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Recent News
Culture Shift: Curriculum Change Anchors Undergrad Experience with Innovative Courses, Professional Skills
Beginning this year, all students will take a series of four classes that will be required courses for all undergrads, representing the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering’s most significant curriculum update in 25 years.
Remaining Civil: 125 Years of Civil Engineering at Georgia Tech
At Georgia Tech, civil engineering has grown and evolved significantly since the program was established 125 years ago. What began with one instructor and a handful of students is now one of the top programs in the nation.
In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Gerald Wempner
Professor Emeritus Gerald Wempner has passed away at the age of 96 following a long career in academia that included groundbreaking research and published works in theoretical and applied mechanics.
GT CEE Student Named Among Top Army ROTC Cadets Nationally
Civil engineering student and ROTC cadet Mason Ladd will graduate from Georgia Tech this week with more than his diploma and a pair of U.S. Army second lieutenant’s bars. Ladd will also end a stellar career at Georgia Tech with the distinction of being ranked one of the top cadets among the approximately 5,000 new officers joining the branch this year.
The U.S. Army Cadet Command ranked Ladd No. 2 among cadets being commissioned in the Fall 2024 cycle, according to Lt. Col. Bradford Morgan, commander of Georgia Tech’s Army ROTC.
Gabriel Cedraz Diniz Receives $12,000 Research Stipend from Graduate Research Award Program on Public-Sector Aviation Issues
Transportation engineering graduate student Gabriel Cedraz Diniz was recognized by the Graduate Research Award Program on Public-Sector Aviation Issues for the academic year 2024-25.
CEE Awards honor leadership, teaching excellence, impactful research for 2024
The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering celebrated its top work of the year Nov. 14 at an awards ceremony for students, faculty and staff.
Awards honored the best undergraduate and graduate student work, the most effective teachers, and remarkable research for 2024. They also recognized staff excellence and impactful service to the School.
CEE Prioritizes One of Its Own with Ramp Construction
The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering’s motto,: “People are our priority, the world is our responsibility,” was put into play close to home recently when a member of the CEE family was in need of assistance.
LaShone Simmons’ husband Earnest suffered a stroke on Labor Day, and the couple learned he would be wheelchair-bound post-rehabilitation. That meant their house would need a ramp built to be made wheelchair accessible.