Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Welcome to CEE

Welcome


Civil Engineering is a profession that utilizes our nation's resources to improve the quality of life for all, while at the same time preserving and protecting the natural environment. Nearly every aspect of everyday life involves the use of facilities and infrastructure that are designed and maintained by civil and environmental engineers. Examples are water facilities and wastewater disposal plants in cities and towns, hydraulic structures and electric energy generation, transportation systems such as highways, railroads and airports, buildings and bridges of all kinds, community planning, and solid and hazardous waste disposal.

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) offers courses of study on the Pullman campus leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Civil Engineering, Master of Science (M.S.) in Civil Engineering, M.S. in Environmental Engineering, and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Civil Engineering.  The B.S. degree in Civil Engineering is accredited by the national Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).  The educational objectives and student outcomes for the undergraduate program in civil engineering are given at http://www.ce.wsu/CE_Objectives_and_Outcomes .

Undergraduate students are required to take courses in each of the different technical areas of civil engineering, providing a broad base of knowledge.   During their senior year, students select elective courses in one or more area of interest. Graduate students, on the other hand, will select a particular area of interest and concentrate their course work and research in that area. 

Approximately 100 seniors graduate with a B.S. degree each year. Approximately 80 graduate students are in residence, typically one-third of these are Ph.D. candidates and the remainder are pursuing M.S. degrees.

Our graduates have a long-standing reputation among our external constituencies as being equipped to be successful in engineering practice and prepared for advanced continuing education and advanced study.  Graduates from our program consistently perform above the state and national passing rates on the national Fundamentals of Engineering Exam. Our graduates are actively sought by industry, consulting firms and government employers. The department’s current strategic plan is given at http://www.ce.wsu.edu/strategic_plan.htm.  We are, indeed, proud of the program, students, and faculty in our department.

 

 

Civil and environmental engineers are the nation's doers and are responsible for improving living standards and serving communities in which we live. They grapple with many of the nation's challenges such as overcrowded roads and highways, functionally obsolete bridges that are unable to carry today's heavier loads, crowded urban areas and communities, contaminated groundwater aquifers, and air pollution. We seek ways to solve these problems better, faster and cheaper. With these challenges come the rewards and pride in making contributions to society and to our country.
David McLean, CEE Professor and Department Chair

 

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