Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering
2021
IMPACT REPORT
526 272 73 25 90 31 9.1 3 17 $17.75 mil $8.05 mil CIVIL ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATES
CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATES
ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING UNDERGRADUATES
MASTER’S DEGREE STUDENTS
Ph.D. STUDENTS
TENURE/TENURE TRACK FACULTY
FTE TERM TEACHING FACULTY
TERM RESEARCH FACULTY
STAFF
It has been another exciting year for Iowa State University’s Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering. In 2021, we celebrated 150 years of our department, inducted 22 outstanding alumni into our Hall of Fame and four as Distinguished Alumni, began our new undergraduate environmental engineering major’s second year with 73 enrolled and we substantially expanded our undergraduate research program. In September, our CCEE 150 Celebration Weekend brought together over 250 alumni and friends for a weekend of festivities, an induction ceremony for a new class of Hall of Fame and Distinguished Alumni members, a student research symposium, networking events for students and alums, a golf tournament, construction site tours and a reception and banquet at the Sukup End Zone of Jack Trice Stadium. I welcome you to learn more about our history and our inductees by going to www.ccee.iastate.edu/150/. It was a great year for awards! Our faculty and staff received 14 university, college and departmental awards, along with seven external awards.
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In addition to our 26 Hall of Fame and Distinguished Alumni inductees, we are proud to share that two amazing alums were the recipients of this year’s Anson Marston Medal, the highest accolade from the College of Engineering and two alums were inducted into the National Academy of Construction. In September 2021, U.S. News and World Report ranked Iowa State’s civil engineering undergraduate program 22nd overall from a previous 34th ranking, and it now stands as 16th among public schools whose highest degree is a doctorate. In graduate rankings from March 2021, Iowa State’s civil engineering graduate program ranked 30th overall in a four-way tie, 19th among public schools. We are dedicated to diversity and inclusion, both within our department and across our university. More than a quarter of our faculty members identify as women, and 29% of our student population identifies as women/minorities. We are in a continuous state of improvement through changing our department website, documents and policies as well as our curriculum. We strive for an inclusive environment in our program and for our students, faculty and staff recruitment.
Our department has fantastic faculty, staff and students with 31 tenure-track, 12 term teaching (including both full time and part time faculty) and 3 term rsearch faculty in construction, environmental, geotechnical, materials, structural, transportation and water resources engineering, as well as a transdisciplinary program in intelligent infrastructure engineering. I am very pleased to say we have PhD, F. ACI, F. SEI, F. ASCE added six new faculty this Greenwood Department Chair year. In fall 2021, we have and Professor advertised for three Department of Civil, Construction and additional tenure-track Environmental Engineering faculty. In the last year alone, our research activities remained very strong with faculty earning nearly $18 million in externally-funded research, leading ISU’s College of Engineering.
A word from David Sanders
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As we have celebrated 150 years, we are planning for the future, which includes enhancing our curriculums and programs for our students, mentoring, advancing and diversifying our faculty and staff, changing our communities through our research and outreach and expanding and improving our facilities. We are very excited about where we are going. Big changes ahead! It is a great time to be a Cyclone.
years with the new Environmental Engineering Program!
1871 Engineering curriculum divides into civil and mechanical engineering.
1879 First professional engineering degree is given in Civil Engineering. 1883 First Engineering Hall is built at a cost of $4,890.
1872 The first graduating class from Iowa State College includes four civil engineers (out of a total number of 26- 24 men and 2 women).
1904
1897 The Marston Water Tower, the first steel and tallest water tower west of the Mississippi.
1892 Elmina Wilson is the first woman to receive a Civil Engineering degree from Iowa State.
CCEE 1959 Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts is officially named the Iowa State University of Science and Technology. Engineering and the other four divisions are now colleges.
1963 First four graduates received Bachelor of Science degrees in Engineering Operations, eventually the renamed the Construction Engineering Program.
1985 First graduate student in Construction Engineering received a Master of Science degree. 1970 Program title changed to Construction Engineering. 1971 Contruction of Town Engineering starts.
1960 Construction Engineering program officially started, then known as Engineering Operations. Started by W.A. Klinger; Thomas C. Jellinger was head of the program.
The Iowa State Highway Commission is established at Iowa State. Led by Dean Anson Marston. First example of specialization in the CE department is transportation (railways). 1909 Four members make up the civil engineering instruction staff. The transportation emphasis began to shift from railways to highways.
1920
1923 After the war, the civil engineering camp was established in the Minnesota State Forest Preserve, which could only be reached by boat.
A Brief History
1988 1995
First doctoral student in Construction Engineering completed study. 1999 Aerospace moves out of Town Engineering permits Civil Engineering to occupy most of the building.
1983 ISU is selected to manage one of only 10 statewide pilot programs in the country to provide transportation technology transfer and related services.
1950
Civil Engineering enrollment is approximately 213. Master Builders of Iowa (MBI) formally designed an 1917 Education Committee, with W.A. Klinger as chair. Civil Engineering Summer Camp is “temporarily discontinued” in 1917 at the outbreak of the First World War.
Nine members are on the civil engineering instruction staff.
The Department of Civil Engineering was changed to the Department of Civil and Construction Engineering.
1939 Harland Winn, the Civil Engineering faculty member with primary interests in soil mechanics.
1927 First doctoral degree in Civil Engineering is awarded.
2003
2013 The Iowa DOT celebrates 100 years in transportation at its HQ in Ames.
2020 Environmental Engineering Bachelor of Science degree is added to the department. 2009 CTRE undergoes a status change from a university center to an institute and 2021 receives a new name: Institute for Transportation (inTrans). CCEE
To reflect environmental emphases, the department name is changed to the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering.
celebrates 150!
“Given its competent students, wide civil curriculum, and depth of infrastructure-related research, ISU CCEE is perfectly positioned to be a national leader in civil and construction infrastructure design and construction -- strategically meeting a critical need for our country.” - Tim Becker
CCEE 150th Anniversary Banquet
visit https://www.ccee.iastate.edu/150/ for more information
“I wouldn’t have this career without Iowa State and CCEE. It’s made such a difference in my life. When I found this, I found home.” - Sandra Larson
“Over the last 150 years, CCEE has demonstrated continual growth in response to the ever growing need in the United States for civil engineers to solve some of the biggest infrastructure and environmental needs that exist.” - Ben Biller
NANOPRINTING in a NEW LIGHT Hydrophobic shields for solar panels and window panes, surfaces that kill germs without chemicals and even materials that can generate color without dyes. Meta-surfaces may make all this possible – and more. In-Ho Cho, associate professor of civil, construction and
environmental engineering, and Jaeyoun Kim, professor of electrical and computer engineering, are developing new techniques for the ultra-high resolution nanoprinting needed to make meta-surfaces a reality. The research team is developing single-step, rapidly reconfigurable gray
scale nanoprinting by lightcontrolled nanocapillary effect. Cho and Kim are exploring using light to control certain polymers’ height of capillary rise, and, in turn, enabling ultrahigh-resolution grayscale nanoprinting.
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Shauna Hallmark is the inaugural with an array of sensors. holder of the Robert J. and Roxann L. Paulsen Professorship in Civil, Using that data, Hallmark found a Construction and Environmental relationship between cell phone Engineering, and director of Iowa use and driver speed and the State’s Institute for Transportation. likelihood of being involved in a But her job title could just be life- crash or near-crash toward the saver. end of a construction zone queue. This work required digging through Hallmark uses data from the terabytes of data, finding the Second Strategic Highway moments when drivers were Research Program Naturalistic approaching work zones and Driving Study, which equipped the waiting in slow-moving, one-lane vehicles of 3,000 drivers lines of traffic.
Hallmark’s work has demonstrated the benefits of digital signage that provides instant speed feedback and earlier notices of “road construction ahead.” Minnesota officials are using the study as they develop policies regulating cell phone use in work zones.
SMORPHACADE Alice Alipour, associate professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering, leads a first-of-its-kind collaboration between structural engineers, wind engineers and control engineers to turn a passive building facade into a live facade that protects the building against wind load and turbulence.The team is combining a network of pressure, velocity and acceleration sensors strategically positioned on building surfaces. When excessive vibration-causing flow conditions are detected, the Smorphacade will change surface roughness or smoothness to mitigate inner-story building movements.
Parametric design tool Alipour’s team has paired extensive experimental tests with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations to produce a new design tool that accounts for nonlinear structural response to high winds. “We examined hundreds of different shapes and orientations of building facades to create a large design space that will be used in conjunction with statistical learning methods to optimize the building envelope,” said Alipour.
Alipour’s team designed and created a Smorphacade and tested it in Iowa State’s wind tunnel. The team, which includes Behrouz Shafei, associate professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering, Partha Sarkar, professor of aerospace engineering, and a collaborator from Kansas State University, has also successfully developed the control mechanism to morph the facades in real-time to allow for the development of the “alive facade” concept.
Real wind testing Using data from their robust aerodynamic analysis and modeling,
/smor f ‘säd/ noun 1. A new design paradigm that integrates a smart morphing façade as a “live” structural system, resulting in lighter, less-expensive tall buildings with improved performance.
Behrouz Shafei, associate professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering; Jared Hobeck, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Kansas State University; Partha Sarkar, professor of aerospace engineering, and Alice Alipour, associate professor of civil, construction and environmental engineering
Tomorrow’s multi-use facades Alipour sees a beneficial partnership between today’s energy-saving building facades and her team’s Smorphacade. “Using adaptive facades for multiple purposes is a win-win. Facades that are used for not only infrequent wind effects but also for year-round energy savings mean lighter and more economical building solutions,” said Alipour.
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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
INTERNSHIP SPOTLIGHT
Student Organizations National Electrical Contractors Association
“NECA is my student life. It is the most social aspect of my college career and that is something that I could never overestimate the value of. I have been blessed to meet some of the smartest and most hardworking individuals through this organization.” - Ryan Farrell, NECA chapter president
American Society of Civil Engineers
“ACSE is a great opportunity for students to develop leadership skills through hosting meetings, outreach and social events. As an entirely student-run organization, students decide what they want to get out of it and how to direct their interest and energies into success.” - Tim Ellis, ASCE faculty advisor
Concrete Canoe Team “The people on this team are not only some of the smartest people I know, but also some of the most fun to be around. This team has helped me become a better student.” - John Seagrist, Concrete Canoe Team captain
Faculty
Faculty Awards
CCEE Welcomes Six New Faculty Members Beena Ajmera Assistant Professor
“I hope to help students see and reach their full potential, much like some very special individuals did for me when I was a student,” said Ajmera.
Lu Liu
Renee Fleming
Assistant Teaching Professor “My diverse background as both a contractor and owner’s representative provides a unique perspective that I can share with the students,” said Fleming.
Assistant Professor
Antonio Arenas
“I believe that being a faculty is an ideal way for me to make a broader impact with my work and I am thankful for all my past experience that paved the way to where I am today,” said Liu
“It is exciting to know that I will help train the next generation of engineers and contribute to advance our knowledge in the area of water resources,” said Arenas.
Nathan Miner
Holly Streeter-Schaefer
Assistant Teaching Professor
Assistant Teaching Professor
“Previous industry work experience has helped me see the applications of coursework, which I believe are important for students to understand as well,” said Miner.
“Keeping up to date on legal issues affecting the construction industry is important to my practice, and being able to share my knowledge and experience with students that will be engaged in the industry is very rewarding,” said Streeter-Schaefer.
Assistant Professor
Vilas S. Mujumdar Elected to National Academy of Construction Kaoru Ikuma AEESP Award for Outstanding Teaching in Environmental Engineering and Science Halil Ceylan ASCE Fellow, 2021 James Laurie Prize, ASCE Transportation and Development Institute Vern Schaefer 2021 Wallace Hayward Baker Award, Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers Halil Ceylan Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Jing Dong High Value Research Award, Research Advisory Committee 2020 Supplemental Categories, AASHTO Chris Williams Smart Transportation Alliance Award, Smart Transportation Alliance, European Union, American Chemical Society Cooperative Research Award in Polymer Science and Engineering
Alumni
Teachingrelated and other Awards Department: Charles W. Schafer Award
Two CCEE Cyclone Engineers elected to National Academy of Construction 2021 Class
Alice Alipour Jing Dong
Joseph C. and Elizabeth A. Anderlik Award Roy Sturgill Lauren Schwab
College: Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Advising Award Jenny Baker Outstanding Achievement in Teaching Award Jay Shen Excellence in Foundational Course Teaching Award Marlee Walton
University: Excellence in Face-To-Face Instruction Award Jeramy Ashlock Excellence in Remote Instruction Award Alice Alipour
Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Tamara Pitts came from the big city to complete a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering in 2006. After graduating, she secured a position with the Missouri Department of Transportation as an aviation traffic studies specialist, eventually shifting into the project manager position overseeing more than 40 airport construction projects. Her favorite Iowa State memory is completing the senior design course and finally being told her team did a great job, “I finally realized my hard work and determination paid off!” Now, Pitts is a transportation engineer for Washington County, Maryland, overseeing traffic and safety for the constituents. Pitts said, “I have definitely learned from each one of my positions and apply it to this day to implement great innovative ideas for the citizens in the county. I learned so much at Iowa State, and have applied the leadership and communication skills and the fundamentals of engineering I learned there in life and employment.”
Vilas S. Mujumdar
Rao Surampalli
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