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    • Three Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Members Were Recognized With a 2020 Engineering Dean's Award
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    • Gerardo Flintsch named Dan Pletta Professor
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    • Eric Jacques selected by the Office of Naval Research for its Young Investigator Program
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    • Virginia Tech Concrete Canoe team breaks a 16-year streak in regional competition
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    • Finley Charney honored with emeritus status
    • Bryan Katz receives the G.V. Loganathan Award
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    • National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) in Combating Antimicrobial Resistance
    • Michael J. Garvin inducted into National Academy of Construction
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    • Hesham Rakha awarded the 2021 IEEE Intelligent Transportation System Outstanding Research Award
    • Sherif Abdelaziz receives the 2022 C. A. Hogentogler Award
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    • Roberto T. Leon receives the Geerhard Haaijer Award for Excellence in Education
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    • Jose Wilches awarded the President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
    • Claire White honored with Alumni Teaching Excellence Award
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    • David Ford named Vecellio Professor of Construction Engineering and Management
    • Erich Hester is awarded fellowship for work in hydropower energy
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    • Alexander Brand awarded back-to-back Le Chatelier Distinguished Paper awards
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    • Dan Gallagher awarded with G.V. Loganathan Award
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    • Linsey Marr named to National Academy of Engineering
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    • Paolo Scardina honored with alumni teaching excellence award
    • Amy Pruden speaks at Global Leaders Group meeting on antimicrobial resistance
    • Kyle Strom builds innovative camera system to track muddy snowflakes in the Mississippi River
    • Gabriel Isaacman-VanWertz earns Fulbright scholarship to study pollution in the Amazon rainforest
    • Ten Virginia Tech civil and environmental engineering alumni recognized at 2023 alumni awards ceremony
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    • ASCE celebrates 100 years at Virginia Tech
    • In memoriam: Siegfried Holzer, alumni distinguished professor emeritus of civil and environmental engineering
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    • Graduate research empowers homeowners to gauge copper levels in their drinking water
    • Bill Knocke selected for faculty academies
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    • Linsey Marr honored as University Distinguished Professor
    • Paolo Scardina celebrates 30 years at Virginia Tech
    • Hesham Rakha named Canadian Academy of Engineering fellow
    • Linsey Marr leads collaborative research project to mitigate flu
    • Bryan Katz wins the Wilbur S. Smith Distinguished Transportation Educator Award
    • Alexander Brand receives NSF CAREER award to discover the mechanisms that make concrete work
    • Doctoral student Megan Beever receives prestigious fellowship
    • Virginia Tech’s Linsey Marr named 2023 MacArthur Fellow
    • Bridges, Builders, & Society program takes civil engineering students on an educational journey
    • Mr. Vaughan Buckley to deliver the 22nd annual Vecellio Distinguished Lecture
    • Michael J. Garvin named David H. Burrows Professor of Construction Engineering
    • Erich Hester honored with Alumni Teaching Excellence Award
    • The Impact of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers at Virginia Tech
    • Civil engineering students gain global perspectives during semester at the Steger Center in Switzerland
    • Less ice on the road leads to more salt in the soil, air, and water
    • Transatlantic project works to fortify coastal resilience against rising seas
    • Enabling systems to work together to create a better tomorrow
    • Gerardo Flintsch announced as 2024 recipient of the Wilbur S. Smith Award
    • Collaborative effort explores moving power lines from overhead to underground
    • Ten Virginia Tech civil and environmental engineering alumni recognized at 2024 alumni awards ceremony
    • Civil and environmental engineering students take a comprehensive approach to optimize lighting systems for sustainability
    • Alba Yerro-Colom to use National Science Foundation CAREER award to better predict and prevent landslides
    • Civil and environmental engineering outstanding senior AJ Joseph is dedicated to serving through transportation
    • Rodrigo Sarlo receives National Science Foundation CAREER award to create structural digital twins on campus
    • Research to uncover the impact of water use in the Colorado River Basin
    • Eric Jacques named Thomas M. Murray Family Junior Faculty Fellow
    • Exploring Engineering and Culture
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    • Researcher tackles hidden climate impacts in the soil and air
    • Research seeks to transform urban water management
    • Peter Vikesland named inaugural Pryor Professor of Engineering
    • Meet the new civil and environmental engineering faculty
    • Building a COMPASS to navigate future pandemics
    • In memoriam: Thomas M. Murray, professor emeritus of civil and environmental engineering
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    • Andrea Dietrich recognized by Governor Glenn Youngkin for her service following drinking water incident in Orange County, Virginia.
    • Recovery efforts post-Hurricane Helene
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    • Equipping university students to be leaders in addressing climate change
    • CIvil and Environmental Engineering alumnus innovates lacrosse practice device
    • Senior Avery Hollinger awarded an ICRI scholarship
    • William R. Knocke answers questions about the new Environmental Engineering major
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    • Engineering alumnus earns Los Angeles architectural award for renovations to historic theater
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    • From Beams to Basketballs: Two civil and environmental engineering students compete on the Virginia Tech women's basketball practice squad
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    • Adrian Rodriguez-Marek, Russell Green, and their former Ph.D. student Sneha Upadhyaya win prestigious Collingwood Prize for groundbreaking research on liquefaction
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    • Celebrating Excellence: 2025 Alumni Awards Honorees
    • Virginia Tech dominates 2025 ASCE Student Symposium
    • Burying power lines: A costly but crucial solution to prevent outages and wildfires
    • Adam Phillips Unveils Cost-Cutting, Snow-Ready Housing Solution for Cold Climates
    • College of Engineering graduate programs ranked highly in latest U.S. News & World Report
    • Clifford W. Randall Distinguished Lecture
    • Virginia Tech Ph.D. student Md Shadman Sakib selected for 2025 Water Prediction Innovators Summer Institute
    • Data shows roundabouts are safe. Drivers in Scottsdale and elsewhere are still fighting them
    • Virginia Tech civil and environmental engineering students win Southern District Institute of Transportation Engineers Traffic Bowl for the first time in program history
    • CEE Faculty Honored with Loganathan Award
    • Class of 2025: Tolulope 'Tolu' Odimayomi named Outstanding Graduate Student for the College of Engineering
    • Engineering adventurers
    • Eight College of Engineering graduate students recognized with Torgersen research awards
    • Department Rallies to Support Custodial Staff Member After Flooding
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