Learn to develop and solve high level research problems in the field of civil and environmental engineering. In this program, you'll learn to address important contemporary challenges in transportation, structural, and environmental sectors through innovative and practical methods. Through your coursework, you'll establish the necessary tools to identify, propose, and implement solutions to real-life problems while developing the relationships and skills to expand your career in the direction of your choosing. The objective of this degree program is to prepare students to be leaders in industry and academia within the field of Civil and Environmental Engineering. This is accomplished through a doctoral degree program which provides for close collaboration with faculty members in four emphasis areas of Civil and Environmental Engineering: Transportation, Water Resources, Structures, and Environmental. Faculty members within these areas are experts in transportation operations, transportation safety, bridge, pavement and structure design, pavement and structure sensing, rural water management, and air and water quality. Collaborations are encouraged with other advanced programs at NAU, including but not limited to Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, the School of Informatics, the Center for Bioengineering Innovation, the Center for Materials Interfaces in Research and Applications, the School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, the Department of Geography, Planning, and Recreation, Biology, Business, and Social and Behavioral Sciences. Within this degree plan, students take a set of core Infrastructure courses, courses within their chosen emphasis area, and complete and original research project, culminating in a dissertation and oral defense.