PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
CUREE University Representative
Professor Gordon P. Warn
Dept. of Civil and Environmental Eng.
The Pennsylvania State University
226B Sackett Building
University Park, PA 16802-1408
Tel.: 814.863.2786
Fax: 814.863.7304
Email: gpw1@psu.edu
CUREE Members
Linda M. Hanagan
Maria Lopez de Murply
Ali M. Memari
Andrew Scanlon
Gordon P. Warn
University Websites
http://www.psu.edu
http://www.engr.psu.edu
The mission of the Pennsylvania State University Department of
Civil and Environmental Engineering is to prepare students for
professional practice, graduate study, life-long learning, societal
leadership, and to improve the scientific and technological basis
for civil and environmental engineering practice. To fulfill
this mission, the Department seeks to provide a high quality
undergraduate program with instruction in all the fundamental
areas of civil engineering, to conduct a distinguished program
of research and graduate study in selected areas of civil and
environmental engineering, and to disseminate advanced
technical knowledge to engineers, other professionals, and the
public.
The Penn State Civil and Environmental Engineering
Department, established in 1881, is internationally recognized
for excellence in the preparation of undergraduate and graduate
engineers through the integration of education, research, and
leadership. We offer the B.S. degree in Civil Engineering,
an undergraduate minor in Environmental Engineering, and
Masters in Science, Masters in Engineering, and Ph.D. degrees
in both Civil and Environmental Engineering. In 2013, U.S. News
and World Report ranked the Civil Engineering undergraduate
program 14th, the graduate program in Civil Engineering
was ranked 16th, and the graduate program in Environmental
Engineering was ranked 13th.
More than 400 juniors and seniors are enrolled in the
undergraduate program, and approximately 120 students in the
graduate program, with about half pursuing doctoral degrees.
Our outstanding, award-winning faculty offers a wide variety of
courses from freshman to graduate level, encompassing all areas
of civil and environmental engineering. We strive to maintain
a well-balanced program in which the research, teaching, and
service components of scholarship of are integrated into a worldclass education for our students.
Undergraduate Civil Engineering technical areas include:
• Environmental Engineering focuses on the treatment of
water, air, soil, solid & hazardous wastes, and the production
of renewable energy.
• Geotechnical and Materials Engineering includes the
characterization and improvement of civil engineering materials
and soils, foundation engineering, geotechnical design and
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modeling, materials testing and development, pavement design
and asset management, and design of sustainable infrastructure.
• Structural Engineering deals with the design or rehabilitation
of large public structures, such as bridges, dams, or buildings.
• Transportation Engineering considers the engineering aspects
of highways and streets, air transport, fixed guide way systems
(e.g., railroad, monorail, or maglev), and ports and waterways.
• Water Resources Engineering includes the areas of hydrology,
water resource management, eco-hydraulics and fluid mechanics.
Undergraduate Students
For more information please go to:
http://www.engr.psu.edu/ce/undergraduate.html
Graduate Students
For more information please go to:
http://www.engr.psu.edu/ce/graduate.html
The Pennsylvania State University
Civil & Environmental Engineering
212 Sackett Building
University Park, PA 16802-1408
Tel.: 814.863.3084 | Fax: 814.863.7304