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SCC Girder TestBoth the students and faculty of the Auburn University Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering benefit from active involvement with following research and outreach centers.  Most of the department's research is conducted through the National Center for Asphalt Technology or the Highway Research Center.

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Huaguo Zhou, the Elton Z. and Lois G. Huff Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, was recently awarded for his research on intoxicated drivers and engineering measures to prevent wrong-way driving.
CEE professor awarded for research on wrong-way driving countermeasures
Huaguo Zhou, the Elton Z. and Lois G. Huff Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering, was recognized by the California Department of Transportation for his study on intoxicated drivers, which identified effective engineering countermeasures to prevent wrong-way driving and will be presented at the 2025 Transportation Research Board meeting.
9/3/24 9:00 AM
Ali Khosravi, assistant professor in civil and environmental engineer (right), Bart Prorok, a materials engineering professor (middle), and Paul Bartley, an assistant professor in horticulture at Auburn University (left) stand in front of the PSX Macro CT machine in the X-ray Computed Tomography Lab.
CEE assistant professor examines temperature change impact on permafrost
Ali Khosravi, an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is teaming up with Bart Prorok, a materials engineering professor, Paul Bartley, an assistant professor in horticulture at Auburn University and his twin brother, Mohammad Khosravi, an associate professor at Montana State University. Together, they aim to improve the understanding of how climate change impacts permafrost, enhancing predictions about permafrost thaw and its effects on infrastructure in Arctic and sub-Arctic regions.
9/3/24 8:30 AM
Michael Perez, director of the AU-SRF and Brasfield & Gorrie associate professor in civil and environmental engineering, is the principal investigator (PI) on the three-year, $750,000 grant from the National Academy of Sciences’ National Cooperative Highway Research Program.
AU-SRF to develop erosion and sediment control design guidelines
Auburn University's Stormwater Research Facility (AU-SRF) has been tasked with creating design guidelines for erosion and sediment control practices used on highway construction sites to minimize stormwater pollution.
8/28/24 8:00 AM
Barry Fagan (left), owner of Fagan Consulting of Prattville, poses for a photo with Megan Armstrong, a civil and environmental engineering graduate student (middle), and Michael Perez, director of the Stormwater Research Facility and Brasfield & Gorrie associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (right), during a poster presentation for their portable, self-contained stormwater treatment device to treat stormwater runoff and protect the waters of Alabama and the U.S.
Stormwater Research Facility develops portable stormwater device
The Auburn University Stormwater Research Facility (AU-SRF) is partnering with Fagan Consulting LLC to design a portable, self-contained stormwater treatment device to treat stormwater runoff and protect the waters of Alabama and the U.S.
8/19/24 8:00 AM
Jason Nelson
#GINNing Podcast: Track'em
Someone has to manage that beautiful, 1.7-mile test track over at the National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT). And DOTs across the fruited, asphalted plains better be thanking their lucky, trucky stars — that someone is Jason Nelson.
8/16/24 8:00 AM
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