We are currently seeking talented and diverse candidates for faculty and staff positions in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering.
UB's civil engineering program was recognized as the 29th best civil engineering program among public universities and the eighth best in the North East.
Students and faculty from the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering participated in the 19th World Conference on Seismic Isolation (19WCSI), Energy Dissipation and Active Vibration Control of Structures that was held at the University of California (UC), Berkeley from September 15 to 19, 2025.
Negar Elhami-Khorasani, associate professor in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, received the 2025 Magnusson Early Career Award from the International Association for Fire Safety Science (IAFSS).
Chonglin Zhu, a PhD candidate in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, is an award recipient of the Chinese-American Professors of Environmental Engineering and Science Virtual Student Poster Competition for her research on the prediction of virus resistance to disinfection treatment.
Megh KC, PhD student studying transportation systems engineering, is accepted into the September 11th Memorial Program by the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC) for his research on Transit Bus Electrification to create smarter and more sustainable systems.
All nuclear power plants are required to have a significant level of resistance to the effects of earthquake shaking, but the safety-grade nuclear equipment is generally large and routinely custom-made for each nuclear plant. Whittaker’s team will simplify plant design and standardize the equipment to drive down cost and speed construction.
Traffic incidents have significant negative impacts on the safety and efficiency of overall transportation system performance. The transportation community has consistently strive to improve the transportation incident management process. This project demonstrates the ability of the NYSDOT, GDIT and IIMS to improve traffic incident management.
External Collaborators: Erie County (NY) Department of Environment and Planning, New York State Department of Health, Syracuse University, Ceres Nanosciences
External Collaborators: Yanlin Guo - Assistant Professor, Colorado State University, United States Department of Energy (DOE) Renewables Advancing Community Energy Resilience (RACER)
At the 2023 Modeling and Simulation (MODSIM) World 2023 Conference in Norfolk, Virginia, ISTL Director Kevin Hulme, PhD, and his team of transportation engineering researchers presented their findings in the application of different video game engine simulations to enhance transportation research.
Research in environmental engineering seeks to better understand the physical, chemical, and biological processes that influence the health of our environment and to pursue innovative solutions for its protection. Researchers in this area also focus on engineering sustainability.
Research in geosystems engineering addresses computational geomechanics, deep foundations, ground improvement, seismic response of soils, liquefaction, and retrofit of foundations, dams, slopes, and retaining walls.
Researchers in the structural engineering, mechanics and materials group enhance community resiliency to earthquakes, develop design guidelines for buildings and other structures, and conduct vital research in various emerging areas such as wind, fire and materials engineering.
Research in transportation systems engineering focuses on improving the efficiency, safety, sustainability, and resiliency of surface transportation systems.
