Our nationally ranked graduate program lets you work with top faculty in world-class experimental facilities. With a graduate degree in civil and environmental engineering, you'll have the expertise to design infrastructure that improves quality of life.Our program emphasizes regionally relevant issues, including earthquake engineering, water quality and quantity, and transportation engineering for rural and urban environments.<br><br>Doctoral students must demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge in their chosen sub-discipline by completing a unique program of study which is developed in consultation with their Ph.D. advisor(s) and members of their dissertation committee. The program of study typically includes required courses and elective courses, many of which are interdisciplinary, and also includes a substantial fundamental research component related to their specific sub-discipline within civil and environmental engineering.<br><br>The research is expected to advance the current knowledge in their chosen sub-discipline. Each doctoral student also completes a minor involving coursework in a field of study outside civil and environmental engineering that is generally closely related to the area of fundamental research that is being conducted. The results of the research are presented in a Ph.D. dissertation, are typically published in one or more professional research journals, and are usually presented at one or more professional conferences.<br>STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:<br>an ability to apply engineering research and theory to advance the art, science, and practice of the discipline<br>an ability to design and conduct experiments as well as to analyze, interpret, apply, and disseminate the data<br>an understanding of research methodology