Virginia Tech's Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Program offers graduate studies and research opportunities in the planning and design of a broad scope of environmental and water resources projects. The group is composed of 17 faculty members and over 100 graduate students. Ranked 7th at the graduate level by US News and World Reports, it is a nationally recognized program consisting of faculty who excel as teachers and researchers.
News and Highlights
John C. Little named Charles E. Via Jr. Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
John C. Little, professor of civil and environmental engineering in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, was recently appointed the Charles E. Via Jr. Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
Panos Diplas receives ASCE Einstein and Hilgard Awards for 2012
Dr. Panos Diplas is the 2012 recipient of the Hans Albert Einstein Award, presented by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). He is also a member of a team receiving the 2012 Karl Emil Hilgard Hydraulic Prize from ASCE.
Moglen's research questions urban development planning relating to flooding
Professor Glenn Moglen has spent years studying the issue of limiting impervious surfaces such as pavements that act as impenetrable materials to water. He has called for planners "to allow a safety margin when regulating land based on imperviousness, to steer development to already urbanized locations and away from relatively undisturbed locations, and to take advantage of situations that mitigate the deleterious effects of imperviousness on stream ecology."
Departmental News and Highlights
Contact Information
Betty P. Wingate
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
421 Durham Hall, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Tel.:(540) 231-6131
Fax.:(540) 231-7916
E-mail: bwingate@vt.edu
