The faculty in these emphasis areas work closely together to form thrust areas of research in natural and manmade hazard mitigation and construction materials. Click here for information on the One-year Master's Program. The focus of the program is solving problems that arise when using new technologies. The graduate degree programs offered by the Civil Engineering Department prepare graduates to work at high levels within the engineering profession.
Excellent facilities are available for graduate research both on and off-campus.
The department offers a number of teaching assistantships, research assistantships and Fellowships to highly qualified students. The graduate student body is a diverse group of men and women. The graduate student to faculty ratio is about 4 to 1. Typical size of graduate classes is about 20 students in introductory classes and about ten in upper level classes. Click here for some pictures from the '99 Grad Student picnic .