Civil Engineering

Eight SIUE Civil Engineering faculty (1), students (2), and alumni (4) were recognized at the 2025 ASCE Annual Awards Dinner in St. Louis, Missouri, on Friday, Sept. 19, by the following awards and scholarships. Pictured are Prof. Jim Zhou, PE (top left), Professional Recognition Award; Brooke Rogers (top left center), ASCE Region 7 Outstanding Student Member Award; Nima Bamjan (top right center) and Jhalakman BC (top right) shared 2nd place for Alizadeh Geotechnology Scholarships; Emily Jones (...

The SIUE Chapter of Chi Epsilon (XE) inducted 8 new members earlier this semester. This was our first in-person induction in some time. Congratulations to all and a special thanks to the 2024-25 XE officers.

Pictured standing from left to right: Brady Dillon (Fmr Vice President), Francis Garrison (Fmr. Marshal), Brooke Rogers, Lillian Waghorn, Brock Kleiboeker, Isabella Auer, Jeffrey Short, Jacob Ziolkowski (Fmr. President), and Isaiah (Fmr. Treasurer).

Pictured seated from left to right: Am...

SIUE students won 1st place at the Geo-Prediction competition at GeoFrontiers 2025. As recognition for this accomplishment, SIUE will host the coveted Mohr-Coulomb Trophy for the next year. Pictured below from left to right are Aspy Bronoski Mbani Illo (Pursuing his MSCE), Dr. Saad Ullah (Civil Engineering Faculty), and Brooke Rogers (Pursuing her BSCE).

The Geo-Prediction competition is one of the most challenging parts of overall Geo-Challenge. In this competition, students were provided wi...

The environmental and water recourses engineering faculty members of the SIUE Civil Engineering Department organized the 2024 Mid-American Environmental Engineering Conference (MAEEC) on October 19 at SIUE. Graduate students and their faculty advisors attended a day-long conference, where students presented their research. The attendees represent six universities in the region: Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri University of Science and Techn...

SIUE Civil Engineering had multiple recognitions of their faculty, students, alumni and advisory board members at the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) St. Louis 2024 Annual Awards Dinner on Friday, September 20, 2024.

Two SIUE students were recognized with scholarships. Andrew Holba (below, left), president of the SIUE ASCE Student Chapter was recognized with a section undergraduate scholarship. In addition, Roohollah (Roohi) Farzalizadeh (below, right), a doctoral student in the SIUE...

The SIUE ASCE Student Chapter is the recipient of two prestigious recognition awards: the 2024 Letter of Significant Improvement and the 2024 Letter of Honorable Mention.  These awards are for the Chapter’s activities as recorded in the 2023 Student Chapter annual report. This is recognition received by only the top third of all the ASCE Student Organizations. The current Chapter officers are Emilio Bautista, President; Sydnee Godier, Vice-Presidents; Andrew Holba, Treasurer; Harpreet...

Over the past year, the SIUE Inastitute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Student Chapter has been actively involved in both on-campus and off-campus outreach activities. The Chapter has invited transportation professionals to campus to share their experiences and insights, broaden our students' understanding of the latest trends and developments in the transportation field. In an effort to promote diversity, the Chapter made a effort to invite more female and minority transportation professiona...

Dr. Rohan Benjankar and Dr. Jim Zhou received SIUE ECFA funding for hosting the 29^th Mid-American Environmental Engineering Conference (MAEEC) in Fall 2024 at SIUE, where students and faculties from multiple universities in Illinois and Missouri will present their research findings to fellow students, faculty members, and environmental professionals.   This conference also will be partly sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)’s Environmental & Water Resources...

The EWRI Communications Council has featured one of its distinguished members, Dr. Jianpeng (Jim) Zhou, P.E., BCEE, F.EWRI, Chair of EWRI Technical Coordination Executive Committee (Tech ExCom) in a “member spotlight” in it’s the CURRENTS newsletter (winter 2024 issue).  To read more please click this link.

The Graduate School’s Research Grants for Research Doctoral Students program awarded a competitive grant to Civil Engineering PhD candidate Hamid Rostami for Experimental-scale Fault Rupture Test on Buried Pipeline Reinforced with Segmental Protective Shield. More detail can be found at feature SIUE Research and Creative Activities .

David. J. Sherrill, PLS, Land Surveying Program Coordinator and Instructor at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, presented at the 64th Annual Meeting and Conference of the Missouri Society of Professional Surveyors at Osage Beach, Missouri in October 2021. The Association has over 800 members from Missouri and surrounding States.   Sherrill PLS/Instructor at SIUE, presented in two sessions, “Standards of Professional Conduct, State of Illinois”, Section 1270.57 ILCS, and...

Four SIUE Civil Engineering graduate students and three faculty members attended the 2021 Mid-America Environmental Engineering Conference in St. Louis, Missouri this September. Master’s student Pooyan Nikeghbali, advised by Dr. Rohan Benjankar, presented work from his thesis research.

SIUE graduate student and Fulbright Scholar Shaker Nairat said, “Attending the MAEEC conference gave me the opportunity to learn about and explore new and advanced research studies in the environmenta...

The Geosynthetic Institute (GSI) has awarded two $5,000 Fellowship Grants to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Engineering (SOE) students. Mr. Hamid Rostami is a student in SIUE’s Cooperative Program in Engineering Science, working under the guidance of Abdolreza Osouli, PhD, in the Department of Civil Engineering. His fellowship will support research titled, “Evaluation of Geosynthetic Reinforcement Techniques for Buried Petroleum Pipelines Subjected to Earthquake ...