Thank you for visiting the Department of Civil Engineering's home on the Web. Through these web pages, you will get to know our creative students, our innovative programs, our distinguished faculty, and the contributions that we are making towards the advancement and modernization of civil engineering.
We have 19 full-time faculty members who are actively engaged in teaching, research and professional service. There are also 15 part-time faculty members who are local professionals. Our faculty members teach more than 65 courses in the different areas of civil engineering. The department is also served by six dedicated support staff members. During 2006-2007 the CE Department had 305 undergraduate, 118 masters and 48 doctoral students. Graduates of the program have excelled in their careers, many of whom hold positions of leadership and high responsibility in public and private sectors. The department's well-recognized faculty is engaged in practical and useful research across the various areas of CE, with research sponsored by government and industry.
The CE Department at UT Arlington is in an upward momentum trend. The student enrollment increased by about 20% over the last two years. This reflects the excellent job market in the public and private sectors for CE graduates, the perceived employment security and the long-term prognosis for CE to continue to be a profession in high demand. The total external research funding in the CE Department has also increased by about 100% during the last few years. New initiatives with the significant CE industrial base in the DFW Metroplex area are being pursued. Further expansion of the undergraduate and the graduate programs are being explored. Innovative student curricula and career advising strategies are being developed and implemented. Multi-disciplinary research/education centers in areas of national/international critical needs are being established. One of these is the proposed UT Arlington Center for Structural Engineering Research (CSER), the largest structural testing facility in the nation with the capability to test several full size building and bridge components simultaneously for various probable loading conditions. The UT System recently approved a $25 million funding for CSER construction. A new 25,000 sq. ft. departmental laboratory building in the west campus is planned for occupation in summer of 2008. During this unprecedented expansion, the CE Department is firmly committed to maintaining high levels of teaching and service excellence simultaneously with significant growth in research efforts.
We are very excited to be a part of this dynamic, expanding and quality environment. I invite you to explore further our web site, and to contact me if you have any questions or comments.
