Department of Civil Environmental and Infrastructure Engineering (CEIE)

George Mason University Engineers for International Development (EfID) improves water access in underserved communities abroad. Advised by Adjunct Professor Matthew Doyle, EfID students manage their own projects, secure funding through competitions, and build connections with industry professionals to make a meaningful impact worldwide. 

Adjunct Professor Matthew Doyle is leading a new senior design class, advising competition-winning teams, and guiding a student organization that provides water to communities in need. He also oversees the design and construction of capital projects for the wastewater collection system for Fairfax County. 

On October 8, 2024, more than 150 civil engineering students met with 58 companies for the twentieth annual George Mason University American Society of Civil Engineers (GMU ASCE) Career Fair. 

Seniors who completed capstone design projects presented their work at the spring 2024 senior design project presentations. The event attracted a diverse audience, including industry experts from both the public and private sector as well as students’ teachers, families, and peers. 

Viviana Maggioni was recently named editor-in-chief of the Journal of Hydrometeorology.

Kirin Emlet Furst, in Mason's Department of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering, is using funds from an NSF CAREER award to measure the amounts of harmful "forever" chemicals in drinking water.

With funding from the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), CEIE professor Shanjiang Zhu and his research team will reconcile travel data from three different sources—surveys, smartphones, and connected vehicles—into invaluable travel information.

George Mason University PhD candidate Benjamin Atsem says it’s his passion to make an impact in the field of transportation engineering. His focus has led him to win the U.S. Department of Transportation Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program award not once, but twice.

Sam Salem wins recognition for outstanding teaching from the Construction Management Association of America,