ISU CCEE

🌿☀️🌳 Town is looking green for spring!

Celebrate by directly contributing to the expansion project! This expansion provides our students with additional opportunities to practice industry- ready skills and work with innovative technology, in addition to creating welcoming spaces for the CCEE community. Contribute to the project here: go.iastate.edu/U4BVIC

The civil engineering program is historic at Iowa State, developing the minds and skills of many great engineers. This , help us continue our tradition of excellence, pushing education towards innovation directly through the Civil Engineering Excellence Fund: go.iastate.edu/YZG9D5

Building leaders in construction since 1960, the ConE program provides a hands-on approach to preparing students for making real-world impacts. Make a direct contribution to construction engineering student support, technology, and experiences this at: go.iastate.edu/SQLH0P

Our environmental engineering program supplies the industry with top-notch teammates to design and implement effective, affordable solutions for environmental challenges involving water, air and land. This , support environmental engineering student scholarships, organizations, and programs, through the Environmental Engineering Excellence Fund: go.iastate.edu/K9N7OF

We celebrate the life of Dr. Richard Handy, an accomplished engineer, entrepreneur, leader, and mentor to many in our department, who passed away on January 31, 2026.

Handy had a 60-year career as a professor at Iowa State, with over 100 academic publications, four books published, 20 patents, and more than 60 graduate students graduating under his mentorship. His legacy reaches beyond the many technical advancements he brought to geotechnical engineering, leaving lasting impacts on the students and professionals he interacted with in humor, kindness, and ingenuity.

Obituary and funeral details here: https://www.carsonstappfuneralhome.com/obituaries/richard-handy

Congratulations to our fall 2025 graduates 🎓 We’re so proud of all that you’ve accomplished as part of our department, and we can’t wait to see what you do next🌎!

What do a deep-dish pizza, large rubber duck, and Iowa State football have in common? They’re all projects that teams made from concrete for CE3830: Design of Portland Cement Concrete! 
We have some creative students here in CCEE 🎨

We had a wonderful evening at the Alumni Center celebrating our CCEE graduating seniors and crowning the winning team of fall 2025 capstone. We shared memories and future plans, and got to the root of an important controversial question: Is a hotdog a sandwich? 🌭

We’re proud to announce the 2025 CCEE Impact Report! Check out highlights from our last year. 🔬 Innovative research, 🏆 faculty and staff awards, 👷 impactful student experiences, and more, here: ccee.iastate.edu/about-us/impact-report-2025/

Three outstanding CCEE alumni, Richard Netley (’73 civil engineering, ms ’77 structural and soil engineering), David Doxtad (’10 civil engineering), and Owen Berg (’08 civil engineering, ms ’10 civil and structural engineering), were recognized today at the Alumni Association’s 94th annual Honors & Awards Ceremony! Their impact, innovation, and service continue to make Iowa State proud.