Research
Teaching and research are linked: the skills and leading edge technology utilized in research projects are transferred to students in the classrooms and laboratories.
News
Wang’s Lab Receives Global Interest During 2025 GCCA Innovandi Open Challenge
Dr. Jialai Wang, professor in the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, and his research team were recognized at the 2025 Global Cement and Concrete Association Innovandi Open Challenge...
UA Safe State Partners with OSHA for Heat Awareness Week Outreach
UA Safe State participated in the H2OSHA outreach campaign hosted by the U.S. Department of Labor and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s Birmingham Regional Office for Heat Awareness Week...
UA Society of Women Engineers Hosts Record-breaking STEM Event for Youth
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The Society of Women Engineers at The University of Alabama recently hosted its largest annual youth outreach event, WOW! That’s Engineering!, welcoming more than 140 third- through...
Areas & Laboratories
The Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering operates environmental, geotechnical, materials, hydraulics, structures and transportation laboratories in Cyber Hall, the North Engineering Research Center (NERC), and the South Engineering Research Center (SERC). The Department also maintains two Senior Design Studios equipped with the latest computer-aided design software for students enrolled in CE 401/402/405 and CE 403/404/406 Capstone Senior Design Project.
Major research topics include pre-project planning for construction projects, evacuation routing during emergencies, contaminants in wet-weather flows, affordable housing through engineering and manufacturing innovation, and the potential safety enhancements of seat belts in school buses.
More CCEE Research Areas
- Accelerated Bridge Construction
- Adaptive Building Envelope Systems
- Advanced Experimental Techniques
- Airport Engineering and Design
- Behavior of Steel and Composite Structures
- Building Information Modeling
- Community Resilience
- Construction Health
- Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT)
- Design and Behavior of Pre- and Post-Tensioned Concrete Structures
- Earthquake Engineering
- Forensic Investigation of Damaged Structures
- Geometric Design
- Infrastructure Materials Characterization
- Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Investigation of Corrosion in Structural Concrete
- Large-Scale Testing
- Living Materials for Well-Being in the Built Environment
- Multi-Hazard Evaluation
- Nanotechnology and its Applications in Civil Engineering Materials
- Natural Hazards
- Non-Destructive Testing and Evaluation
- Project Risk Management
- Safety Engineering
- Space Structures / Extra-Terrestrial Habitats
- Structural Condition Assessment
- Structural Vibration Control under Extreme Loading Conditions
- Transportation Operations
- Transportation Planning
- Transportation Safety
- Ultra-High-Performance Concrete (UHPC)
- Wind Engineering
- Wind Hazard Engineering
- Wood Structures
Specialized
Research Units
The Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering also directs four specialized research units: