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About Us Civil Engineering at Pitt

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering offers six different curricular programs, five of which are heavily involved in research. Choose a program and you can focus on:

Construction Management & Sustainability

Controlling the flow and operations of people, machines, and material on a construction job site while at the same time monitoring the complete economic and environmental impact and performance, from raw materials and product manufacture to building design, construction, operations and maintenance, and building reuse or disposal.
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Sustainability & Green Design

Sustainability, Green and Living Buildings, Green Construction, Life Cycle Assessment, Renewable and sustainable energy, Bioproducts.
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Affiliated Faculty: Dr. Bilec, Dr. Landis, Dr. Marriott

Water Resources Engineering

Understanding fluid mechanics, hydraulics, hydrology, and water resources systems
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Affiliated Faculty: Dr. Budny, Dr. Liang, Dr. Quimpo

Environmental Engineering

Engineering water and wastewater treatment, water quality, and solid and hazardous waste management, air quality control, and environmental impact assessment
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Affiliated Faculty: Dr. Casson, Dr. Neufeld, Dr. Vidic

Geotechnical and pavement Engineering 

Characterizing and using the materials of the earth for construction of structural foundations, pavements, stable slopes, and earth dams
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Affiliated Faculty: Dr. Koubaa, Dr. Lin, Dr. Vallejo, Dr. Vandenbossche

Structural Engineering and Mechanics

Applying math, physics, and engineering mechanics for the solution of problems leading to building and bridge designs that served the needs of our world.
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Affiliated Faculty: Dr. Harries, Dr. Rizzo, Dr. Torkamani

William Hunter Dammond

William Hunter Dammond earned a degree in civil engineering (with honors) and became the first African American graduate of the University of Pittsburgh.

Dammond is remembered as a noted engineer, professor, inventor, and mathematical genius whose achievements included noteworthy contributions to the railroad industry-a major American industry that employed large numbers African Americans.

Civil Engineering

The Department of Civil Engineering is one of the oldest in the nation.

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