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Graduate Degrees offered:
M.S., M.Eng. and Ph.D. in Civil Engineering

In the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, we offer programs in structural engineering, environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering and hydraulic engineering.

Graduate students in Civil Engineering conduct experiments across a breathtaking range of scales, using electrokinetics, nanoparticles, sensor and communications technology, and advanced physics and mechanics while overseeing some of the world’s largest and most advanced structural testing and simulation facilities.

Lehigh’s structural testing facilities are the largest in North America and enable research in earthquake engineering, multi-hazard mitigation, fiber reinforced composites, fatigue and fracture, development of smart structures, shipbuilding, and infrastructure reliability, maintenance and life-cycle performance.

Graduate alumni teach in more than 60 universities worldwide and excel in private sector and government. Faculty travel the world to give advice on earthquake-resistant structures, and on flood and erosion control. Students travel to give presentations at conferences, and to conduct field demonstrations of new technologies.

The department’s ATLSS (Advanced Technology for Large Structural Systems) Research Center houses the largest three-dimensional dynamic testing machines in North America, along with specialized earthquake-resistant testing facilities for real-time dynamic testing.

Sponsors of Research Projects

Research in the CEE department is sponsored by many government and private sources, including the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Navy, the Department of Energy, and the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Technology Alliance.

Affiliated Lehigh Research Centers, Laboratories and Institutes

Center for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
Center for Optical Technologies
Energy Research Center
Engineering Research Center for Advanced Technology and Large Structural Systems (ATLSS)
Real Time Multi-Directional (RTMD) National Facility — NSF Network for Earthquake Engineering
     Simulation (NEES)


For more information please contact:

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Lehigh University
13 East Packer Avenue
Bethlehem, PA 18015-3176

Prisca Vidanage
Phone: (610) 758-3530