DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
Villanova’s Civil and Environmental Engineering Department prepares students to play vital roles in designing society’s infrastructure while protecting the environment and enhancing quality of life.
The department blends classroom learning with practical, hands-on experience at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Areas of specialization include environmental, geotechnical, structural, transportation and water resources engineering, as well as construction management.
CEE students bring classroom concepts to life through research opportunities and industry partnerships supported by access to state-of-the-art laboratories, dedicated study spaces and focused faculty mentorship.
DEPARTMENT NEWS
Chenfeng Xiong, PhD, Virginia Smith, PhD, and Peleg Kremer, PhD, with support from Bridget Wadzuk, PhD, have been awarded $750,000 of a $2 million research grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a project designed to reduce the vulnerability of underserved communities to the social and environmental impacts of urban flooding events.
Villanova Professor Investigates Impacts of Hurricanes on Florida Coast
Jonathan Hubler, PhD, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, along with graduate student Sarah Burghardt, traveled to Florida with a joint team from the Nearshore Extreme Events Reconnaissance (NEER) Association and the Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) Association to investigate the immediate aftereffects of Hurricanes Milton and Helene.
Dr. Bridget Wadzuk Receives 2024 Outstanding Faculty Research Award
The professor of Civil Engineering and director of Sustainable Engineering was recognized for her work in water resources engineering and green stormwater infrastructure, most notably her research on the evapotranspiration process from green roofs and bioretention.