You're invited to this year's Multicultural Potluck! Enjoy dishes from all over the world with your CEE family + friends. Bringing your own dish to share your cultural heritage is encouraged, but not required. RSVP using the QR code provided.

Thank you to everyone who joined us at Embark 2025! 💙💛 From new faces to familiar ones, it was inspiring to see our CEE community come together with the rest of Michigan Engineering to kick off the year with energy and purpose.

Thank you to all our graduate students who attended the CEE Grad Welcome Orientation last week! 🎉 It was a pleasure to meet you and share more about our department. We look forward to an exciting journey together this semester!

This past weekend, CEE students represented the department at the ASCE Eastern Great Lakes Student Symposium. 🥉 Adna Mohamed Saed, Student Symposium Paper Competition, 🥉 U-M Steel Bridge Team 🥈 U-M Timber-Strong Team Congrats also to the U-M Concrete Canoe Team!

Join SAAE and CEE for another segment of their Speaker Series for an opportunity to hear from panel of speakers with career experiences from law, to business, to policy. The event will feature a panel Q&A discussion, with dinner to be provided.

Next week, CEE will welcome UW-Madison's Jeffrey Russell for the 2025 Robert B. Harris Lecture & Award. Join CEE and Dr. Russell next Wednesday for his lecture, "Toward Ethical Professional Practice," exploring elements of ethical professional practice for civil engineers.

In celebration of Arab Heritage Month, the Society of Arab-American Engineers is hosting a speaker series featuring Arab professionals with engineering backgrounds. Join SAAE and CEE to hear from Dr. Al-Bayati about his construction engineering and management experiences.

Happy Giving Blueday! Today is the day to support what you love about CEE, from research and initiatives to scholarships and programs. Scan the QR code below to join the CEE community in participating in a long-held tradition 💙 myumi.ch/e3kNn

Giving Blueday is just a few days away! Giving Blueday is an opportunity for us to come together and support the programs, research, scholarships and initiatives that define CEE. Mark your calendar for Wednesday, March 19 to make a difference this Giving Blueday! 💙

Exciting news in the CEE community — An article by Prof. Joshua Jack and postdoc Kyungho Kim will be featured as the supplementary cover article for the Environmental Science & Technology Journal. Congrats to Professor Jack and Kyungho on this accomplishment!

Looking to learn more about the applications of AI in research? Hear from world-class researchers about their projects and vision for artificial intelligence at the 2025 AI in Science and Engineering Symposium. Learn more and register with the QR code below.

CEE is excited to welcome Amber Spears to our Early Career Researcher Seminar Series, a series which highlights exceptional research by underrepresented individuals committed to people-first engineering. Register now for Professor Spears' geotechnical seminar on March 26!

This #BlackHistoryMonth, we’re honoring the leaders and innovators who shaped our world today. One of those great minds is Cornelius Langston Henderson, a CEE graduate and steel engineering pioneer. We are proud to celebrate his legacy.

Have you ever considered applying for a major national scholarship, fellowship or grant? Come learn about the application process, make a scholarship action plan and see how the process can benefit you at the UM Leadership Certificate program workshop this Wednesday.

Thank you to Patricia Mokhtarian for delivering this year’s Richart-Woods Distinguished Lecture, honoring the legacies of F.E. Richart Jr. and Richard D. Woods. We’re grateful to everyone who braved the winter weather to attend! #RichartWoodsLecture #CivilEngineering

Thank you to everyone who joined us for today's Popcorn, Cookies, and Pups event! Even though the puppies had to cancel last minute, we still had a blast with plenty of popcorn, cookies, and good vibes. Can't wait to see you at our next event!

Check out this transportation lecture from CCAT — Join them on February 18th to learn more.

CEE is proud to announce the opening of our new Quiet Space: a study area designed to provide a more accessible environment for the CEE community, especially those with neurodivergent conditions. Read more about the new Quiet Space and its features here: bit.ly/4gf1Nvk

Get inspired about your future at the MI-LSAMP Student Summit: Elevating Careers, Empowering Futures in STEM 🔬🧪🥼Attend career development workshops, work on leadership development, connect with peers and enjoy a free lunch — Register today with the link or QR code above!

🔬New research just dropped! U-M researchers have developed an approach with the potential to make cement more sustainable, reducing the CO2 emissions from traditional cement production. Read more here: bit.ly/3WiGMsf