Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

April 8, 2021

Assistant Professor Hessam Yazdani and Senior Kamau Sykes Receive Awards at the ASCE-NCS Annual Awards Ceremony

Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) Assistant Professor Hessam Yazdani, Ph.D. recently received a 2021 National Capital Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE-NCS) Community Service Award and senior Kamau Sykes was recognized as Outstanding Graduating Senior. ASCE-NCS holds an annual awards ceremony to recognize and celebrate engineers and students who have demonstrated excellence and contributed to the civil engineering profession and the community.

Category: Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering and Architecture

March 26, 2021

Honoring our Alumnae and Leaders Hazel R. Edwards and Kimberly L. Jones this Women’s History Month

​​​​​​​This Women’s History Month we honor and share the stories of two alumnae who are dedicated College of Engineering and Architecture leaders, Hazel R. Edwards, Ph.D. and Kimberly L. Jones, Ph.D. Department of Architecture Chair Hazel R. Edwards, Ph.D., FAICP (B. Arch. ‘86) made history when she became the first female architecture department chair at Howard University (HU) in 2016. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Chair Kimberly L. Jones, Ph.D. (BSCE ‘90) is in our spotlight as an alumna who serves and leads her alma mater in various leadership roles. Dr. Jones also serves as Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education for the College of Engineering and Architecture.

Category: Alumni, Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering and Architecture

December 17, 2020

Sophomores Rutledge and Abraham Publish in Peer-Reviewed Scientific Journal Diamond and Related Materials

Civil and Environmental Engineering Sophomores Jade Rutledge and Brandon Abraham recently published a paper titled “Mechanical Properties of C3N Nanotubes” in the peer-reviewed scientific journal in materials science Diamond and Related Materials. Rutledge and Abraham worked in collaboration with Civil and Environmental Engineering Ph.D. student Hamid Ghasemi under the mentorship of Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor Hessam Yazdani.

Category: Research, Civil and Environmental Engineering