Accomplishments: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction
Gabson Baguma (Civil and Environmental Engineering) emerged the best Graduate Poster Presenter with an award of $600 at the Nevada Water Resources Association (NWRA) conference held in Reno on Jan. 31 - Feb. 2, 2023.
Jin Ouk Choi (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) has published a book titled, Modularization: The Fine Art of Offsite Preassembly for Capital Projects (ISBN: 978-1-119-82471-8) with Michael Kluck at KBR through the publisher Wiley. The book is for both graduate students and practitioners in the construction industry who…
Each year during the Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium, OUR recognizes and honors 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ faculty members with a record of excellence in inspiring, influencing, supporting, and mentoring undergraduate researchers in their professional development, career training, and educational journey. OUR awards one…
Marie-Odile Fortier (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction), along with collaborators and graduate students at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, published their study, "Integrated Stochastic Life Cycle Assessment and Techno-economic Analysis for Shrub Willow Production in the Northeastern United States" in the…
Rithesh Shivuni, Sabrina Moore, and Shashi Nambisan (all Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) co-authored the presentation “An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Speed Feedback Signs in the City of Las Vegas." Shivuni and Nambisan presented it at the 2022 Institute of Transportation Engineers Mountain District’s annual meeting in…
Rithesh Shivuni (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction), the immediate past president of the 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ student chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), accepted the ITE Mountain District’s 2022 Outstanding Student Chapter award this month at the district's annual meeting in Boise, Idaho. The district covers eight…
Shashi Nambisan (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction and the Transportation Research Center) received the Institute of Transportation Engineers Mountain District’s 2022 Outstanding Educator award, which was presented at the district’s annual meeting held in Boise, Idaho, earlier this month. He was nominated for this award by…
Jin Ouk Choi (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) delivered a presentation at the Modular Building Institute (MBI)'s 2022 World of Modular Conference in San Antonio, Texas, last month. The presentation included some of research findings on innovative technology and approaches for modular construction, including but not…
Meena Ejjada (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) has been selected for the prestigious 71st Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Chemistry. This year's council has selected 600 most qualified young scientists from 91 countries to participate from June 26 to July 1 in Germany. As a young scientist attending this meeting, Ejjada will…
Jin Ouk Choi (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) and his research on modular construction were featured in episode 38 of "Inside Modular" (the Podcast of Commercial Modular Construction) by Modular Building Institute (MBI).
Jin Ouk Choi (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) received a grant from the Construction Industry Institute (CII) as principal investigator. He will develop a new modularization business case analysis tool that can determine the optimal extent of modularization for a given project considering new business drivers with his…
Jin Ouk Choi (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) was interviewed by Zena Ryder for the Modular Building Institute. Zena interviewed him about his work and research on modular construction, and his experience in and around the modular construction industry, which is published in the latest issue (March/April 2022) of…