A top-ranked department

  • Undergraduate Environmental Engineering Program: #7

    U.S. News & World Report, 2024

  • Graduate Environmental Engineering Program: #8

    U.S. News & World Report, 2024

  • Undergraduate Civil Engineering Program: #10

    U.S. News & World Report, 2024

  • Graduate Civil Engineering Program: #12

    U.S. News & World Report, 2024

CEE programs

Bachelor of Science
Master of Science
Doctor of Philosophy

Research

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    Climate-resilient environmental systems and technologies (CREST)

    Researchers in CEE's Climate-resilient environmental systems and technologies focus area are modeling complex interactions between the natural and built environments.

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    Sustainable energy and transportation systems (SETS)

    Researchers in CEE's Sustainable energy and transportation systems focus area are crafting equitable solutions for energy and transportation infrastructures.

  • hand pouring chemicals from one glass to another

    Mechanics, chemistry, and materials (MCM)

    Researchers in CEE's Mechanics, chemistry, and materials focus area are addressing pressing societal needs related to climate change, food and water scarcity, and sustainable urban systems.

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    Intelligent engineered systems and society (IESS)

    Researchers in CEE's Intelligent engineered systems and society focus area are addressing pressing global issues such as climate change and urbanization through intelligent and autonomous infrastructure systems.

    • News

    Sep 10

    Global skylines, CEE roots

    When Xavier Hairston-Khan (CEE’10) is traveling the world to build some of society’s most iconic structures, he always comes back to what the M.S. in civil and environmental engineering program taught him to guide his work today.

    Aug 30

    The battle for curb space Opens in new window

    Civil Engineering researchers examine how new mobility systems are transforming city curbs into critical infrastructure and develop a framework to model usage and inform future policies.

    Aug 09

    Mapping Alaska’s glaciers from above

    Researchers at Carnegie Mellon, in collaboration with the National Park Service, use helicopter-borne ice penetrating radar surveys to assess the ice thickness and bedrock elevation of glaciers in Alaska’s Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, the largest national park in the U.S.

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