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Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Civil & Environmental Engineering: building skills to build a better world.

Civil and environmental engineering is the engineering of constructed facilities:

  • buildings, bridges, tunnels, and dams
  • harbors and airports
  • waterways, railways, and highways
  • water power, irrigation, drainage, and water supply
  • wastewater and hazardous waste disposal
  • environmental health systems

Civil engineers are the professionals who plan, design, direct the construction, and oversee the maintenance of these facilities.

Academic programs

Students who study civil engineering may be interested in pursuing advanced degrees, including UMassD's PhD in Engineering & Applied Science.

Excellence in civil engineering

The department’s faculty members are excellent teachers, active researchers, and recognized innovators, with a focus on:

  • coastal engineering
  • environmental engineering
  • geotechnical engineering
  • structural engineering
  • transportation engineering
  • water resources engineering

Our up-to-date classrooms, laboratories, and facilities make cutting-edge learning and discovery possible—with research opportunities available at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Civil & environmental engineering at UMassD

Department News

Walaa Mogawer, professor of civil and environmental engineering
Walaa Mogawer receives National Academy of Sciences grant

Commonwealth Professor Walaa Mogawer was awarded nearly $650k for asphalt testing research

UMassD's 3 SMART scholars Nathanael Winchell, Eric Savage, and Jin Feng Lin
Three UMassD students win highly competitive SMART scholarship

UMass's smallest campus produces the highest number of SMART Scholars

MassCEC CEO, Sen Rodrigues, UMassD leadership and faculty attend roundtable at SMAST
UMass Dartmouth hosts Renewable Energy and Sustainability Roundtable for state officials

Senator Rodrigues and Massachusetts Clean Energy Center CEO Emily Reichert visit the School for Marine Science and Technology (SMAST)

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