University of Dayton, Ohio

WELCOME TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING MECHANICS

If you are searching for an accredited, comprehensive program that delivers the principles and hands-on methods that are fundamental to the civil engineering profession, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Mechanics will supply the components that you need.  We provide a broad spectrum of courses to maximize your career options and, at the same time, we provide flexibility, so you can specialize in your area of interest. 

The Department will help you customize your study through technical electives in environmental, geotechnical, structural, transportation and water resource engineering.  Our program is rich in real-world design opportunities and projects that link leadership and service to learning and scholarship in the Marianist tradition at the University of Dayton.  The focus of our scholarship is to advance state-of-the-art design and build safe, reliable and affordable infrastructure.

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Academic Programs: Learn to advance state-of-the-art design and build safe, reliable and affordable infrastructure.

At the University of Dayton, the programs of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Engineering Mechanics are taught by world-class educators who are experts in areas such as mechanics of composite materials, mechanical testing, structural analysis, surveying, geotechnical and foundation engineering, soil-structure interaction, geosynthetic materials, pipelines, characterization of water quality and aquatic natural organic matter, environmental nanoscience, interdependence of energy and water, traffic forecasts and travel demand modeling, transportation safety, and finite element methods.

The Department offers the following programs at the undergraduate level.  Click a link below to go to the University's Areas of Study and learn more about the program of your choice:
Civil Engineering
Bachelor's Plus Master's Program

The Department also offers the following minors' programs at the undergraduate level.  Click a link below to go to the University's Areas of Study and learn more about the program of your choice:
Minor in Engineering Mechanics
Minor in Environmental Engineering
Minor in Structures
Minor in Transportation Engineering
Minor in Water Resources Engineering

At the graduate level, the Department offers the following programs.  Click a link below to go to the University's Areas of Study and learn more about the program of your choice:
Civil Engineering (M.S.)
Engineering Mechanics (M.S.)

Our civil and environmental engineerning and engineering mechanics undergraduate program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org.

Careers: Civil Engineering Provides a Wide Range of Career Possibilities for You.

Many of our students receive job offers before graduation.  In fact, our placement rate for graduates is at or near 100 percent.  In addition, our students are highly recruited by the most prestigious and respected graduate engineering and law schools in the nation including Cornell University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Purdue University, Texas A&M, Rice University, University of Illinois, University of Michigan, University of Notre Dame and University of Texas at Austin.

Civil engineers, the leading users of high technology in wide-ranging applications in the public and the private sectors, are essential to the continued improvement of society.  They enter traditional fields such as construction, bridge and building design and analysis, highway design and traffic control, water treatment and distribution, environmental engineering, hydraulics, and geotechnics; however, their broad education also prepares them for materials engineering, engineering management as well as the aerospace and automotive industries.  Civil engineering has applications in conceptual and detail design, field operations, computers, and consulting.

Many of our graduates benefit from employment opportunities available through the School's network of alumni and business partners, including Miller-Valentine, Shook, Turner Construction and others.

OPPORTUNITIES: BECOME THE COMPLETE, PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER.

National honor societies, professional organizations, service clubs, sororities and fraternities, the School of Engineering provides students with opportunities to learn and achieve outside the classroom.  We recognize our students' talents and provide opportunities and activities for real experience and advanced learning — and fun.  We work closely with alumni and private business leaders to supply ongoing opportunities and to continue the cycle of education and service in the engineering community.