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ASCE Annual Golf Tournament
Please join us on Friday, July 18 for the 11th annual ASCE Golf Tournament. All proceeds will go to the UT ASCE Student Chapter Scholarship Endowment Fund. Click here for more information and to register.
ASCE Student Chapter Places Third in Southeastern Region Conference
The ASCE Student Chapter recently traveled to Orlando, Fla., to participate in the annual ASCE Southeast Regional Student Conference. The Department of Civil Engineering was well represented with 38 students and four faculty/staff attending. UT competed in all 12 engineering events, and received third place overall in a field of 22 other universities. The students earned points in all events and placed in the following events: 1st place visual display, 1st place mystery, 3rd place geotechnical, 3rd place T-Shirt, 3rd place steel bridge stiffness, 4th place professional paper, 4th place balsa tower, and 6th place concrete canoe. Traveling with the UT group were 11 students and faculty from Tongji University in Shanghai China, and one visiting student from Venice, Italy.
Dr. Reed Elected President of Chi Epsilon
Dr. Gregory Reed, UT associate vice chancellor for research administration and former head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, was elected president of Chi Epsilon by the chapter delegates at the 40th Conclave that took place in early March. Chi Epsilon is the civil engineering national honor society with 133 chapters in the United States.
Dr. Arun Chatterjee Wins ASCE Harland Bartholomew Award
Dr. Arun Chatterjee has been selected by the Transportation and Development Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) to receive the 2008 Harland Bartholomew Award for “his contributions to the enhancement of the role of the civil engineer in urban planning and development through is work on planning of urban goods movement, air quality and safety.” Dr. Chatterjee will accept the award during the ASCE annual business meeting November 8, 2008, in Pittsburgh, Penn.
Dr. John Schwartz and Dr. Chris Cox Named Research Fellows
Congratulations to Dr. Schwartz and Cox for being named 2008 College of Engineering Research Fellows.
Department of
Civil & Environmental Engineering
223 Perkins Hall
Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-2010
Phone: 865-974-2503
Fax: 865-974-2669
E-mail: cee@utk.edu
Dr.
Dayakar Penumadu
Interim Department Head