civil engineering

Xiong (Bill) Yu, Opal J. and Richard A Vanderhoof Professor and chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Case Western Reserve University, recently received the Ohio Sea Grant Award, granted by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and The Ohio State…

Case School of Engineering's Civil and Environmental Department Engineering department chair Xiong (Bill) Yu, PhD, and his research team have received a 2026 Ohio Sea Grant award titled: “AI-Empowered Smart Sewer Systems for Stormwater Overflow Reduction in the Lake Erie Watershed.” Stormwater…

This October, Case Western Reserve University will open the doors to its new Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB), a 189,000-square-foot facility designed to foster innovative research across eight collaborative laboratories. While many will have the opportunity to see the…

Dr. Bridget Hegarty was recently awarded an NSF CAREER award for her project entitled: "CAREER: Designing safe and effective phage cocktails for precise microbial control in water systems". Growth of unwanted bacteria in US water systems is estimated to cost over $7 billion each year. Her project…

The CWRU team led by Professor Xiong (Bill) Yu received the first prize in the 2024 Intelligent Water System challenge competition organized by Water Research Foundation and Water Environmental Federation. The team presented an intelligent water solution titled ‘AI-Platform for Accurate Water…

Yidan Gao and Yushu Cheng, both advised by Huichun (Judy) Zhang, have both received a 2023/2024 ACS Division of Environmental Chemistry C. Ellen Gonter Award. This is the most prestigious award given by the division to graduate students (up to seven each year) and is presented to those who submit…

Sarah Berger, fourth-year civil engineering student, recently earned second place in a national structural engineering competition hosted by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) at their Forensic Engineering Congress in Seattle, Washington. The competition invited civil engineering…

After bringing home first place in the Ohio Water Environment Association Design Competition, a student team traveled to New Orleans, Louisiana, to compete at the national level in October. Competing against peers from Carnegie Mellon University, University of Florida, Florida International…

An urban environment was non-negotiable during John Yang’s college search. It made sense for an aspiring civil engineer. Using Google Maps, Yang virtually explored cities across the United States, with Case Western Reserve University rising to the top of his list. “As I learned more about the…

Xiong (Bill) Yu often draws parallels between his mentoring style and his engineering research. As the Opal J. and Richard A. Vanderhoof Professor and chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Yu applies insights from his degrees in civil engineering, computer science and…