The University of Minnesota's Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering: Inspired and
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND GEO- ENGINEERING·
Inspired and Innovative Engineering for Society: Learn, Discover, Transform
Here, the faculty, staff, and students embody engineering for society. Civil engineers design and operate the infrastructure – bridges, roads, dams, etc. – on which quality of life and economic growth rely. Environmental engineers provide safe drinking water and wa
06/25/2026
FREE Alumni Band Concert
Wednesday, July 1, 7p.m.
Enjoy crowd-pleasing favorites on
Northrop Plaza
84 Church St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455,
Summer Band Northrop Plaza Concert | University of Minnes Come see the U of M Summer Band concert on Northrop Plaza.
06/24/2026
Pedram Mortazavi and Ben Worsfold recognized for excellence
Two outstanding assistant professors recognized for excellence Benjamin Worsfold (left) has been awarded the ACI Walter P. Moore, Jr, Faculty Achievement Award. This honor was bestowed by the American Concrete Institute Board of Direction “in recognition of his innovative and meritorious teaching endeavors.” The formal announcement of the award was made at ...
05/27/2026
Two new Warren Lectures posted!
"Learning from Sand: How natural extremes inspire adaptive geomaterial models," Giuseppe Buscarnera from Civil Engineering, Northwestern University
and
"Advancing Sustainable Nanotechnology Solutions for PFAS Separation and Destruction," Nirupam Aich from Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Find those and many more lectures at
Warren Distinguished Lecture Series Warren Distinguished Lecture Series The Warren Distinguished Lecture Series was made possible through a generous, renewing gift from Alice Warren Gaarden. CEGE is continually thankful for her generosity, which allows us to bring in researchers and practitioners to share their knowledge with students...
05/27/2026
Congratulations Ron!
Your efforts make a real difference in the engineering community and all the communities served by engineering projects!
Concrete canoe team captain, Erik, was featured on the news!
Additionally, ASCE hosted brown bag lunches, general meetings, and numerous individual club events. As we wrap up another academic school year, it is important to highlight how much our clubs have put into making the CEGE community a caring group of scholars!
05/12/2026
The latest CEGE magazine now available
https://cse.umn.edu/cege/cege-magazine
Read about Miahi Marasteanu, a pavement materials engineer;
Henry and Erik, structural engineering students; award winning faculty -- and students; and more.
05/06/2026
Are you interested in Robust Shell Element and Nonlocal Approaches to Modeling Architected Structures and Fracture in Solids? View a new presentation from JN Reddy (Texas A&M Engineering)
On Robust Shell Element and Nonlocal Approaches to Modeling Architected Structures and Fracture in Solids A Warren Distinguished Lecture and J.S. Braun/Braun Intertec Visiting Professor Lecture withJ. N. ReddyMechanical EngineeringTexas A&M UniversityABSTRACTThis J.S. Braun/Braun Intertec Visiting Professor Lecture consists of Reddy’s recent research on (1) shell finite element with thickness stretche...
04/24/2026
Here are the final results from all the UMN teams competing in the American Society of Civil Engineers regional student symposium last weekend. Take a look at these results!
Concrete Canoe:
1st Place Best Technical Presentation
2nd Place Best Product/Prototype
3rd Place Overall
Steel Bridge:
1st Place Best Aesthetics
4th Place Lightest Bridge
4th Place Overall
Sustainable Solutions:
2nd Place Overall
Mead Ethics Paper Competition:
Paper written and presented by Tyler Boltenhouse 5th Place overall (out of 18 Schools!)
Seana Ruiz, current President of the UMN Student Chapter said, : "I'm pleased to say that this is one of our best performances across the board. Our teams are getting better by the year and I'm excited to see them exceed us in the future!"
Congratulations to all ASCE competition teams from CEGE!
Concrete Canoe Team got 1st Place Technical Presentation and 3rd Overall
Steel Bridge Team took 1st Place Aesthetics Design and 4th Overall
Sustainable Solutions Team won 2nd Place Overall
04/07/2026
New rankings are in --
In the nation overall, both Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering ranked 17th
(Geoengineering programs were not rated, but our Geoengineering program continues to be strong and well respected.) Among public universities, Environmental Engineering ranked 9, and Civil Engineering ranked 11
UMN is a great place to study inspired and innovative engineering for society!
All CSE grad programs rank in top 20 among publics U.S. News and World Report rankings are out, and we have good news! MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (04/07/2026) — All graduate programs in the University of Minnesota Twin Cities College of Science and Engineering continue to rank in the Top 20 among public universities nationwide in new US News and World...