Department of Civil Construction and Environmental Engineering

Sep 30, 2024

NC State alum wins New Professional Engineer of the Year award

Charlie Townsend '15, '21 is the land development team leader for VHB, where he leads projects that are shaping the landscape of Raleigh’s residential, industrial and commercial sectors — or as he puts it, the places where people live, work and play. 

Sep 30, 2024

Navigating shared paths

Lukas Smith grew up speaking German at home with his mother, who is from Frankfurt originally. He’s a civil engineering major who is minoring in German as well as Spanish,… 

Sep 19, 2024

Study outlines cost-effective paths to eliminating greenhouse gas production

A new study lays out a wide range of options available to cost-effectively eliminate greenhouse gas production from the U.S. energy system by 2050. 

Sep 13, 2024

Research lays groundwork for future fertilizers

A North Carolina State University research team that set out four years ago to create the fertilizer of the future — one that was more energy efficient, environmentally sustainable and… 

Aug 21, 2024

Researchers will build an international network of networks, S2S-AccelNet, to strengthen forecast applications and services

Researchers from North Carolina State University, Columbia University, the City University of New York (CUNY), Texas A&M University (TAMU) and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) have received National Science Foundation (NSF) funding to build an international network of networks (NON) to bolster forecasting that helps protect infrastructure and natural resources in a rapidly changing world. 

Aug 16, 2024

First-year Julian Farrish uses lessons from football to prep for CCEE major

Most of what Julian Farrish knows about time management comes from his years playing football. 

Aug 14, 2024

An out-of-state student comes home

For Bryson Lee, despite being an out-of-state student, coming to NC State University feels like coming home. 

Aug 13, 2024

What’s on tap? Maybe one day your wastewater.

JoAnna Klein spoke with environmental historian Matthew Booker and engineer Francis De Los Reyes about the problem of urban waste management. The answer is a lesson in history – and a call to challenge our assumptions about what waste really means to us. 

Jul 26, 2024

Three honored with Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award

Three College of Engineering graduates — Admiral Daryl L. Caudle, Robert E. Troxler and Deborah Bell Young — received the Distinguished Engineering Alumni (DEA) Award during a dinner and ceremony on campus on Oct. 25, 2023, as part of Red and White Week.