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CEE in the News
Choate Bridge Nomination
Research conducted by Tufts engineering students, Emma
Francis and Julia Carroll under the guidance of
Brian
Brenner, has given the Choate Bridge located in Ipswich,
Mass. the designation of a 2008 ASCE Civil Engineering
History and Heritage landmark. Read more about the bridge
and its construction in the
Boston Society of Civil
Engineers News >>
David Gute travels to Denmark to discuss immigrant
occupational safety and health
In April, Gute traveled to Copenhagen with Heloisa Galvao,
co-founder of the Brazilian Women's Group, Vida Verde
cooperative, to meet with members of the National Research
Centre for the Working Environment.
Read more here.
 Brian Brenner speaks during National Engineers Week
Brenner presents the keynote address at the
New Hampshire Society of
Professional Engineers on Feb. 21, 2008. The presentation will be based on his book,
Don't Throw This Away!
Whatever Happened to Long Term Bridge Design?
NSF awards a Partnership for Innovation grant ($600K);
“Whatever Happened to Long Term Bridge Design?” for
Sustainable Bridge Design & Health Monitoring to Civil and
Environmental Engineering professors, Masoud Sanayei (PI),
Brian Brenner, and Dean Linda Abriola, and UNH professors,
Erin Bell and Dean Joseph Klewicki
Industrial ecologists borrow from nature to create new products
Two engineers at Tufts School of Engineering are studying industrial ecology
from different perspectives. Stephen Levine, an associate professor of civil and
environmental engineering, researches the theory behind industrial ecology,
while Chris Swan, an associate professor in the same department, has put theory
into practice with his invention of a new product made from two waste products:
plastic that cannot be recycled and fly ash.
Learn more.
Tufts ASCE Hosts Civil and Environmental
Engineering Department Student-Faculty Dinner
The Tufts University student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers
(ASCE) hosted its annual Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) Department
Student-Faculty Dinner on the evening of Thursday, November 15, 2007, in the
Faculty Dining Facility of Carmichael Hall. Approximately 50 students, both
undergraduate and graduate, and professors attended the event.
During the social hour, attendees enjoyed hors d’oeuvres and a Power-Point
presentation containing trivia about professors in the Tufts CEE department, in
addition to engineering jokes. Members of the ASCE executive board opened the
program by announcing ASCE events and happenings over the past year. After a
scrumptious meal, students and professors formed teams (based on the tables at
which they were seated) and engaged in a civil engineering trivia challenge.
Teams earned points by answering sixteen questions of varying difficulty, and
could wager as many points as they desired in the final "lightning" round.
Questions ranged from topics in various areas of civil engineering,
infrastructure, and historical events related to civil engineering.
Through the Student-Faculty Dinner, attendees were able to get to know their
fellow students and professors outside of the classroom in a non-academic
setting. The dinner was an enjoyable experience for students and faculty alike.
- Jim Kaklamanos, Tufts ASCE President
Award News
Jonathan Crocker (2007-B.S. Environmental Engineering, Cum Laude) received the
Outstanding Student Paper Award from the American Geophysical Union. Jonathan
presented his paper, Transport of Oil-in-Water Emulsions Designed to Deliver
Reactive Iron Particles in Porous Media at the 2007 Joint Assembly in Acapulco, Mexico.
His award will be announced in the upcoming publication of EOS, the weekly newspaper of AGU.
His paper was based on his Senior Honor Thesis, for which he received the Highest
Thesis Honors at the May 2007 Tufts University commencement. Congratulations Jonny!
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