Harold Cannon (BS/CE ’81) served as a mentor for a CEE senior design team, giving Cannon hope for the future of the profession and inspiring the students he is helping.

Ben Holley dreams of helping others while doing what he loves, making his senior design project to 3D print a concrete anchor doubling as a reef perfect.

Asad Khattak and Zeinab Bayati’s AI-enhanced research shows that rare crash scenarios, while harder to prevent, are disproportionately deadly to pedestrians.

Students from the department recently took part in a competition hosted by the Center for Regional and Rural Connected Communities, securing 1st and 3rd place.

TCE students Samuel Barbour and Jai Mehta have been awarded Goldwater Scholarships for the 2026-27 academic year.

José L. Martínez Collado led an investigation of lightweight composites in crash scenarios, hastening the safe adoption of these materials by the auto industry.

After nearly a decade as a stormwater engineer, Ceara Parks Oliver is developing a restoration framework to aid engineers and scientists to improve watershed health.

Candace Brakewood and GRA Matthew Davis recently published a comprehensive study on low-income reduced fare programs in public transportation.

Steve Borden led the response effort to rebuild the roadway system in upper East TN in the wake of Hurricane Helene. His team included three other CEE graduates.

PhD student Allison Rewalt has been selected for the Transportation Research Board’s Standing Committee on Pedestrians, ultimately striving for bus stop safety.