Two TRB minority fellows to rep Hawai’i at TRB 100
CEE senior Braxton Chong majoring in construction engineering, and Master’s student Micah Tang are two of the 25 Minority Fellows of the Transportation Research Board for 2020 and they will be presenting their research at the 100th Annual Meeting of…
Department mourns the loss a beloved professor
It is with heavy hearts that we share the sad news of the passing of Dr. Horst Brandes, long-time geotechnical engineering faculty member in the CEE department. Horst was a friend and mentor to many and respected by students, staff…
Renewable ocean resource technology focus of new book
The book “Ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) : past, present, and progress” Dr. Albert Kim has co-edited is now listed in Hamilton library. Congratulations to Dr. Kim!
September 2020
Hawaiʻi construction company NAN, Inc. has donated $160,000 to fund the Nan, Inc. Scholarship in Engineering at the College of Engineering to support Civil and Environmental Engineering students. Nan Inc. founder Nan Shin, President Fooney Freestone, Vice President Ryan Nakaima, Vice President Frank Okimoto and most of the…
Summer 2020
Congratulations to three of our graduate students who recently completed their MS degree under outgoing chair Panos Prevedouros. Tribikram Rajure studied the Perceptions of Hawaii Residents on Rural Road Travel. He will continue for the PhD degree under prof. Roger…
May 2020
Four (4) graduates Corey Imose-Lee, Brian Lam, Cody Oshiro & Kamuela Thain received BS in construction engineering in the Spring 2020 virtual convocation on May 15, 2020. “This new BS in CNST with dedicated emphasis in the construction field of civil…
April 2020
We are proud of our PhD candidate Sabrina Diemert for receiving UH's top award for teaching assistants. Dr. Krystyna S. Aune, Dean of the UH's Graduate Division wrote: "I am so pleased to inform you that the University of Hawai‘i…
March 2020
The Civil Engineering Graduate Program is on the top 5th in Graduate Majors with the most international students in Spring 2020 per UHM International Student Services (ISS) statics release. This is the consecutive 7th semester which the CE grad program…
February 2020
Rainbow Wahine libero receives prestigious engineering award. UH Mānoa women’s volleyball player Rika Okino was named the 2020 Hawaii Council of Engineering Societies Student Engineer of the Year. Rika is majored in Civil Engineering. Congratulations to Rika! The American Society…
