Just the Facts

The Department

Civil engineering was one of two engineering majors offered in 1893 when the School of Applied Science was first established as part of the University of Colorado.
Architectural engineering was established in 1925, awarded its first degree in 1929 and has been continuously accredited since 1936.
The department has grown to encompass civil, environmental and architectural engineering.
Today, the CEAE department has 42 tenured and tenure track faculty members.

The department offers master of science and doctor of philosophy degrees in:
- Architectural Engineering with concentrations in:
  - Construction engineering and management
  - Illumination engineering
  - Renewable energy systems for buildings
  - Sustainable building design and operation
- Civil engineering with concentrations in:
  - Building systems engineering
  - Civil systems
  - Construction engineering and management
  - Engineering for developing communities
  - Engineering science
  - Environmental engineering
  - Hydrology, water resources and environmental fluid mechanics
  - Geotechnical engineering and geomechanics
  - Geoenvironmental engineering
  - Structural engineering and structural mechanics
A bachelor’s degree in environmental engineering is offered through the environmental engineering program. This is a multi-disciplinary degree that draws classes from mathematics, biology, physics and other engineering areas.
Today, the CEAE department has 42 tenured and tenure track faculty members.

The Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering Department is ranked 19th overall and 14th among public graduate programs in 141 schools surveyed by U.S. News and World Report.
The Civil Engineering Program is ranked 15th overall and and 9th among public graduate programs.
The Environmental Engineering Program is ranked 21st overall and 13th among public graduate programs.
The National Research Council gave the department an overall ranking of seventh in the civil engineering field and in the top 5 percent of research doctorate programs in the nation.

In fall 2013, there were 154 undergraduate students majoring in architectural engineering, 310 in civil engineering and 187 in environmental engineering.
In fall 2013, there were 135 students pursuing a master’s degree in civil engineering and 122 pursuing a PhD in civil engineering.

Six current faculty have received the National Science Foundation CAREER awards.
Four CEAE faculty (one emeritus) have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Professor Diane McKnight was recently elected.

CEAE houses the , which is directed by Dr. Paul Chinowsky.
The CEAE department houses the , which is directed by Dr. Edie Zagona.
CEAE faculty are fellows of multiple research institutes on the �鶹ӰԺ campus including the , the , and the .

The CEAE Department was awarded 84 research grants, totaling $8.9 million in 2011.
Research in the CEAE Department covers a broad range of problems, ranging in scale from molecular (environmental chemistry), continuum (mechanics), individual structure/building/infrastructure unit, infrastructure systems (regional to national), to global (water, energy, earth, environment and climate).

The CEAE Department has 63,193 sq. ft. of space for its teaching and research missions. Key facilities include:

3 Computing Laboratories (Computer-Aided Design Laboratory, Bechtel Laboratory and M.Y. Leung Computational Laboratory)
Structural and Materials Laboratory
Geotechnical Centrifuge Laboratory
Geotechnical and Geomechanics Laboratory
Environmental Laboratory
Environmental Flows and Transport Processes Laboratory
Lighting Laboratory
Larson Building Systems Laboratory