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 21 full-time faculty members who are actively engaged in teaching, research and professional service. There are also 20 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 served by seven dedicated support staff members. In the Fall Semester of 2011, the CE Department had 576 students (365 undergraduates, 148 master’s and 61 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. Student enrollment and external research funding have increased about 200% and 600% over the last ten years, respectively. In 2008-2009, the CE Department sponsored research awards and expenditures were $2.25 million and $2.64 million, respectively. Currently, the total sponsored research activity in the Department exceeds $10 million. 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. New initiatives with the significant industrial base in the DFW Metroplex are being pursued. Multi-disciplinary research/education centers in areas of national/international critical needs are being expanded and established. Further expansion of the undergraduate and the graduate programs are being explored. Innovative student curricula and career advising strategies are being developed and implemented. A new 25,000 sq. ft. Departmental laboratory building on the west campus was opened in the summer of 2008. In this process, the Department is significantly contributing towards UT Arlington’s efforts to bring a Tier 1 university status to the DFW and north Texas area. 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.