Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENCE)
Graduate Degree Program
College: Engineering
Abstract
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering offers graduate courses leading to the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. All programs are planned on an individual basis by the student and an advisor taking into consideration the student’s background and special interests. Areas of concentration at both the master’s and doctoral levels include: Disaster Resilience, Environment and Health, Intelligent Infrastructure, Project Management and Transportation and Mobility.
Financial Assistance
Research assistantships may be available from individual faculty members, depending on available resources. Only a limited number of teaching assistantships are available. Part-time work as grading assistants may be available as well. For best consideration for funding, apply by the preferred deadlines: September 1 for Spring admission, and January 15 for Fall admission.
Contact
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
1173 Glenn L. Martin Hall
4298 Campus Drive
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Telephone: 301.405.4195
Fax: 301.405.2585
Email: ceegradstudies@umd.edu
Website: cee.umd.edu
Courses: ENCE
All applicants must hold a Bachelor's degree, typically in engineering, physical sciences, mathematics, or other quantitative fields, from an accredited institution. Applicants with undergraduate degrees in other disciplines are evaluated on a case by case basis and may be accepted with the stipulation that deficiencies in prerequisite undergraduate coursework be corrected before enrolling in graduate courses. In addition to the requirements set forth by the Graduate School, applicants must have a minimum GPA of 3.0 to apply to the Master’s Program, and a minimum GPA of 3.5 to apply to the Doctoral Program. Applicants with lower GPAs may be considered and accepted in a provisional basis if other indicators of ability are exceptional (letters of recommendation, GRE scores, prior experience, etc.).
We strongly encourage applicants to the M.S. or Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering to identify one or two faculty members (on the Educational Intent section of the application) with whom you might be interested in working should you be admitted to the program. Identifying your faculty interests will help us better-evaluate your application. Preferred deadline (best consideration for funding): September 1 for Spring admission, and January 15 for Fall admission.
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
- Statement of Purpose
- Transcript(s)
- TOEFL/IELTS/PTE (international graduate students)
PROGRAM-SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
- Letters of Recommendation (3)
- CV/Resume
- Graduate Record Examination (GRE) (optional)
APPLICATION DEADLINES
| Type of Applicant | Fall Deadline | Spring Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| Domestic Applicants | ||
| US Citizens and Permanent Residents | May 1, 2025 | October 15, 2024 |
| International Applicants | ||
| F (student) or J (exchange visitor) visas; A,E,G,H,I and L visas and immigrants | January 30, 2025 | September 17, 2024 |
RESOURCES AND LINKS:
Other Deadlines: cee.umd.edu/graduate/prospective-students/admissions
Program Website: cee.umd.edu/graduate/prospective-students/admissions
Application Process: gradschool.umd.edu/admissions/application-process/step-step-guide-applying
Departmental research facilities include laboratories in the following areas: transportation, systems analysis, environmental engineering, hydraulics, remote sensing, structures, and soil mechanics. Graduate students have convenient access to a spectrum of computer facilities, including networked personal computers and workstations, specialized computer-aided design, graphics, and visualization laboratories, campus mainframe computers, and remote supercomputer facilities.
The Washington and Baltimore metropolitan areas are easily accessible for data, field studies, library access, contacts with national organizations, and attendance at national meetings. The location of the University of Maryland offers a unique opportunity to obtain an advanced degree in civil engineering.
| Last Name | First/Middle Name | Graduate Faculty Status | Academic Credentials | Positions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggour | Mohamed S. | Full Member | B.S., Cairo University, 1964;M.S., 1966; Ph.D., University of Washington, 1972. | Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Amde | Amde M. | Full Member | B.E.S.,Johns Hopkins University, 1970; M.S., University of California-Berkeley, 1971; Ph.D., State University of New York-Buffalo, 1976. | Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Aranda-Espinoza | Jose Helim | Full Member | B.S., University of Zacatecas, Mexico 1990; M.S., University of San Luis Potosi, Mexico 1993; Ph.D., University of San Luis Potosi, Mexico 1998. | Associate Chair, Bioengineering Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Associate Professor, Bioengineering Associate Professor, Biophysics Affiliate Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering |
| Austin | Mark A. | Full Member | B.E., University of Canterbury, 1980; M.S. University of California-Berkeley, 1982; Ph.D., 1985. | Director, Systems Engineering Associate Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Associate Professor, Systems Engineering Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Aydilek | Ahmet H. | Full Member | B.S., Istanbul Technical University, 1993; M.S. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1996; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000. | Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Ayyub | Bilal M. | Full Member | B.S., Kuwait University, 1980; M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1981; Ph.D., 1983. | Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor, Reliability Engineering Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Baecher | Gregory B. | Full Member | B.S.,University of California-Berkeley, 1968; M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970; Ph.D., 1972. | Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Bastin | Fabian | Special Member | B.S., University of Namur, 1997; M.S., University of Namur, 1999; Ph.D., University of Namur, 2004 | n/a, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Bradley | Joseph | Special Member | B.E., The Cooper Union, 1979; M.S./M.E, Naval Postgraduate School, 1994; Ph.D., Old Dominion University, 2014 | n/a, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Brubaker | Kaye L. | Full Member | B.A.,Eastern Mennonite College, 1979; B.S., University of Maryland-College Park,1989; M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991; Ph.D., 1995. | Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Cable | John Hart | Adjunct Member | B.Arch.,Clemson University, 1967; M.Arch., Catholic University of America, 1970. | Senior Research Engineer, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Carr | Meredith | Special Member | B.E., The Cooper Union, 2000; M.S., University of Illinois, 2002; Ph.D., University of Illinois, 2007 | n/a, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Chang | Gang-Len | Full Member | B.E.,National Cheng Kung University-Taiwan, 1975; M.S., National Chiao Tung University-Hsinchu, 1979; Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin, 1985. | Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Chang | Peter C. | Full Member | B.S.,Texas A&M University-College Station, 1975; M.S.,University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, 1979; Ph.D., 1982. | Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Cirillo | Cinzia | Full Member | M.S., University of Naples-Italy, 1994. Ph.D., University of Torino, 1998. | Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Coelho | Maria Eduarda | Special Member | B.S., University of Maryland College Park, 2015; M.S., University of Maryland College Park, 2017; Ph.D., University of Maryland College Park, 2022 | n/a, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Cui | Qingbin | Full Member | BE in Construction Engineering Management, Tianjin University, 1993; MS in Technology Economics, Tianjin University, 2000; PhD in Civil Engineering, Purdue University, 2005 | Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Davis | Allen P. | Full Member | B.S.,University of Delaware, 1984; M.S., 1986; Ph.D., 1989. | Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Dodge | Georgina | Associate | B.S., University of California Irvine, 1991; M.S., University of California Los Angeles, 1993; Ph.D., University of California Los Angeles, 1995 | n/a, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Druin | Allison J. | Full Member | B.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design, 1985; M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1987; Ph.D.,University of New Mexico-Albuquerque, 1997. | Associate Dean, Information Studies Professor, Human-Computer Interaction Professor, Library and Information Science Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Ducca | Frederick | Special Member | B.S., St. Peter's College, 1967; M.S., University of Pennsylvania, 1972; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1978 | n/a, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Duthinh | Dat | Special Member | B.S., Princeton University; M.S., University of Delaware; Ph.D., Cornell University | n/a, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Evans | T. Matthew | Special Member | B.S., University of New Mexico, 1997; M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2002; Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005 | n/a, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Forman | Barton | Full Member | B.S., University of Virginia, 1998; M.S., University of California at Berkeley, 1999; Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles, 2010 | Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Fu | Chung C. | Full Member | B.S.,National Taiwan University, 1972; M.S., University of Maryland-College Park, 1975; Ph.D., 1982. | Research Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Galloway | Gerald | Adjunct Member | B.S., U.S. Military Academy; M.S., Princeton University; M.P.A., Pennsylvania State University; M.A., U.S. Army Command and General Staff College; Ph.D., University of North Carolina. | Research Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Gerst | Michael | Special Member | B.S., Virginia Institute of Technology, 2004; M.S., Yale University, 2005; Ph.D., Yale University, 2008 | n/a, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Golden | Bruce L. | Full Member | B.A.,University of Pennsylvania, 1972; S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1974; Ph.D., 1976. | Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Affiliate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Goulias | Dimitrios | Full Member | Laurea,Universita Degli Studi, 1987; M.S., University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1988;Ph.D., University of Texas-Austin, 1992. | Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Haghani | Ali | Full Member | B.S.,Shiraz University, 1976; M.S., Northwestern University, 1982; Ph.D., 1986. GCEN Academic Advisor for Civil and Environmental Engineering | Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Hapeman | Cathleen | Special Member | B.S., University of Maryland College Park, 1981; Ph.D., University of Maryland College Park, 1986 | n/a, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Herovic | Emina | Special Member | B.S., Western Kentucky University, 2010; M.S., University of Kentucky, 2012; Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2016 | n/a, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Kalnay | Eugenia E | Full Member | B.A., Lenguas vas Buenos Aires, 1970; M.A.,Licenciatura en Ciencias Meteorologicas, 1972; Ph.D.,Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1978. | Distinguished University Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Distinguished University Professor, Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Affiliate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Kim | Myungseob (Edward) | Special Member | B.Eng., Incheon National University, 2006; M.Eng., Incheon National University, 2008; M.S., University of Maryland, 2012; Ph.D., University of Maryland, 2013 | Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Kjellerup | Birthe | Full Member | M. Sc. Environmental Engineering, Aalborg University, 1997; Ph.D., Environmental Microbiology, Aalborg University, 2004 | Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Affiliate Associate Professor, Bioengineering |
| Kolodziej | Edward | Special Member | B.S., Johns Hopkins University, 1998; M.S., University of California Berkeley, 1999; Ph.D., University of California Berkeley, 2004 | n/a, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Kwok | Young | Special Member | B.S., Yonsei University, 1991; M.S., University of California Berkeley, 1992; Ph.D., University of California Berkeley, 1997 | n/a, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Liu | Xitong | Special Member | B.S., Nanjing University, 2010; M.S., Nanjing University, 2013; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 2017 | n/a, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Logan | Tom | Special Member | B.E., University of Canterbury, 2013; B.S., University of Canterbury, 2014; M.S., Johns Hopkins University, 2015; Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2019 | n/a, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Lovell | David J. | Full Member | B.A.,Portland State University, 1990; M.S., University of California-Berkeley, 1993 Ph.D., 1997. | Professor, Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and Scientific Computation Professor, Systems Engineering Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| McCuen | Richard H. | Full Member | B.S.,Carnegie-Mellon University, 1967; M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1969; Ph.D., 1970. | Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Milner | Stuart D. | Adjunct Member | Research Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering | |
| Moglen | Glenn | Special Member | B.S., University of Maryland, 1987; M.S., Colorado State University, 1989; PhD., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995 | Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Mostafavi | Ali | Special Member | B.S., Sharif University, 2004; M.S., Purdue University, 2011; Ph.D., Purdue University, 2013 | n/a, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Nateghi | Roshanak | Special Member | M.Eng., Imperial College, 2006; M.S. Johns Hopkins University, 2009; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 2012 | n/a, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Phillips | Brian | Full Member | B.S., University of Pittsburgh, 2006; M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2012 | Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Reilly | Allison | Full Member | Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering | |
| Ruth | Matthias | Special Member | M.A.,Ruprecht-Karls-Universitat, 1989;Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1992 | Affiliate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Schleicher | Lisa | Special Member | B.S., University of North Carolina at Asheville, 2007; M.S., University of Maryland, 2009; Ph.D., University of Maryland, 2013 | n/a, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Schonfeld | Paul M. | Full Member | B.S.,Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1974; M.S., 1974; Ph.D.,University of California-Berkeley, 1978. | Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Schwartz | Charles W. | Full Member | B.S.C.E.,Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1974; M.S.C.E., 1977; Ph.D., 1979. | Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Sebastian | Antonia | Special Member | B.S., Rice University, 2011; Ph.D., Rice University, 2016 | n/a, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Skibniewski | Miroslaw J. | Full Member | M.Eng., Politechnika Warszawski, 1981; M.S. Carnegie-Mellon University, 1983; Ph.D. Carnegie-Mellon University, 1986. | Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Spissu | Erika | Special Member | B.S., Università di Cagliari, 2001; M.S., Università di Cagliari, 2001; Ph.D., Università di Cagliari, 2006 | n/a, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Sternberg | Yaron M. | Full Member | B.S.,University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign, 1961; M.S., University of California-Davis, 1963; Ph.D., 1965. | Professor Emeritus, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Sun | Lu | Special Member | B.S., Southeast University, 1993; Ph.D., Southeast University, 1996; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2001 | n/a, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Torero | Jose | Full Member | Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering | |
| Torrents | Alba | Full Member | B.S.,University of Barcelona, 1985; M.A., Johns Hopkins University, 1988; Ph.D.,1992. | Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Torres | Sergio | Special Member | B.S., National Pedagogic University, 1979; Ph.D., Virginia Tech, 1985 | n/a, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Vance | Colin | Special Member | B.S., Boston University, 1992; Ph.D., Clark University, 2000 | n/a, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Vega | Claudia | Special Member | B.V.M., Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, 2005; M.P.H., Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, 2008; Ph.D., Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, 2014 | n/a, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Weaver | Thomas | Special Member | B.S., Brigham Young University, 1996; M.S., Brigham Young University, 1997; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 2001 | n/a, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Yuan | Heyang | Special Member | B.S., Tongji University, 2011; M.S. Technical University of Munich, 2013; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute | n/a, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Zhang | Lei | Full Member | B.S., Tsinghua University, 2000; M.S., University of Minnesota, 2002, 2005; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2006. | Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Zhang | Yunfeng | Full Member | B.S., Tongji University, 1993; M.S., Tsinghua University, 1996; Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, 2001. | Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Zhu | Shanjiang | Special Member | B.S., Tsinghua University, 2003; M.S., Tsinghua University/Ecole Centrale de Nantes, 2005; M.S., University of Minnesota, 2012; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2010 | Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Zupan | Marcus | Special Member | B.E., University of Dayton, 1995; M.S., Johns Hopkins University, 1997; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 2000. | Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering |