Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Dear friends and colleagues, Welcome to our fall 2023 newsletter and the new academic year. The largest first-year class of aspiring engineers has just started at Northwestern, and we look forward to many joining CEE. But, as you will read below, we also want to celebrate the 2023 graduates and the career of Professor Emeritus Joseph Schofer. We highlight recent research accomplishments of our faculty and students. Professor Alessandro Rotta Loria published work detailing both the potential hazards and opportunities of underground warming on urban structures and energy demand, which was widely reported in the popular press. Gianluca Cusatis and his students are developing new materials and methods, both computational and robotic, for the large-scale 3D printing of structures. Erica Hartmann joined her colleagues in issuing a warning about the indiscriminate use of disinfectants. There are many new, exciting changes being made to the Architectural Engineering and Design program under the leadership of Professor Giorgia Chinazzo. We also include a profile of two AED faculty, Chicago architects Luis Collado and Jose Luis de la Fuente, whose firm recently won the design competition for the new National Museum in Jinju, South Korea. Join us in congratulating CEE faculty who have received awards and recognition for their excellence in research. Among them, Yonggang Huang was elected to the Royal Societies of London and Canada. We are also extremely proud of the achievements of our students, including Anjali Thota, Colleen O’Brien, and Subhadeep Pal. Thanks for your continued support and interest. |
Kimberly Gray Roxelyn and Richard Pepper Family Chair
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
McCormick School of Engineering |
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On the heels of his final class, the Department of Civil and Engineering looks back on the exceptional career of Professor Joseph Schofer. |
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Under the direction of Professor of Instruction Giorgia Chinazzo, the department’s Architectural Engineering and Design minor program is undergoing a series of changes this year, including reinforcing the themes of sustainability and equity in its curriculum and connecting students to industry professionals through guest lectures, workshops, and networking events. |
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More than two-dozen scientists, including Professor Erica Hartmann, have issued a warning about the overuse of antimicrobial chemicals. |
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Professor Gianluca Cusatis and his research team are breaking new ground through the integration of ultra-high-performance concrete into large-scale 3D printing methods as they look to extend the reach of 3D printing applications. |
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CEE Celebrates 2023 Graduating Class |
Graduating seniors Grace Hochberg and Bill Yen were recognized by the McCormick School of Engineering, while the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering celebrated its Class of 2023. |
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Luis Collado and Jose Luis de la Fuente, who will teach the minor program’s Studio Design course during winter quarter, earned first prize in the International Design Competition for their design of the new National Museum in Jinju, South Korea. |
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Transportation and Systems Analysis and Planning MS alumna Anamaria Torres has excelled in her field after graduating in 2014. |
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In a Q&A, PhD student Anjali Thota describes her research in geomechanics, including her recent work studying underground climate change. She was also selected to participate in the first cohort of geothermal interns in the National Science Foundation INTERN program. |
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FACULTY, STUDENT, AND ALUMNI HONORS
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Professor Yonggang Huang was inducted into the Royal Society — the United Kingdom’s national academy of science and one of the most prestigious academies in Europe. He was also elected to the Royal Society of Canada. |
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Alessandro Rotta Loria, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been appointed as the Louis Berger Junior Professor. Amanda Irini Blomberg Stathopoulos, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been reappointed as the William A. Patterson Junior Chair in Transportation. Sinan Keten, professor, and associate chair of mechanical engineering and civil and environmental Engineering and (by courtesy) Biomedical Engineering, has been appointed as the Jerome B. Cohen Professor of Engineering. He was also selected for the Defense Science Study Group. |
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Three PhD students, Yifan Yang, Shupeng Li, and Jing Yu, each received the Best Teaching Assistant Award for their hard work and dedication as teaching assistants in Engineering Analysis 2 during the 2023 winter quarter. |
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PhD student Colleen O'Brien was selected for the 2023 American Geophysical Union's Voices for Science fellowship program. |
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PhD candidate Subhadeep Pal received the Ryan Fellowship, which supports the finest graduate students in the country and provides them with the education and experience to assume leadership roles in the realm of nanotechnology. |
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Wenjie Xia (PhD '16) has been awarded the NSF CAREER award for his proposal “CAREER: Mechanics of Nano-Crumples.” Xia is currently an associate professor of aerospace engineering at Iowa State University. |
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Northwestern's Concrete Canoe Team, part of ASCE's student chapter, placed third in this year's Concrete Canoe Competition at the Western Great Lakes Student Symposium in Duluth, Minnesota. |
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97 Years of research and education |
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7 National Academy of Engineering members |
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10 Young Investigator Awards |
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