Seminars

Spring 2024

The Civil and Environmental Engineering Seminar Series is an excellent opportunity to learn about exciting projects in the field. Seminars include research and practical topics and are given by alumni, professionals, and academics working in the fields of civil and environmental engineering.

Unless listed otherwise, all Civil and Environmental Engineering seminars are held in-person in Robinson Hall, Room 253 at 12:00 PM.

January 26, 2024
“Combining Seismic Tremor and GPS Observations to Characterize the Seasonal Evolution of the Greenland Basal Hydrologic System and its Relationship to Ice Dynamics”
Mark Behn – Boston College

February 2, 2024
“Towards Equitable Infrastructure: Scour Maintenance Strategy for Aging Bridge System in Flood-prone Zones Using Deep Reinforcement Learning”
Fei Han – University of New Hampshire

February 9, 2024
“The Design of Offshore Wind Farms for a Just Energy Transition”
Daniel Kuchma – Tufts University

February 16, 2024
Natalie Sierra – Brown and Caldwell

February 23, 2024
“Wastewater Surveillance: Insights from the Development of a SARS-CoV-2 Monitoring Program”
Catherine Hoar – Boston College

March 1, 2024
“Use of Nature-Based Approaches to Manage Present and Increased Coastal Flooding in Metro Boston”
Paul Kirshen – UMass Boston

March 8, 2024
"Ocean-Glacier Interactions: Exploring Plumes, Melting, And Mixing with Autonomous Vessels"
Rebecca Jackson – Tufts University

March 29, 2024
"Mechanics of Physically Intelligent Soft Materials: from Actuation to Switchable Adhesion"
Ruobing Bai – Northeastern University

April 5, 2024
"Simulation Intelligence in the New Paradigm of Environmental Monitoring"
Haruko M Wainwright – MIT

April 12, 2024
"A Survey of Historic Bridge Failures"
Brian Brenner – Tufts University

April 19, 2024
"Estimating Household Water Use in a Resource-Constrained Megacity"
Hassaan Khan – Tufts UEP Department

April 26, 2024
TBA