Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Civil and environmental engineering is the engineering of constructed facilities; of buildings, bridges, tunnels, and dams; of harbors and airports; of waterways, railways, and highways; of water power, irrigation, drainage, and water supply; of wastewater and hazardous waste disposal and environmental health systems. Civil Engineers are the professionals who plan, design, direct the construction, and often maintain these facilities.

The department offers the Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and the Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering.

The undergraduate Civil Engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of  ABET, www.abet.org.

Mission

The Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at UMass Dartmouth offers a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. The program provides service to meet the needs of students, industry, government, and society. The program offers excellence, access, and value through a strong commitment to teaching, scholarship, outreach, and professionalism. The program contributes to the economic development of the region by providing a resource of practice-oriented education for local industry and business, by conducting research, and by active involvement in community affairs.

Faculty and Fields of Interest

Nefeli Bompoti, BSc 2007, MSc 2014, National Technical University of Athens, Greece, PhD 2017 University of Connecticut, Registered Professional Engineer, Fate and Transport of Pollution in the Environment, Environmental Site Assessment and Remediation, Environmental Justice and Sustainability, Probabilistic and Data-driven Approaches for Engineers

Daniel MacDonald (co-Chairperson), BSCE 1992 University of New Hampshire, MS 1996 Cornell University, PhD 2002 Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Registered Professional Engineer, Hydraulics, Fluid Mechanics, Ocean Engineering

Jonathan Mellor (co-Chairperson and Graduate Program Director), BS 2001 College of William and Mary, MS 2006 University of Virginia, MS 2009 Michigan Technological University, PhD 2013 University of Virginia, Registered Professional Engineer, Water Resources, Environmental Engineering, Climate Resiliency, Complex Systems and Water and health

Walaa S Mogawer, BSc 1981 Kuwait University, MSc 1984, PhD 1989 University of Rhode Island, Registered Professional Engineer, Transportation Engineering

Sukalyan Sengupta, BS 1985 Calcutta University, MS 1991, PhD 1994 Lehigh University, Registered Professional Engineer, Environmental Engineering

Mazdak Tootkaboni, MSc 2007, PhD 2009 John Hopkins University, Solid and Structural Mechanics, Stochastic Computational Mechanics

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