The Penn State student chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) won first place in the Mid-Colonial District regional ITE Collegiate Traffic Bowl, which took place April 15-17 in Philadelphia.

Vikash Gayah, assistant professor of civil engineering at Penn State, will research urban traffic network dynamics from a network-wide perspective, thanks to a National Science Foundation (NSF) Early Career (CAREER) award.

The Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, published by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), recently selected civil engineering doctoral candidate Elnaz Kermani as an ASCE 2017 Outstanding Reviewer.

Civil engineering doctoral candidate Behnoud Kermani was chosen as the recipient of the Harold F. Martin Graduate Assistant Outstanding Teaching Award by the Penn State Graduate Fellowships and Awards Administration.

Internship experience can be an invaluable part of education, and no one knows that more than civil engineering doctoral candidate Jaskanwal Chhabra, who spent the fall semester at one of the leading architecture, interior design and engineering firms in the world.

Historically mapping the amount of water content in soil is essential to determine whether crops will flourish, wildfires will ignite or floods will destroy the land. Employing deep learning technology to existing soil moisture data can help accurately predict these moisture changes over time, according to a team of Penn State researchers.

A new engineering class being offered this spring is introducing civil and environmental engineers to decision making and public policy. The class, taught by Civil Engineering Assistant Professor Caitlin Grady, is titled CE597: Ethics, Engineering and Environmental Management. It is currently only offered to students in graduate school.