Welcome to Civil Engineering at Case!
The Department of Civil Engineering of the Case School of Engineering offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering with courses in almost all the traditional civil engineering subjects. The Bachelor of Science program in Civil Engineering is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202-4012 - telephone: (410) 347-7700.
The graduate program offers the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Civil Engineering with a focus in structures, engineering mechanics, geotechnical and environmental engineering. An active research program gives the students opportunities to participate in projects related to design, analysis, and testing.
Katie Fromwiller's 'vomit comet' experience
CE senior student Katie Fromwiller has the experience of a lifetime. She flew on the NASA’s low-gravity plane nicknamed “vomit comet” while conducting experiments that will be used to design the device for oxygen extraction on lunar surface. Details of the story can be found at
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/090924-moon-oxygen.html
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-09/cwru-kpf092409.php
Congratulations to CE graduates of 2009
At the university commencement on May 17, the largest numbers of CE students in recent history received their degrees. Congratulations to all the graduates, their parents, families, and friends. Twenty students received B.S. degree: Marcie Aydelotte, Randall Beck, Kristen Bowhers, Brian Calderone, Donald Cartwright, Zachary Chill, Christopher Cservak, Caitlin Cuddihy, Jonathan Fagert, Ryan Franz, Chad Fusco, Susan Lingenfelter, Michael Lyons, Chun Man Ma, Daniel Neumann, Brandon Phetteplace, Geoffrey Protz, Ruth Sagartz, Janette Siu, and Christopher Toth. Four students received M.S. degree: Brian Calderone, Daniel Neumann, Robert Niccoli, and Alan Baribault. Three received Ph.D. degree: Gang Liu, Heather Oravec, and Bart Zalewski. We wish them all the best in their future carrers.
Undergraduate Award Winners
Congratulations to our outstanding undergraduate award winners: The Kenneth M. Haber Award - Jonathan Fagert, The Roy Harley Prize - Chad Fusco, The Craig Miller Memorial Award - Janette Siu, The Allison Neff Prize - Mary Saunders, ASCE Outstanding Senior Award - Brandon Phetteplace, ASCE JBE Award - Donald Cartwright, ASCE Outstanding Junior Award - Aaron Colorito, Case School of Engineering Robert Shurter Prize - Chad Fusco, The Case Alumni Association Prize for Achievement - Janette Siu, and College of Arts and Sciences Eleanor Leuser Award - Kristen Bowhers.
Model bridge tests students' creativity
Case Undergraduates model bridge in area Newspapers
Prof. Huckelbridge on WCPN Radio
Prof. Huckelbridge was a guest expert on WCPN Science Cafe: The Science of Bridges program on Monday, May 11, 2009. The podcast of the program is at Science Cafe: The Science of Bridges
Graduate Awards for 2009
The Graduate School of CWRU held its annual award ceremony on Monday April 20 in the Wolstein Research Building. This year’s winners from our department are: Heather Oravec - The Craig J. Miller Memorial Award, Bin Zhang - The Roy Harley Prize, John Cleary and Bo Li - Saada Family Fellowship Award. Profs. Zeng and Saada presented the awards to the winners.
Professor Gasparini is the 2009 Technical Educator of the Year
The Cleveland Technical Societies Council’s Professional Awards Committee has selected Dario Gasparini as its Technical Educator for 2009. The Award will be presented at the CTSC Scholarship and Awards Event in the evening on Monday, May 11th at Executive Caterers at Landerhaven.
Professor Mullen to Co-chair Engineering Meeting in Singapore
The 4th International Workshop on Reliable Engineering Computing is hosted by National University of Singapore. Industry and academia are invited to contribute and to join in the discussions on needs and developments in the field.
REC2010 is focused on Robust Design in the context of hazards, risk and uncertainty. This issue has attracted increasing attention in the recent past. Societal and industrial interest has grown from both a safety point of view and an economic point of view.
Professor Gasparini gives the Sixth Annual Sidney A. Guralnick Excellence in Teaching and Scholarship Lecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology
Lecture by Dario Gasparini, “Alfred L. Rives and the Cabin John Bridge: Learning from 19th Century Stone Arches”
04-24-2009 — 12:00 University Club of Chicago Cathedral Hall 76 E. Monroe Street • Chicago, IL 60603
Professor Mullen presents two papers at SCAN 2008
Professor Mullen presented
- Robert L. Mullen, Rafi L. Muhanna, Mehdi Modares, “Exact Hullof Linear Interval Equations with Matrices Arising from Engineering Applications”
- Bart F. Zalewski and Robert L. Mullen, “Enclosure of the Solutions to Interval Fredholm Equations of the First and Second Kind”
at SCAN 2008 - The 13th GAMM - IMACS International Symposium on Scientific Computing, Computer Arithmetic and Verified Numerical Computations at The University of Texas at El Paso on September 29 - October 3, 2008. The goal of SCAN 2008 is to advance the frontiers in verified numerical computations, as well as in their application to computational engineering and science.
SCAN is sponsored by GAMM (International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics) and IMACS (International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation).
These symposia have covered the numerical and algorithmic aspects of scientific computing, with a strong emphasis on verification of computed results, as well as on arithmetic, programming, and algorithmic tools for this purpose. Their objectives have been both to propagate current applications and research and to promote a greater understanding and increased awareness of the subject matters.
Professor Zeng co-edits ASCE Conference Proceedings
Prof. Zeng was the lead editor of “Geotechnical earthquake engineering and soil dynamics IV : May 18-22, 2008, Sacramento, California [electronic resource] / edited by David Zeng, Majid T. Manzari, Dennis R. Hiltunen.”
The papers contained in this publication were prepared for presentation in GEESD IV, the 4th decennial Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics Conference” This meeting was sponsored by the Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers Series: (Geotechnical special publication ; no. 181) ISBN: 9780784409756 ISBN: 0784409757
Professor Huckelbridge in WKYC TV story on ODOT: Innerbelt Bridge to shut down for stress test next week
“I believe it’s safe and that ODOT is undertaking its current testing from a very conservative viewpoint,” said Case Western Reserve University structural engineering Professor Art Huckelbridge, who has studied the bridge’s condition since the 90’s.
“It’s one of the most heavily-traveled bridges in Ohio, " he said, “and because of that it is checked and monitored perhaps more than any other bridge in the state.” WKYC TV Article WDOK interview
Schuette Structural Laboratory of the Vanderhoof Infrastructure Education and Research Facility
Plans for the new Bingham Structures Lab can be accessed New Structures Lab
Engineers Week Activities
ASCE Student Chapter Upcoming Events
Meetings during the Provost Hour
October 4th - George Palko/Joe Beno from Great Lakes,
October 18th - Dan Kronenfeld/Scott Bindell from Gilbane
October 18th - Constructor for a day
October 25th - ECIV Town hall meeting


