and decision making in civil engineering. Education towards this goal involves learning fundamentals, exercising creativity, and gaining hands-on experience. Specifically, the program includes subjects dealing with structures, materials, computation, and project evaluation. These are complemented by design subjects that teach students to handle open-ended problems through involvement in increasingly complex team-oriented projects. Unrestricted electives and advanced restricted electives are typically used to build depth in particular areas.
The 1-C program provides the education necessary for professional practice in civil engineering as well as a number of other fields. It also provides a solid foundation for graduate studies and a direct transition to the department's Master of Engineering program, which is designed to further develop the professional engineering skills of Course 1-C students. This program is ABET accredited.
The 1-E option is designed for students who wish to gain an in-depth understanding of the physical, chemical, and biological processes that control the natural environment and its interactions with human activities. Subjects in environmental transport and hydrology share a laboratory that emphasizes both hands-on skills and the use of measurements to test hypotheses. The environmental chemistry and biology subject is also accompanied by a laboratory. Concepts learned in these subjects are applied to questions of human health in an advanced upper-class subject. Unrestricted electives and advanced restricted electives are typically used to build depth in particular areas.
The 1-E program provides the education necessary for careers in environmental engineering and science, as well as in many other fields. It also gives a solid foundation for graduate study and research in both basic and applied environmental disciplines. The program is ABET accredited and is sufficiently flexible to prepare students for careers in medicine and environmental law.
The degree of Bachelor of Science as recommended by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Course 1-A) is provided for those students who are drawn to the core features of our curriculum but want to design individualized programs to meet particular educational objectives. For example, a student interested in medicine may need more room in the curriculum in order to complete all the subjects required for medical school admission. Other students interested in research careers in fields such as environmental biology, chemistry, or oceanography may want more time for advanced subjects in those fields. Such students may benefit from a Civil and Environmental Engineering 1-A degree, since they do not need ABET accreditation but do need flexibility. Students should speak with a faculty advisor about the advantages and limitations of a 1-A degree before making a final decision.
There are seven required 1-A subjects that coincide with the sophomore core of the 1-C and 1-E programs. In addition, 1-A students must select a coherent set of seven electives that meet a well-defined educational goal (e.g. a premedical sequence). The planned electives are developed in consultation with and are approved by a member of the departmental faculty who serves as the student's academic advisor. Planned electives may be selected from subjects within the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering or outside the department. In addition, students may write an undergraduate thesis in lieu of one or more of the planned electives. To satisfy the CI-M component of the Communication Requirement, students must take the department's two CI-M subjects (1.013 and 1.020) or, if appropriate, take one Course 1 CI-M subject and petition to substitute one CI-M from another science or engineering field. The outside CI-M must fit into the coherent program of electives approved by the student's academic advisor. The remaining part of the 1-A program consists of unrestricted electives to bring the total to 180 units beyond the General Institute Requirements.
Sophomores and juniors majoring in civil and environmental engineering may apply to participate in the Undergraduate Summer Internship Program, coordinated by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The internship program helps MIT students find summer employment opportunities in civil and environmental engineering. The department works with many companies and agencies to ensure that attractive internship opportunities are available for qualified students. For more information and a partial listing of companies, see the Summer Internship Program description on the departmental website at http://cee.mit.edu/.
The Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program (UPOP) is a new program sponsored by the School of Engineering and administered through the Office of the Dean of Engineering. Further information on the program may be obtained from the department in which the student is registered or from Christopher Resto, Director, Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program, Room 12-188, MIT, 617-452-5099, fax 617-253-8457, cresto@mit.edu, or from http://web.mit.edu/engineering/upop/.
A list of undergraduate electives in civil and environmental engineering may be obtained from the department. Students registered in the department are encouraged to consider appropriate subjects offered by other departments as part of their elective programs.
Students wishing to work closely with a member of the faculty on research may obtain permission to register for thesis, or to enroll in 1.999 Undergraduate Studies in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Numerous possibilities for UROP projects exist in the department, and several UROP traineeships are awarded to undergraduates each spring.
The Minor in Civil Engineering consists
of the following subjects:
| 1.050 | |
Engineering Mechanics I |
| 1.060 | |
Engineering Mechanics II |
| 1.101 | |
Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering Design I |
| 1.102 | |
Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering Design II |
| 1.035 | |
Mechanics of Structures and Soils |
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and | |
| 1.041 | |
Engineering Systems Design |
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or | |
| 1.036 | |
Structural and Geotechnical Engineering Design |
The Minor in Environmental Engineering Science consists of the following subjects:
| 1.018 | |
Ecology I: The Earth System |
| 1.020 | |
Ecology II: Engineering for Sustainability |
| 1.101 | |
Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering Design I |
| 1.102 | |
Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering Design II |
| 1.080 | |
Environmental Chemistry and Biology |
| 1.107 | |
Environmental Chemistry and Biology Laboratory |
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and one of the following four subjects: | |
| 1.801J | |
Environmental Law, Policy, and Economics: Pollution Prevention & Control |
| 11.002J | |
Fundamentals of Public Policy |
| 11.122 | |
Society and Environment |
| 14.01 | |
Principles of Microeconomics |
Substitution of equivalent subjects offered by other departments is allowed, with permission of the minor advisor. However, at least three subjects must be Course 1 subjects.
For a general description of the minor program, see Undergraduate Education in Part 1.
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering grants the following advanced degrees: Master of Engineering in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Master of Science in Transportation, Master of Science, Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Civil Engineer, Doctor of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy. The Institute's general requirements for these degrees are described under Graduate Education in Part 1. Detailed information on the departmental requirements for each degree may be obtained from the Academic Programs Office, Room 1-281.
The department introduced the Master of Engineering (MEng) degree in 1995 as an important new complement to the department's ongoing Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering and doctoral degrees. The program of study is designed for individuals with a bachelor's degree in engineering or a closely related field, and provides additional technical depth and an educational experience geared to professional practice.
The MEng is a fast-paced, intensive program designed to be completed in nine months. Beginning in fall 2008 there will be four specialty areas: high performance structures, geotechnical engineering, environmental engineering, and a new specialty area in transportation. The program is organized as follows:
All students, independent of specialty area, take 1.133 Concepts of Engineering Practice, during the fall term. In this subject, participants work in teams to develop and present solutions to realistic professional problems, including topics such as project management and evaluation, negotiation, business development, and ethics. In addition, each specialty area has three suggested core subjects, two planned electives, and one free elective.
The distinctive element of the program is a professional practice experience for each specialty area; this experience is composed of a required group project and an individual, practice-oriented thesis.
Because of their intensive coursework, MEng students do not have time to work as full-time research or teaching assistants. Some engage in part-time work, but we urge caution as this can drain time away from academic work. A limited number of partial-tuition fellowships are awarded on a merit basis.
Admission standards are the same as for the Master of Science degree. MIT undergraduates may apply to the program at the end of their third year. Strong communication skills are expected.
For more information, see the Master of Engineering program description on the department's website at http://cee.mit.edu/.
Programs of advanced study are available in the following areas: geotechnical and geo-environmental engineering, structures and materials, environmental fluid mechanics and coastal engineering, hydrology, aquatic sciences, and systems (including transportation and information technology).
Geotechnical engineering emphasizes fundamental principles of mechanics, materials, engineering geology, computational analysis and analysis of uncertainty that lay the basis for dealing with the challenging geotechnical engineering problems of the future.
Geo-environmental engineering expands this emphasis to include contaminants in soils, in situ investigations, and remediation concepts building on geotechnical expertise and on other well-developed environmental activities in the department in fields such as chemistry and groundwater hydrology.
The major areas of research are soft-ground construction, underground construction, constitutive modeling, fundamentals of material behavior, stability of natural rock slopes, pile foundations, applications of probability and decision theory, in situ testing, mining geotechnics, contaminant transport, and earthquake engineering.
Structure and materials gives students a broad understanding of the behavior of structures and the materials from which they are made. In the academic program, emphasis is placed on structural mechanics, mechanical behavior of construction materials, and the design of structural systems. Additional subjects in numerical methods and condition assessment in engineering are also recommended.
The current research program includes projects on computer-aided structural engineering, intelligent structural engineering systems, and high-performance bridges using innovative concepts. Additional projects include soil-structure interaction under seismic load, structural assessment, retrofit of damaged concrete and fracture critical steel structures using FRP composites, high-performance cementitious materials, including silica fume concrete and concrete with reduced shrinkage, deterioration of concrete as a porous material under cyclic environmental effects, corrosion of steel in concrete, nondestructive evaluation of steel and concrete structures, imaging technologies using microwave and ultrasound, and advanced transducers and sensor technology for self-diagnosing composite structures.
Environmental fluid mechanics and coastal engineering emphasizes physical processes of water flow essential to the understanding, protection, and improvement of the environment. The program includes theoretical, numerical, field and laboratory studies, and the development of practical models and strategies for practice. Interaction of physical processes with chemical and biological processes is also stressed. Major research themes include microbiological fluid dynamics, wave dynamics, wave-current interaction, sediment transport, carbon dioxide sequestration, lake and wetland hydrodynamics, coastal circulation, and water quality modeling. Related subjects in oceanography, ocean engineering, and microfluidics are offered by other MIT departments and at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Offerings in hydrology emphasize the close relationship between meteorology, climate, surface, soil, and groundwater. Issues of water quantity and quality, as well as resource management, are studied. Subjects cover deterministic and stochastic aspects of surface and groundwater, hydrometeorology, hydroclimatology, limnology, and water resource systems. Subjects are complemented by other MIT offerings in the earth and social sciences. Research activities encompass theoretical work as well as laboratory and field experimental studies. Some topics of interest are the characterization of groundwater contamination, climate change, integration of remote sensing data and geographical information systems into hydrologic modeling, hydrologic parameterization of global climate models, field and theoretical quantification of runoff mechanisms, and an understanding of the development of river basins.
The programs in environmental chemistry, environmental biology, and environmental engineering range from fundamental science to engineering applications. Students may choose to pursue either an in-depth study in one of these areas or an interdisciplinary program drawing upon the full range of offerings. Subjects offered cover the basics of aquatic chemistry and microbiology, ecology, biogeochemistry, and toxicology. Research opportunities encompass laboratory, field, and modeling studies, chemical and microbial transformations, microbial oceanography, molecular ecology and genomics, wetland geochemistry, harbor and coastal modeling, and local and regional water quality.
Students in the systems doctoral program conduct scholarly research by applying computational, operations research, and statistical methods to civil and environmental engineering applications such as infrastructure, transportation, logistics, environment, energy, and security. Every PhD student will acquire proficiency in each of the three dimensions: information technology, modeling and analysis, and civil and environmental engineering applications. The exact mix is determined by the student and her/his doctoral dissertation committee, depending on the student's interests. Program faculty are drawn from the areas of information technology, transportation, and logistics.
Applicants do not need to have an undergraduate degree in civil engineering.
Numerous opportunities for graduate education in civil and environmental engineering exist for students with backgrounds in other branches of engineering, science, and certain social sciences. These arise through the growth of interdepartmental research and degree programs that bring people of diverse backgrounds together in search of solutions to major societal problems. Graduate students and faculty in the department have experience, for example, in economics, political science, sociology, architecture, urban and regional planning, management, biology, geology, chemistry, computer science, and oceanography.
Primary requirements for graduate study are a keen intellect combined with capability and interest in rigorous approaches to real problems. Students may make up deficiencies in prerequisites while pursuing a program of graduate study. Prerequisites for each subject are given in the subject descriptions. All applicants are required to submit scores from the GRE Aptitude Test.
The research of the department is an integral part of the graduate program, and approximately 135 graduate students each year receive appointments as research or teaching assistants. Most of these appointments fully cover tuition, individual health insurance, and reasonable living expenses in the Boston area.
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering also has a number of fellowships for first-year graduate students. Applicants are also encouraged to apply for traineeships and fellowships offered nationally by the National Science Foundation, NASA, DOE, and other governmental agencies that traditionally support students in the department. For an extensive list of such opportunities, visit the Graduate Students Office website, http://web.mit.edu/gso/.
Through its interdepartmental programs, the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department brings together the science, technology, systems, and management skills necessary to deal with the important engineering problems of the future.
The educational and research programs in transportation center around the interdepartmental Master of Science in Transportation (MST) program. This program is based on the premise that a common set of analytical approaches and methodologies can be applied to solve a range of transportation problems. The MST provides a common basis for addressing a wide range of problems while allowing enough flexibility to accommodate students with diverse backgrounds and interests.
The only specific subjects required for admission are two subjects in calculus, one in economics, and one in probability. One or more of these subjects may be completed simultaneously with application to the program, and acceptance is then conditional on satisfactory completion of these prerequisites.
The MST typically takes one and one-half to two years to complete. Students in the MST program must complete a block of three required core subjects and three additional transportation or related subjects, in addition to the master's thesis. Generally, the three additional subjects relate to an area of specialization, although this is not required. Common areas of specialization include urban transportation, air transportation, planning methods, logistics, policy, and ocean systems management.
For more information, see the MST program description on the department's website at http://cee.mit.edu/.
The Leaders for Manufacturing (LFM) program combines graduate education in engineering and management for those with two or more years of work experience who aspire to leadership positions in manufacturing or operations companies. This rigorous 24-month program combines subjects in technology and management with a required 6.5-month internship on site at one of LFM's partner companies. The internship leads to a dual-degree thesis, culminating in two master's degrees—an SM in management or an MBA, and an SM in engineering from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The program is offered jointly through the MIT Sloan School of Management and the School of Engineering. For more information, see the program description under Engineering Systems Division in Part 2 or visit http://lfm.mit.edu/.
The Joint Program with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is intended for students whose primary career objectives are in the field of oceanography or oceanographic engineering. The program is described under Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs in Part 2.
The Master of Science in Technology and Policy is an engineering research degree with a strong focus on the role of technology in policy analysis and formulation. The Technology and Policy program (TPP) curriculum provides a solid grounding in technology and policy by combining advanced subjects in the student's chosen technical field with courses in economics, politics, and law. Many students combine TPP's curriculum with complementary subjects to obtain dual degrees in TPP and either a specialized branch of engineering or an applied social science such as political science or urban studies and planning. For additional information, see the program description under Engineering Systems Division or visit http://tppserver.mit.edu/.
Detailed information about the academic policies and programs of the department may be obtained by writing to or visiting the Academic Programs Office, Room 1-281, MIT, 617-253-7101, fax 617-258-6775, CEED@mit.edu.
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering occupies two major facilities on on the MIT campus: the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory and the Henry L. Pierce Engineering Laboratory. These buildings contain specialized research and teaching facilities. In addition to the Parsons and Pierce Laboratories, the department collaborates interdepartmentally with other laboratories described below.
Located on the east campus, the Ralph M. Parsons Laboratory for Environmental Science and Engineering is a recently renovated four-story structure containing about 31,000 square feet of classrooms, teaching and research laboratories, machine shops, computer facilities, and offices. Approximately 60 graduate students and 18 faculty members have offices on the premises. Facilities exist for hydrodynamic studies involving flow through vegetation, free surface flows, and flows in porous media. The latest in laser-Doppler instrumentation is available. Complete and modern laboratories facilitate research in inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, molecular biology, genomics, microbial ecology, and biochemistry. Especially notable instrumentation includes several GCs, a GC-MS, LC-MS, and several HPLCs, two flame AAs, a graphite furnace AA, alpha and gamma spectrometry counting systems, scintillation counters, several flow cytometers, a laser light scattering instrument, and incubators, a cold room, and several -80°C freezers. One laboratory is a dedicated teaching facility for environmental engineering and aquatic chemistry and biology. Equipment is available for instruction in a wide range of field sampling methods, biological and microbiological evaluations, and instrumental chemical analyses of natural waters. Computer facilities include a 100-processor Beowulf (parallel computing) cluster, among other computer clusters.
Located in one of MIT's original buildings, this facility overlooks the Charles River and includes over 40,000 square feet of classrooms, teaching and research laboratories, and offices for approximately 90 graduate students and 20 faculty members and research staff from five professional programs: materials and structures, transportation, information technology, geoenvironment and geotechnology, and construction engineering and management.
Research activities focus on five major areas: infrastructure, geotechnical, geoenvironment, information and management, and transportation. Among the classrooms is the state-of-the-art Bechtel Lecture Hall. The facilities include an undergraduate teaching/project laboratory and a materials testing laboratory that provides facilities to process, fabricate, and form specimens, test under various stress and environmental conditions, and investigate physical properties. The materials testing laboratory contains several automated universal test frames, a biaxial loading system, an environmental chamber, and an environmentally controlled nano-indentation system. The geotechnical laboratories combine a broad range of equipment from conventional to state-of-the-art to specialty research devices. Capabilities include industrial radiography; centralized data acquisition; computer-automated consolidation, triaxial and simple shear devices; and a medium-sized centrifuge.
The Pierce Laboratory offers diverse and advanced computational facilities, including a large Athena cluster; networked Sun, Digital, and numerous Windows workstations. The computing facilities feature various software development packages, and an extensive set of structural and geotechnical analysis programs such as SAP, STRUDL, ADINA, and ABAQUS.
The Education Program of the Laboratory for Energy and the Environment (LFEE) is dedicated to enhancing environmental literacy and deepening multidisciplinary environmental knowledge, particularly among the leaders of tomorrow's science and technology communities. The program cultivates the capacity of learners at all levels to both understand and respond effectively to the challenges of sustainability. More information about LFEE is available under Interdisciplinary Research and Study in Part 1.
Historically, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has had strong ties to the Center for Environmental Health Sciences in teaching and research activities related to understanding the role of chemical and biological agents in the environment as causes of human disease. More information about the center is available under Interdisciplinary Research and Study in Part 1.
The Earth System Initiative (ESI) seeks to understand the intimate relationships among the physical, chemical, biological, and geological processes that shape the Earth system. By involving faculty, staff, and students from a variety of environmentally oriented disciplines, ESI leverages different perspectives, and systems-oriented approaches, so that we can better understand how our planet functions, and how humans can be effective stewards of the Earth. For more information, see the ESI website at http://esi.mit.edu/.
The Center for Global Change Science (CGCS) seeks to understand the processes, natural and human-induced, that lead to changes in the atmosphere, oceans, and continental land masses. This interdepartmental center provides the opportunity for close cooperation in education and research between faculty and students of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, and other MIT departments. Major CGCS projects include the Climate Modelling Initiative, the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, and the Advanced Global Atmospheric Gases Experiment. More information about the center is in Interdisciplinary Research and Study in Part 1.
Patrick Jaillet, PhD
Edmund K. Turner Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Department Head
Cynthia Barnhart, PhD
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Moshe Emanuel Ben-Akiva, PhD
Edmund K. Turner Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Rafael Luis Bras, ScD
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth, Atmospheric, and
Planetary Sciences
Edward A. Abdun-Nur Professor
Oral Buyukozturk, PhD
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Sallie W. Chisholm, PhD
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Biology
Lee and Geraldine Martin Professor of Environmental Studies
Jerome Joseph Connor, Jr., ScD
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Edward F. DeLong
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Biological Engineering
Richard Lawrence de Neufville, PhD
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Systems
Herbert Heinrich Einstein, ScD
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Elfatih A. B. Eltahir, ScD
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dara Entekhabi, PhD
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Bacardi and Stockholm Water Foundation Professor
Lorna Jane Gibson, PhD
Matoula S. Salapatas Professor of Materials Science and Engineering,
Civil and Environmental Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
Associate Provost
Philip Michael T. Gschwend, PhD
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Ford Professor of Engineering
Harold Field Hemond, PhD
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
William E. Leonhard Professor of Engineering
Eduardo Kausel, PhD
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Richard C. Larson, PhD
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Systems
Mitsui Professor of Engineering Systems
Steven Richard Lerman, PhD
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Class of 1922 Distinguished Professor
Dean for Graduate Students
Ole Secher Madsen, ScD
Donald and Martha Harleman Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
David Hunter Marks, PhD
Morton and Claire Goulder Family Professor
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Systems
Dennis B. McLaughlin, PhD
H. M. King Bhumipol Professor
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Chiang Chung Mei, PhD
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Ford Professor of Engineering
Fred Moavenzadeh, PhD
James Mason Crafts Professor
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and
Engineering Systems
Heidi M. Nepf, PhD
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
MacVicar Faculty Fellow
Amedeo Rodolfo Odoni, PhD
T. Wilson Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Civil and Environmental Engineering
Yossi Sheffi, PhD
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and
Engineering Systems
David Simchi-Levi, PhD
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and
Engineering Systems
Joseph Martin Sussman, PhD
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Systems
JR East Professor
Franz-Josef Ulm, PhD
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Daniele Veneziano, PhD
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Andrew J. Whittle, PhD
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Nigel Henry Moir Wilson, PhD
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Charles F. Harvey, PhD
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Martin F. Polz, PhD
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
John Williams, PhD
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and
Engineering Systems
Eric J. Alm, PhD
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Biological Engineering
Markus J. Buehler, PhD
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Ruben Juanes, PhD
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Roman Stocker, PhD
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Janelle Thompson, PhD
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
E. Eric Adams, PhD
John T. Germaine, PhD
George Kocur, PhD
Susan Murcott, MS
Frederick P. Salvucci, MS
Peter Shanahan, PhD
Charles C. Caldart, JD
Sheila Frankel, MA
Lisa Grebner, MS
V. Judson Harward, PhD
Lucy Jen, PhD
Paul Kassabian, MS
Mikel Murga, PhD
E. Eric Adams, PhD
Earle Williams, PhD
John MacFarlane, SM
John T. Germaine, PhD
Sheila L. Frankel, MA
Jorge Frias-Lopez, PhD
Katherine Huang, PhD
Asunción Martínez, PhD
Marcia Osburne, PhD
Jingfeng Wang, PhD
Peter Sturges Eagleson, ScD
Edmund K. Turner Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Emeritus
Lynn Walter Gelhar, PhD
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Emeritus
Robert Joseph Hansen, ScD
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Emeritus
Charles Cushing Ladd, ScD
Edmund K. Turner Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Emeritus
Thomas William Lambe, ScD
Edmund K. Turner Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Emeritus
Robert Daniel Logcher, ScD
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Emeritus
Frank Edward Perkins, ScD
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Emeritus
Daniel Roos, PhD
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Systems, Emeritus
Robert Van Duyne Whitman, ScD
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Emeritus