Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering

Studying deglobalization's effects on food, energy and water

COLUMBUS, Ohio—Imagine the United States gets ensnared in a lengthy trade war and the fallout undercuts international demand for crops grown in the Great Lakes region. Farmers and other producers would eventually adjust their plans, setting in motion... | LEARN MORE

Staying Grounded: Research Helps Power Plants Reuse Coal Combustion Products

For half a century, many surface coal mines in Ohio have remained abandoned and unusable. Now an Ohio State University researcher is working with the state’s power plant industry to reclaim the lands by safely using byproducts, called coal combustion... | LEARN MORE

Abdollah Shafieezadeh named Lichtenstein Professor

Dr. Abdollah Shafieezadeh was named Lichtenstein Endowed Professor of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering on August 18, 2017. Established in 1988, the Lichtenstein Professorship focuses on transportation infrastructure. Its endowment deed... | LEARN MORE

College teams up with CABS buses to collect air quality data

The Ohio State University College of Engineering has partnered with Transportation and Traffic Management (TTM) on a project that will help researchers obtain a wider range of air quality data across Ohio State’s Columbus campus. Undergraduate... | LEARN MORE

Allison MacKay named CEGE department chair

On September 1, Professor Allison MacKay became chair of the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering at The Ohio State University. MacKay arrived at Ohio State in August 2015, after 16 years teaching and conducting research at University of Connecticut. | LEARN MORE