Hydraulics Laboratory Conferences Assessment Student Societies Department News Job Opportunities College of Engineering Utah State University Maintained by The CEE WebGoddess. Last updated on August 1, 1999. Research projects are often collaborative efforts involving faculty from CEE and other departments at USU, from other universities, and from government agencies. Research conducted by CEE faculty is closely integrated with the five graduate programs in the department and their academic curricula. Research funding provides both financial support and thesis and dissertation topics for graduate students.
Many undergraduates also find employment in research programs in the department.
Among the research facilities associated with the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering are the Utah Water Research Laboratory , the Utah Technology Transfer Center , the Institute for Natural Systems Engineering , and the Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics Lab . The research is directed at solving multimedia water-related problems of state, national, and international scopes. The Utah Water Research Laboratory was established by Utah State University and the Utah State Legislature in the early 1960s. The present building and hydraulics laboratory were constructed in 1965, and expanded in 1980 to include the Environmental Quality Laboratory. The UWRL includes university faculty, staff, and graduate students that conduct research in the areas of hydraulics, fluid mechanics, groundwater, water resources, hydrology, river mechanics, sedimentation and erosion control, environmental engineering, transportation engineering, and water education.