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Civil and Environmental Engineering
Pablo Durango-Cohen
Director of Graduate Studies
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Northwestern University
2145 N. Sheridan Road, Room A-236
Evanston, IL 60208-3109
Email: civil-info@northwestern.edu
Phone: (847) 491-7462
Fax: (847) 491-4011
Web: http://www.civil.northwestern.edu/

Program Description

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) offers MS and PhD degrees in environmental engineering and science, geotechnics, mechanics of solids and materials, structural engineering and materials, theoretical and applied mechanics, transportation systems analysis and planning, and the PhD degree in project management.

Both MS and PhD degree programs provide a strong background in the theory and practice fundamentals of modern civil and environmental engineering through formal course and research requirements. The MS program emphasizes enhancement of professional skills and knowledge, including research techniques. Several standard MS programs are listed below. Other programs combining areas of study can also be arranged. The PhD is a research degree involving novel, creative, and more extensive approaches to problem solving.

Each student's program of study is arranged to suit his or her individual interest and previous education.

Faculty

The primary appointment for those faculty with joint or affiliate status in another program is noted in parentheses.

Professors: Jan Drewes Achenbach, Zdenek P. Bazant, Isaac M. Daniel, Charles Dowding, Richard J. Finno, Jean-Francois Gaillard, Robert S. Gemmell, Kimberly A. Gray, Yonggang Huang, Hamlin M. Jennings, Leon M. Keer, Frank S. Koppelman, Raymond John Krizek, Hani S. Mahmassani, Toshio Mura, Jianmin Qu, Edwin C. Rossow, John W. Rudnicki, Joseph L. Schofer, Surendra P. Shah
Associate Professors: Pablo Luis Durango-Cohen, Joseph A. Fitzpatrick, Barbara-Ann G. Lewis, Aaron Packman
Assistant Professors: Jose E. Andrade, David J. Corr, Martina Hausner, Yu Nie, Jeffrey J. Thomas, Yun Wang
Adjunct Professors: Steven J. Brown, Nicholas Ciotola, Ahmad Hadavi, Penelope Hirsch, John Jurewicz, Margaret MacDonell, John Robinson, David F. Schulz, Barbara Schwom