我们的“结构”课程教师对共同构成建筑环境的物理部分具有深厚的兴趣。与其他土木工程一样，力学是这项研究的核心。该计划的主要优势包括地震工程，随机力学和结构可靠性，优化以及冷弯钢结构。结构计划还涵盖了已建环境之外的问题和挑战，这些问题和挑战从结构工程的角度或知识库中受益。在各种规模上工作时，协作特别常见，例如使用材料力学计划的材料或使用系统程序的城市。
PhD program in Civil and Systems Engineering aims to inspire the leaders of tomorrow to take on the challenge of creating and sustaining the built environment that underpins our society. Focal research areas in the department include structural engineering, structural mechanics, probabilistic methods, hazards management, and systems engineering.<br>From bridges to buildings, from space probes to human prostheses, structural engineers design and build the internal assemblages that allow these structures to carry loads and operate in their environment.<br>Departmental faculty provide novel solutions for structures that optimize, overcome uncertainty, and provide resilience and extreme efficiency under a variety of hazards. The program's key strengths include earthquake engineering, fire engineering, stochastic mechanics and structural reliability, optimization, and cold-formed steel structures Drawing on expertise in the mechanics of materials and systems programs within civil engineering, faculty collaborate on a number of grand challenges.