Welcome to the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Houston. We are located in Houston, Texas; a city with one of the highest concentrations of civil and environmental engineering companies in the country. Our educational programs offer unique opportunities for a successful career start. The Department has approximately 319 undergraduates and 110 graduate students pursuing BSCE, MS, MCE and PhD degrees in civil and environmental engineering.
—Abdeldjelil "DJ" Belarbi
Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Professor and Department Chair, UH Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Alumnus Honored with Bridge Dedication May 1, 2012 The Houston civil engineering community came together last Friday to honor the late Charles Joseph “C.J.” Tamborello (BSCE ’61) by dedicating a bridge in his memory. The pedestrian bridge at Sim’s Bayou in Houston’s FM Law Park was the last designed primarily by Tamborello before his death in 2005. It now bears a plaque in his honor. |
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Concrete Canoe Team Places Third in Competition May 1, 2012 The UH chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers participated in the concrete canoe competition at the 2012 Texas-Mexico Student Regional Conference in San Antonio last month, taking third place overall. The UH team’s entry named HOPE was dedicated to raising awareness of breast cancer. |
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CEE Honors Four New Academy Members April 26, 2012 The Academy of Distinguished Civil and Environmental Engineers welcomed four new members at the second annual Induction and Award Ceremony this month. Hosted by the UH Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the celebration honored John Odis Cobb, Billy M. Cooke, D. Wayne Klotz, and Jimmie Schindewolf for their dedicated advancement of the profession, field and the university. |
Featured Faculty Research
Dr. Strom's primary research interests are in fluid-sediment interactions in natural systems such as rivers and estuaries. This includes areas of study such as transport of cohesive and non-...
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Thu, 06/21/2012 - 11:30am - 1:00pm
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