{"id":5,"date":"2023-08-07T10:33:37","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T14:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cve-draft\/home\/"},"modified":"2024-06-06T16:37:22","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T20:37:22","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cve\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-hero-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-hero super   cl-has-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-hero-proper\"><div class=\"overlay\"><div class=\"block\"><h1>Create a safer world<\/h1><\/div><\/div><div class=\"still\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cve\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2172\/cve-hero-unsplash-construction.jpg);background-position:51% 67%;\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls-container\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-controls\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-icon\" title=\"Accessibility controls\">Accessibility controls<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-motion-control cl-accessibility-control-hidden\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Pause motion\">Pause motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">On<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Play motion\">Play motion<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Motion: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Off<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control cl-accessibility-contrast-control\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-default\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Increase text contrast\">Increase text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">Standard<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-alternate\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-button\" title=\"Reset text contrast\">Reset text contrast<\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-control-label\">Contrast: <span class=\"cl-accessibility-syntax\">High<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-system-setting\"><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle\" title=\"Apply my preferences site-wide\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-accessibility-toggle-label\">Apply site-wide<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<p class=\"type-intro fullwidth\">The URI Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering&nbsp;offers foundational programs&nbsp;that produce&nbsp;outstanding practicing engineers who contribute to society throughout the northeast. Our programs&nbsp;develop&nbsp;expertise in structural engineering (buildings, bridges, materials), environmental engineering (water quality, sustainability, water and wastewater treatment, hydraulics), geotechnical engineering (foundations, retaining walls, soil behavior, in situ and laboratory testing), and transportation engineering (intelligent transportation systems, traffic, pavements). Our students benefit from participation in paid internships, global exposure through the International Engineering Program, and real world experience through an immersive capstone project with industry partners in their senior year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"fullwidth\">Our faculty conduct pioneering research in physicochemical treatment of drinking water, microplastics, sustainable groundwater treatment technologies, water-climate links to global health, composite and cementitious materials, multi-hazard analysis and resilience modeling of coastal communities, structural and geotechnical health monitoring of offshore wind farms, and innovative foundations for floating offshore wind farms. There are many opportunities for students to engage in research and work in our state-of-the-art laboratory and field facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cve\/academics\/\" title=\"\"><div class=\"cl-card-container media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cve\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2172\/academics.jpg\" srcset=\"\" alt=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container text\"><div class=\"cl-card-text\"><h2>Academics<\/h2><\/div><\/div><div class=\"cl-card-container button\">view programs<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"cl-wrapper cl-card-wrapper\"><a class=\"cl-card  \" 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class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recent News<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\"><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/underwater-ribbon-cutting-ushers-in-new-uri-ocean-robotics-laboratory\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cve\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2172\/Group-Shot-Ribbon-Cutting-2000x1333-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cve\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2172\/Group-Shot-Ribbon-Cutting-2000x1333-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cve\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2172\/Group-Shot-Ribbon-Cutting-2000x1333-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2026\/06\/underwater-ribbon-cutting-ushers-in-new-uri-ocean-robotics-laboratory\/\">Underwater ribbon cutting ushers in new URI Ocean Robotics Laboratory<\/a> <span class=\"excerpt-dash\">-<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The University of Rhode Island celebrated a major milestone in the $300 million, multi-phase revitalization of the Narragansett Bay Campus with a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new\u00a0Ocean Robotics Laboratory\u00a0on June 25.<\/span><\/li><li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/engineering\/engineering-student-heads-to-france-for-international-studies-this-summer\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cve\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2172\/IMG_9215-scaled-e1783430545175-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cve\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2172\/IMG_9215-scaled-e1783430545175-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cve\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2172\/IMG_9215-scaled-e1783430545175-300x300.jpeg 300w, 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