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For her "strong interest and commitment to instructional excellence," Mehrnaz Ghamami has been named an Adams Academy Fellow for 2019-2020 at MSU.

Students in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering received a variety of academic honors at MSU during the Spring 2019 semester. Vincent Marinelli won best poster in the Environmental and Natural Resources category during the 2019 MSU Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum (UURAF) on April 5.

For demonstrated excellence in scholarship, Alex Liu and Yadu Pokhrel were recognized March 15 during the 2019 Engineering Awards Luncheon at Michigan State University.

More than 70 civil and environmental engineering students at Michigan State University are getting real-world experience as they dig through the details of the plans for the new $450 million hospital for their senior capstone project.

The first 20 prototype infrastructure sensors installed in 2016 on the Mackinac Bridge, powered solely by vibrations from traffic, have proven their durability and performed as intended.

Lightweight materials are essential for boosting the fuel economy of modern automobiles while maintaining safety and performance. A 10 percent reduction in vehicle weight can improve fuel economy by 6 to 8 percent.

Karim Chatti of Michigan State University has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the country's oldest national engineering society.

MSU University Distinguished Professor Venkatesh Kodur was honored for his work in advancing fire safety in concrete materials and structural systems during two special ceremonies in India in December.

Hundreds of dams are being proposed for Mekong River basin in Southeast Asia. The negative social and environmental consequences - affecting everything from food security to the environment greatly outweigh the positive changes of this grand-scale flood control, according to new research by Michigan State University.