Sample CEE Projects and Reports
$1.3 Million from NSF for Tsunami Engineering
$1.3 Million from NSF for Tsunami Engineering
The department has received $1.3 million to lead a multi-university, 4-year research project to develop Performance Based Tsunami Engineering. The funding comes under NSF”s National Earthquake Engineering Simula...
1.6M for Five Years from US Department of Transportation
Five year at total of $1.6M Award received for Tier-1 University Transportation Center (UTC) from the U.S. Department of Transportation
UH-Manoa in collaboration with the universities of Alaska, Idaho and Washington was successful in receiving ...
2010 Fall Class Schedule
2010 Fall Class Schedule
CRN
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Crse#
Sec
Cr Hrs
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Days
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Bldg
Room
Instructor
70641
CEE
270
001
3.0
Applied Mechanics I
TR
3:00
4:15
MSB
114
Archilla...
2015 and older Seminacee.hawaii.edurs
Selected Past Seminars in the CEE Seminar Series
December 11, 2015
Assembly of micro/nano-materials into complex, three-dimensional architectures by compressive buckling
Yonggang Huang, Walter P. Murphy Professor, Dept. of Civil and Environmental ...
A Framework for assessing the sorption potential of emerging organic contaminants in soil systems.
A Framework for assessing the sorption potential of emerging organic contaminants in soil systems.
Dharni Vasudevan, Associate Professor
Chemistry and Environmental Studies
Bowdoin College
Brunswick, ME
Urban activity, agricultural productivity,...
Alumni
Welcome, Alumni, to the Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering Department web site. Maintaining contact with our alumni is very important to us. We are working on making this section of use to you. If you have ideas on how we can make this...
Alumni
Welcome, Alumni, to the CEE web site. Maintaining contact with our alumni is very important to us. We are working on making this section of use to you. If you have ideas on how we can make this site useful to our alumni, please e-mail us .
Please consider...
An Experimental Study of Surf and Swash Zone Hydrodynamics Using a Particle Image Velocimetry Technique and the Other Applications of Imaging-based Measurement Technique
January 3, 2007, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m., MSB 114
Dr. In Mei Sou, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Oregon State University
An Experimental Study of Surf and Swash Zone Hydrodynamics Using a Particle Image Velocimetry Technique and the Other...
Assessment of the Sorption Potential of Hawaii Soils for Pathogens and Organic Chemicals
CEE Spring 2007 Seminar
Friday January 19th, 2007
2:00 pm
Assessment of the Sorption Potential of Hawaii Soils for Pathogens and Organic Chemicals
Chittaranjan Ray
Professor
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
University...
Bridge Design Process: From RFP through Construction
Date: February 3, 2006
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Location: Holmes Hall 244
Speaker: Michael Hunneman, KAI Hawaii
Bridge Design Process: From RFP through Construction
The design process for a typical state or city owned bridge, from the
Request...
Bryce Toyama – CEE Undergraduate wins Undergraduate 2006 Summer Research Award
Bryce Toyama – CEE Undergraduate wins Undergraduate 2006 Summer Research Award
Bryce Toyama, a CEE Undergraduate received a $3000 undergraduate summer research award from the Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education for h...
BSCE Curriculum Check Sheet
BSCE Curriculum Check Sheet
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BSCNST Curriculum Check Sheet
BSCNST Curriculum Check Sheet
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CEE Faculty Awarded $950K to Update the State’s Pavement Management System and Pavement Design Practices
CEE Faculty Awarded $950K to Update the State’s Pavement Management System and Pavement Design Practices
Professors. A. Ricardo Archilla and Phillip K. Ooi were recently awarded a 5-year, $950,000 contract by Hawaii Department of Transportation (H...
CEE330 Syllabus
CEE330 Syllabus
Dr. J. Kim
Dr. Y. Wang
Dr. T. Yan
CEE355 Syllabus
CEE355 Syllabus
Dr. Ooi
Dr. Rafiei
Dr, Vitali
CEE696 Syllabus
CEE696 Syllabus
Advanced Concrete Technology, Dr. Shen
Advanced modeling in groundwater engineering, Dr. Lee
Applied Mathematics for Engineers, Dr. A Kim
Coastal flood and loads, Dr. Park
Coastal flood mitigation, Dr. Francis
Computational Modeling...
Changing Paradigm in Environmental Engineering Research: From Waste Treatment to Bioenergy and Value-added Product Recovery
Changing Paradigm in Environmental Engineering Research: From Waste Treatment to Bioenergy and Value-added Product Recovery
Samir K. Khanal, Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering
University of Hawaii at Manoa
We...
Chemical Admixtures for Concrete – What are they and how do they work?
February 9, 2007, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m., Holmes Hall 244
Chemical Admixtures for Concrete – What are they and how do they work?
Kevin J. Folliard, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Austin Industries Endowed Teaching Fellow
The University of Texas at A...
Civil Engineering Program Assessment
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University of Hawaii at Manoa
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Phone: (808) 956-7550 Fax: (808) 956-5014
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Contributing Financially to the Department
Contributing Financially to the Department
Gifts to the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering help us continue to offer a high quality education. As is true nationally, funding from the State is insufficient to meet all the needs of a...
Contributing to Department
Gifts to the Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering help us continue to offer a high quality education. As is true nationally, funding from the State is insufficient to meet all the needs of a high quality program. Charitable...
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CECE Department course syllabus
CEE 250 CAD/BIM/3D Visualization (3)
CEE 270 Applied Mechanics I (3)
CEE 305 Applied Probability and Statistics (3)
CEE 320 Fluid Mechanics Fundamentals (4)
CEE 330 Environmental Engineering (4)
CEE 355 Geotechnical...
Curriculum Check Sheet
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Development of Performance Based Tsunami Engineering - PBTE
March 14, 2008, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m., Holmes Hall 244
Ian Robertson, Professor, CEE UHManoa
Title: Development of Performance Based Tsunami Engineering - PBTE
Abstract: This presentation will report on current research at the
University of Hawaii...
Dr. Amarjit Singh has been elected as a Special Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)
Dr. Amarjit Singh has been elected as a Special Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB). The Special Fellowship is designed to bring into membership eminent persons within the building industry, education and government who will make a significant...
Dr. Farshad Rajabipour was appointed Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Hawaii at Manoa on August 1, 2007.
Dr. Farshad Rajabipour was appointed Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Hawaii at Manoa on August 1, 2007. Prior to his appointment at UH, he was a visiting professor of civil engineering at Purdue University, ...
Dr. Peter G. Nicholson Awarded Outstanding Civilian Service Medal
Dr. Peter G. Nicholson, Associate Professor and Graduate Chair of the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, was recently asked to attend a meeting at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' headquarters in Washington, D.C. where he was awarded...
Environmental Science and Engineering Teaching and Research at Tongji University and A UNEP Platform
Environmental Science and Engineering Teaching and Research at Tongji
University and A UNEP Platform
A Joint Seminar of
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Water Resources Research Center
by
Dr. Siqing Xia
Professor and Vice...
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Fall 2008 Class Schedule
Fall 2008 Class Schedule
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Dept
Crse#
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Cr Hrs
Course Title
Days
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Bldg
Room
Instructor
70769
CEE
270
001
3.0
Applied...
Fall 2009 Class Schedule
Fall 2009 Class Schedule
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Dept
Crse#
Sec
Cr Hrs
Course Title
Days
Begins
Ends
Bldg
Room
Instructor
70714
CEE
270
001
3.0
Applied Mechanics I
TR
3:00
4:15
MSB...
Fall 2011
Fall 2011
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Dept
Crse#
Sec
Cr Hrs
Course Title
Days
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Bldg
Room
Instructor
CEE
270
001
3.0
Applied Mechanics I
TR
7:30
8:45
MSB
114
Grace...
Fall 2012 Classes
Fall 2012 Classes
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Dept
Crse#
Sec
Cr Hrs
Course Title
Days
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Bldg
Room
Instructor
70542
CEE
270
001
3.0
Applied Mechanics I
TR
7:30
8:45...
Fall 2013 Classes
Fall 2013 Classes
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Dept
Crse#
Sec
Cr Hrs
Course Title
Days
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Bldg
Room
Instructor
70493
CEE
270
001
3.0
Applied Mechanics I
TR
7:30
8:45
Post
126...
Fall 2014 Classes
Fall 2014 Classes
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Crse#
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Cr Hrs
Course Title
Days
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Ends
Bldg
Room
Instructor
70475
CEE
270
001
3.0
Applied Mechanics I
MWF
8:30
9:20
Post
126...
Fall 2015 Classes
Fall 2015 Classes
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Dept. Name
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Credit Hr.
Course Title
Days
Class Begin
Class End
Bldg. Loc.
Rm. #
Instructor Name
70429
CEE
270
001
3.0
Applied Mechanics...
Fall 2016 Classes
Fall 2016 Classes
CRN
Dept. Name
Crse. No.
Sctn. No.
Crd. Hours
Course Name
Day
Class Begins
Class Ends
Bldg. Name
Room No.
Instructor Name
70429
CEE
270
001
3.0
Applied Mechanics I
MWF
8:30
9:20
MSB
100
Archilla
75755
CEE
270
002
3.0
Applied Mechanics I
TR
1:30
2:45
MSB
100
Mukai
70430
CEE
271
001
3.0
Applied Mechanics II
TR
3:00
4:15
Kuy
209
Kim
70431
CEE
305
001
3.0
Applied Prob & Statistics
TR
2:00
3:15
Kuy
307
Singh
70432
CEE
320
001
4.0
Fluid Mechanics Fundamentals
TR
10:30
11:45
MSB
100
Teng
70432
CEE
320L
001
W/Laboratory
T
12:00
1:50
Holmes
248
Teng
73760
CEE
320L
002
W/Laboratory
R
12:00
1:50
Holmes
248
Teng
77476
CEE
320L
003
W/Laboratory
T
3:30
5:10
Holmes
248
Teng
73761
CEE
330
001
4.0
W/Environmental Engineering
MWF
10:30
11:20
Kuy
305
Yan
73761
CEE
330L
001
Laboratory
M
12:30
2:20
Holmes
286
Yan
74906
CEE
330L
002
Laboratory
W
12:30
2:20
Holmes
286
Yan
77463
CEE
330L
003
Laboratory
F
12:30
2:20
Holmes
286
Yan
70433
CEE
355
001
4.0
Geotechnical Engineering I
TR
9:00
10:15
Wat
112
Ooi
70479
CEE
355L
001
W/Laboratory
T
12:00
1:50
Holmes
209
Ooi
70434
CEE
355L
002
W/Laboratory
R
12:00
1:50
Holmes
209
Ooi
70435
CEE
361
001
3.0
Fundamentals of Transportation
TR
7:30
8:45
MSB
100
Zhang
76912
CEE
370
001
3.0
Mechanics of Materials
MWF
1:30
2:20
Kuy
301
Russ
76913
CEE
370L
001
W/Laboratory
M
2:30
3:45
Holmes
242
Russ
76914
CEE
370L
002
W/Laboratory
W
2:30
3:45
Holmes
242
Russ
75756
CEE
375
001
2.0
W/Construction Materials
MWF
8:30
9:20
Kyu
307
Shen
75756
CEE
375L
001
1.0
Laboratory
M
2:30
4:20
Holmes
102
Shen
75757
CEE
375L
002
1.0
Laboratory
W
2:30
4:20
Holmes
102
Shen
77393
CEE
375L
003
1.0
Laboratory
W
4:30
6:20
Holmes
102
Shen
77888
CEE
381
001
3.0
Structural Analysis
MWF
11:30
12:20
MSB
100
Ma
*
CEE
424
001
3.0
Applied Hydrology
TR
10:30
11:45
Holmes
242
Bateni
70436
CEE
431
001
3.0
Water & Wastewater Engineer
TR
3:00
4:15
MSB
100
Babcock
78956
CEE
441
001
3.0
Sustainability Systems Analysis (TES)
TR
4:30
5:45
Kuy
306
Cooney
86201
CEE
462
001
3.0
Traffic Engineering
MW
10:30
11:45
Holmes
244
Prevedouros
75283
CEE
455
001
3.0
Geotechnical Engineering II
MW
8:30
9:45
POST
126
Brandes
70437
CEE
472
001
3.0
Construction Project Mgmt
TR
12:00
1:15
Arch
215
Akiona
74004
CEE
471
001
3.0
Construction Methods (Building)
MWF
10:30
11:20
POST
214
Akiona
74005
CEE
474
001
3.0
Construction Estimating and Bidding
MWF
12:30
1:20
POST
214
Akiona
*
CEE
484
001
3.0
Structural Loads
MWF
12:30
1:20
Holmes
244
Johnson
70438
CEE
485
001
4.0
Reinforced Concrete
TR
10:30
11:45
Kuy
301
Robertson
70438
Laboratory
M
1:30
3:20
Robertson
75310
CEE
489B
001
2.0
Sen. Top: Surv/Plan
W
1:30
3:20
MSB
114
Babcock
74443
CEE
489C
001
1.0
E/Professional Ethics
F
2:30
3:20
MSB
114
Babcock
79624
CEE
491
001
3.0
Climate modeling, analysis, applicat.
TR
9:00
10:15
Holmes
242
Karamperidou
*
CEE
606
001
3.0
Process Simulation
TR
12:00
1:15
Holmes
242
Singh
76942
CEE
623
001
3.0
Groundwater Modeling
TR
12:00
1:15
Post
733
El-Kadi
79347
CEE
633
001
3.0
Physical and Chemical Treatment
TR
12:00
1:15
Holmes
287
Kim
78267
CEE
634
001
3.0
Biological Treatment
TR
3:00
4:15
Moore
207
Kan, E.
*
CEE
650
001
3.0
Seepage, Drainage and Dewatering
MW
10:30
11:45
Holmes
242
Brandes
*
CEE
660
001
3.0
Systems Analysis for Engineers
W
12:00
1:15
Sak
B414
Archilla
79353
CEE
677
001
3.0
Smart Structures Technology
MW
2:30
3:45
Holmes
241
Ma
70440
CEE
681
001
3.0
Theory Modern Structural Analy
MW
1:30
2:45
Holmes
244
Riggs
*
CEE
685
001
3.0
Advanced Structural Steel Design
MW
9:00
10:20
Holmes
287
Johnson
76270
CEE
687
001
3.0
Prestressed Concrete
WF
3:00
4:15
Holmes
287
Robertson/Kang
76681
CEE
691
001
1.0
Seminar
R
4:30
5:20
Holmes
244
Francis
W=Writing Intensive, E=Contemporary Ethical Issues, O=Oral Communication
Fall 2020
Next semester: Spring 2021
Current semester: Fall 2020
Past semesters: Summer 2019, Spring 2020, Summer 2020
Financial Aid
Financial Aid
The Department offers financial aid in the form of scholarships, tuition
waivers, graduate teaching assistantships and graduate research assistantships. In
addition, student loans, scholarships and other forms of financial
aid...
Geotechnical Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering
Direct cyclic simple shear testing system
Geotechnical engineering deals with the study of earth materials in
the context of engineering investigation, design and construction. It
is concerned ...
Geotechnical Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering
Direct cyclic simple shear testing system
Geotechnical engineering deals with the study of earth materials in
the context of engineering investigation, design and construction. It
is concerned ...
Graduate Study
The Civil Engineering Graduate Student Handbook sets forth the basic policies, requirements and procedures for graduate students pursuing Master of Science (MS) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees in Civil Engineering. Please visit the graduate study...
Dual Master's in CE and MBA Program
Dual Master's in CE and MBA Program
A dual Master's degree in Civil Engineering and Business Administration is available. The program is offered through the Shidler College of Business at UH Manoa. Students must apply to and be accepted into...
Fast-Track Combined BS & MS (BAM) Program
Fast-Track (BS+MS) Degree in Civil Engineering Program
The (BS+MS) Degree in Civil Engineering program provides a fast track for students to receive BSCE plus MSCE degree in five years by allowing the double-counting of six (6) credits in both programs....
M.S. Program
M.S. Program Overview
The Department offers a graduate program leading to the M.S. degree in civil engineering with several areas of concentration, including coastal engineering, construction engineering management, environmental engineering, geotechnical en...
Admission to M.S. Program
Admission to M.S. Program
Applications are first screened by the Graduate Division and are then forwarded to the Program for evaluation and approval. Applications are submitted online at the Graduate Division website . Check the requirements be...
Ph.D. Program
Ph.D. Program
The Department offers a graduate program leading to the Ph.D. degree in civil engineering with areas of concentration in construction management, environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering, structural engineering, and...
Admission to PhD Program
Admission to Ph.D. Program
Applications are first screened by the Graduate Division and are then forwarded to the Program for approval. Applications are submitted online at the Graduate Division website . Check the requirements below for eligibility.
Application ...
Hawaii's Dams
March 9, 2007, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m., Holmes Hall 244
Horst Brandes, Associate Professor, CEE UHManoa
Hawaii's Dams
Failure of the Kaloko dam on Kauai, along with the earthquakes of
October 2006, brought widespread attention to Hawaii's ageing system...
Holmes Hall
Holmes Hall, College of Engineering, University of Hawai"˜i at Manoa
Home
Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering (CECE) focuses on the activities of people and their interaction with the environment. The civil engineer conceives, plans, designs, constructs, operates, and maintains buildings, bridges, highways,...
Hurricane Katrina Storm Surge Damage to Engineering Structures
Date: February 17, 2006
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Location: Holmes Hall 244
Speaker: Ian Robertson, Professor, CEE UHM
Title: Hurricane Katrina Storm Surge Damage to Engineering Structures
Abstract: Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the Louisiana...
Hydrodynamics of an ideal aggregate with quadratically increasing permeability
Date: January 20, 2006
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Location: Holmes Hall 244
Speaker: Professor Albert S. Kim, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Hydrodynamics of an ideal aggregate with quadratically increasing permeability...
M.S. Program SLOs, Credit and Other Requirement
M.S. Program
The Department offers a graduate program leading to the M.S. degree in civil engineering with several areas of concentration, including construction management, environmental engineering, geotechnical engineering, structural engineering, and tra...
Material Health Monitoring of Concrete:
April 4, 2008, 2:00 p.m., Holmes Hall 244
Material Health Monitoring of Concrete:
A Vital Component of Sustainable Infrastructure Development
Farshad Rajabipour
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Hawai`i at Manoa
Traditional...
Microbial Degradation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Sediment
Microbial Degradation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in Sediment
Tao Yan
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil & Environ. Engr.
University of Hawaii
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are ubiquitous environmental contaminants that are frequently...
Mission Statement
MISSION STATEMENT
Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering (CEE) focuses on the activities of people and their interaction with the environment. The civil engineer conceives, plans, designs, constructs, operates, and maintains buildings,...
Mitigation of Tsunami Threat through Better Planning
Mitigation of Tsunami Threat through Better Planning
Dr. Janaka Ruwanpura
Canada Research Chair in Project Management Systems
Director and Associate Professor
Project Management Specialization
Schulich School of Engineering
University of Calgary
Canada...
Modern Freeway Infrastructure and Automated Incident Detection
Date: February 24, 2006
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Location: Holmes Hall 244
Speaker: Panos D. Prevedouros, Professor, CEE UHManoa
Modern Freeway Infrastructure and Automated Incident Detection
The presentation will center on the newly constructed...
Near-interfacial and Interfacial Fracture Simulation by the Extended Finite Element Method
March 7 , 2008, 2:00 p.m., Holmes Hall 244
Near-interfacial and Interfacial Fracture Simulation
by the Extended Finite Element Method
Yuhai Yan
Design of composite structures in many important industrial applications requires good understanding...
Network of Energy Flow in Framed Structures and its Preliminary Application
February 2, 2006, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m., Holmes Hall 244
Leiming Zhang, Associate Professor, Deparment of Civil Engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University
Network of Energy Flow in Framed Structures and its Preliminary Application
Nowadays full-process...
News Archive
News Archive
2015
Institute of Transportation Engineers Section Meeting
Sustainability Facts and Figures
Panos Prevedouros, PhD, Professor of Civil Engineering University of Hawaii at Manoa
Wednesday, October 28,
11:45am - 1:00pm
Fasi...
Prof. Albert S. Kim became a member of the editorial advisory board for Recent Patents on Chemical Engineering
Prof. Albert S. Kim became a member of the editorial advisory board for Recent Patents on Chemical Engineering (http://www.bentham.org/cheng ), a new innovative online journal to be launched in January 2008 by Bentham Science Publishers. This journal ...
Prof. Chittaranjan Ray received another Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) grant from the Army Research Office this year ($110,145)
Prof. Chittaranjan Ray received another Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) grant from the Army Research Office this year ($110,145). The grant is to purchase instrumentation to study the fate and transport of unexploded...
Prof. Singh Receives Surendranath Mukherjee Memorial Prize
Prof. Singh Receives Surendranath Mukherjee Memorial Prize
Amarjit Singh received the Surendranath Mukherjee Memorial Prize for the
best research paper related to practical execution of work from the
Institution of Engineers (India), which is the...
Program Assessment
Our Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering program of study leading to the Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET . We are currently working towards the retroactive ABET accreditation o...
Public Private Partnerships for Civil Infrastructure: A Primer
March 2, 2007, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m., Holmes Hall 244
Panos Prevedouros, Professor, CEE UHManoa
Public Private Partnerships for Civil Infrastructure: A Primer
No less than three separate bills were submitted to the 2007 Legislature for the enactment of...
Publications of Clark C.K. Liu
Publications of Clark C.K. Liu
I. Refereed Journal Articles
Liu, C.C.K., Xia, W. and Park, J.W., (2006).A Wind-driven Reverse Osmosis System for Wastewater Reuse and Nutrient Recovery, Desalination , Vol. 202, pp.24-30.
Liu, C.C.K., Ice, C.,...
Recent graduate Timothy Lum-Yee was one of nine student leaders who were honored with the Undergraduate Leadership Distinction Award at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa Spring 2007 Commencement Exercises on Sunday, May 13, 2007.
Recent graduate Timothy Lum-Yee was one of nine student leaders who were honored with the Undergraduate Leadership Distinction Award at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa Spring 2007 Commencement Exercises on Sunday, May 13, 2007.
The Undergraduate...
Research
Research
Our faculty and students conduct research in traditional civil, environmental and construction disciplines, as well as in interdisciplinary and emerging technology fields. These efforts are balanced to satisfy specific research needs in Hawaii...
Center for Safety Equity in Transportation
CENTER FOR SAFETY EQUITY IN TRANSPORTATION
UH-Manoa in collaboration with the universities of Alaska, Idaho and Washington was successful in receiving a 5-year Tier-1 University Transportation Center (UTC) from the U.S. Department of Transportation....
Coastal Engineering
State Highway Shoreline Protection Program
Drs. Oceana Francis, Horst Brandes and David Ma obtained a three year (2017-2019) project from the Hawaii Department of Transportation (about $700,000) to identify threats to the integrity of State roads...
Environmental Engineering
Transform Municipal Wastewater Treatment Systems into Community Enteric Disease Information Networks
Dr. Tao Yan obtained a three year (2015-2018) project from the National Science Foundation (about $350,000) to significantly expand the role of ...
Geotechnical Engineering
Slope Instrumentation and Development of a Landslide Warning System
Dr. Phillip Ooi obtained a five year (2014-2019) project from the Hawaii Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration (about $530,000) to develop a site-specific ...
Hydraulic Engineering
Irrigation Management for Farmlands in American Samoa
Dr. Sayed Bateni is working on a three year (2016-2018) project supported by the USGS (about $40,000) to collect in situ data on soil and crop in the farmlands of American Samoa.
Real-time ...
Materials Engineering
Field Monitoring of Alkali-Silica Reaction
Dr. Ian Robertson secured a long duration (2014-2019) project from the Hawaii Department of Transportation (about $250,000) to compare lab and field results.
Alkali Silica Reaction (ASR) occurs in ...
Pavement Engineering
Performance Monitoring of Preservation Treatments in Honolulu
Dr. Ricardo Archilla received funding from the University Transportation Center for Pavement Preservation (about $280,000, from 2013 to 2018) to monitor the performance of different preservation...
Structural Engineering
Five-year Monitoring of Seismic Instrumentation in the Kealakaha Bridge
Dr. Ian Robertson obtained a five year (2015-2020) project from the Hawaii Department of Transportation (about $400,000) to instrument and monitor Kealakaha Bridge.
The...
Structural Engineering Sample Technical Reports
Structural Engineering Sample Technical Reports
2 0 1 5
UHM/CEE/15-01 [20 MB PDF file]
Vulnerability of Hawaii Commercial Port and Harbor Facilities to Tsunamis and Hurricane Storm Surge and Wave Action
Ian Robertson
UHM/CEE/15-02 [1...
Transportation Engineering
Transportation Research
A large portion of the current research in transportation in conducted under CSET. Drs. Guohui Zhang and Panos Prevedouros were awarded $1.6 million for the next five year as part of Center for Safety Equity in Transportation...
Water Resources
Modeling and Characterization of Density-Driven Flow in Variably Saturated Aquifers in Hawaii
Dr. Jonghyun Harry Lee is one of several main investigators for the NSF-funded EPSCoR project (about $20 million) Ike Wai (2017-2022) . The plan is to...
Research
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Resources for Graduate Study
Graduate Student Orientation 2019
Academic Guidelines(For specific questions about template, please click here to contact Graduate Chair.)CEE-UHM-dissertaton-template.docx CEE-UHM-thesis-dissertation-Instructions CEE-UHM-Lyx template UHM-LaTex template...
Robert A. Grace
Robert A. Grace
Areas of Specialty and Research Interest: Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Office: Holmes Hall 343
Phone: (808) 956-6628
E-mail: grace@eng.hawaii.edu
Offshore and underwater engineering planning, design, construction,...
Saitama University
The Department has a cooperative agreement with the CEE Department
at Saitama University, Japan since 2005. Saitama is one of the
large cities that comprise the Tokyo metropolitan area, and Saitama University
is one of the national universities ...
Sample CEE Projects and Challenges
Sample CEE Projects and Reports
$1.3 Million from NSF for Tsunami Engineering
$1.3 Million from NSF for Tsunami Engineering
The department has received $1.3 million to lead a multi-university, 4-year research project to develop Performance Based Tsunami Engineering. The funding comes under NSF”s National Earthquake Engineering Simula...
$1.6M Award from US Transportation Department
$1.6M Award from US Transportation Department
UH-Manoa in collaboration with the universities of Alaska, Idaho and Washington was successful in receiving a 5-year Tier-1 University Transportation Center (UTC) from the U.S. Department of Transportation....
$980K Award from USDA's Conservation Innovation Grants.
$980K Award From USDA 's Conservation Innovation Grants
Dr. Sayed Bateni will be the principal investigator of Real-time Optimization of Irrigation Scheduling for Farmlands in Hawaii, Guam, and American Samoa. The $980,000 grant over three years...
1st ISFO
Professor Panos Prevedouros was the Technical Program Coordinator for the 1st Symposium on Freeway and Tollway Operations of the Transportation Research Board.
The Symposium provided a platform for about 500 international transportation
professionals, m...
2006 Big Island earthquakes
Executive Summary
On October 15th, 2006, two earthquakes with magnitudes of Mw6.7 and
Mw6.0 struck in close succession just off the Northwest coast of the
Island of Hawai`i. No deaths were attributed to ground shaking, and only
minor injuries...
Barber's Point Harbor
Project /Title: Barber's Point Harbor
Subjects: Aerial, Civil Construction, Harbor, Scenic
Mission Area: Civil Construction
Date: 17 MAR1999
Division: Pacific Ocean Division
District: Honolulu District
Location/State: Hawaii
Photographer: ...
Brandes assists State in its investigation of the Ka Loko dam failure
The Ka Loko dam failure on Kauai
The Ka Loko dam on Kauai failed catastrophically on the morning of March
14, claiming the lives of at least three people and causing extensive
property damage. The office of the Attorney General has retained
Professor ...
H-3 Tunneling
Tunneling for the H-3 Freeway, Oahu, Hawaii, early 1990s
Halawa Valley Viaduct
Halawa Valley Viaduct of the H-3 Freeway, Oahu, Hawaii, 1990
Hawaii Kai Landslide
Landslide on cut slope after intense rainfall, Hawaii Kai Valley
Iwakuni Runway Relocation
Project /Title: Iwakuni Runway Relocation Phase 1
Subjects: Aerial, Barge, Civilian, Dock, Employee, Harbor
Mission Area: Installations, Military Construction
Date: 29 Mar 2000
Division: Pacific Ocean Division
District: Japan District
Location/State: ...
Katrina
NSF Supports Profs. Robertson and Riggs to Survey Damage from Hurricane Katrina
Prof. Ian Robertson has received funds from the National Science Foundation
to lead a team to survey hurricane damage in the Biloxi"“Gulfport"“Bay
St. Louis area of M...
Kawainui Marsh Flood Control
Project /Title: Kawainui Marsh Flood Control
Mission Area: Flood Control
Date: 17 March 1999
Division: Pacific Ocean Division
District: Honolulu District
Location/State: Kailua, Oahu, Hawaii
Photographer: Jim Dung
General Info: K...
Maile Tower Construction
Subjects: Aerial, Civil Construction
Mission Area: Civil Construction
Division: Pacific Ocean Division
District: Honolulu District
Location/State: Hawaii
Photographer: Jim Dung
General Info: Maile Tower of the Hale Koa hotel for enlisted m...
Sample of CEE Technical Reports
Civil Engineering Sample Technical Reports
2 0 1 7
UHM/CEE/17-01 [8.4 MB PDF file]
The Workings of MAGLEV: A New Way to Travel
Scott Dona and Amarjit Singh
2 0 1 5
UHM/CEE/15-01 [20 MB PDF file]
Vulnerability of ...
Sand Island Shoreline Protection
Project /Title: Sand Island Shoreline Protection
Subjects: Beach,Civil Construction,Scenic
Mission Area: Civil Construction
Division: Pacific Ocean Division
District: Honolulu District
Location/State: Hawaii
Photographer: Jim Dung
General I...
Sample CEE Projects and Challenges
Sample CEE Projects and Reports
Sanjay K. Mohanty, a graduate student in Environmental Engineering, recently received a $10,000 recruitment/retention
Sanjay K. Mohanty, a graduate student in Environmental Engineering, recently received a $10,000 recruitment/retention scholarship from the University of Hawaii for his Ph.D. Sanjay just finished his M.S. with Prof. Chittaranjan Ray, in which he examined...
Seminars
March 5, 2024
Some Developments in Characterizing Liquefiable Sandy Soils in the Field and Laboratory
Prof. Kenneth Stokoe , Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering, UNIVERSITY of TEXAS at AUSTIN
March 5, 2024, 2:00pm -3:00pm,...
Simplified Test Method for Stability Assessment of Asphalt Cold Mixes
February 23, 2006, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m., Holmes Hall 244
Luis G. Diaz, PhD
Simplified Test Method for Stability Assessment of Asphalt Cold Mixes
The year-round need of small quantities of pavement repair materials for utility cut repairs and pothole...
Spring 2008 Class Schedule
Spring 2008 Class Schedule
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Spring 2009 Class Schedule
Spring 2009 Class Schedule
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Spring 2010 Class Schedule
Spring 2010 Class Schedule
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Spring 2011
Spring 2011
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4:15
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Spring 2012
Spring 2012
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APPLIED MECHANICS I
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8:45
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Spring 2013 Classes
Spring 2013 Classes
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APPLIED MECHANICS I
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8:45
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Spring 2015 Classes
Spring 2015 Classes
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CEE
270
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APPLIED...
Spring 2021
Next semester: Spring 2021
Current semester: Fall 2020
Past semesters: Summer2019 , Spring 2020 , Summer 2020
Structural Engineering Faculty
Structural Engineering Faculty
Wai-Fah
Chen
Researcher
Office: Holmes Hall 336
Phone: (808) 956-7727
chenwf@eng.hawaii.edu
Gregor Fischer
Adjunct Professor
gf@byg.dtu.dk
David T. Ma ...
Summer 2020
Next semester: Spring 2021
Current semester: Fall 2020
Past semesters: Summer2019, Spring 2020 , Summer 2020
Table 1 Core curriculum linkages to program outcomes
Table 1 Core curriculum linkages to program outcomes
Semester
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The ASCE Student Chaper at UHM competed in the 2009 ASCE/AISC National Student Steel Bridge Competition (NSSCB) at UNLV
The ASCE Student Chaper at UHM competed in the 2009 ASCE/AISC National Student Steel Bridge Competition (NSSCB) at UNLV on May 22nd and 23rd in Las Vegas. The steel bridge team, consisting of Eric Tomishima (captain), Lori Higashi, Joel Reyes, Ben Ng,...
The Expression "That Can't Happen" Has No Place in the Ocean
February 16, 2006, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m., Holmes Hall 244
Robert Grace, Professor, CEE UHManoa
The Expression "That Can't Happen" Has No Place in the Ocean
The speaker has been a commercial fisherman in Alaska and has experience SCUBA diving on offshore...
The Transport and Fate of Pesticides in the Soils of Central Oahu
The Transport and Fate of Pesticides in the Soils of Central Oahu
Dr. Ghasem Alavi
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of Hawaii at Manoa
The demand for agricultural productivity has caused a dramatic...
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UH Students Qualify for the 2006 AISC National Student Steel Bridge Competition
UH Students Qualify for the 2006 AISC National Student Steel Bridge Competition
Left to Right: Brandon Weaver, Renee Ishisaka, Bryan Lum (captain), Brendon Hayashi, Kim Tanaka, and Travis Nishino
At this year’s Pacific S...
Undergraduate Study
The department currently offers two undergraduate degrees, the CE degree and the CNST degree.
1) The Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering (CE)
The CE program focuses on the activities of people and their interaction with the environment....
Civil Engineering
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING (CE)
Admissions Requirements | Prerequisites | Curriculum Check Sheet
Program Educational Objective and Student Outcomes
The expected attainments of our BSCE graduates are:
Graduates will pra...
Admissions and Financial Aid
Admission to BSCE and BCNST Programs
Applicants to the undergraduate program must meet the Requirements for Admission to UH Mānoa and have completed high school courses in trigonometry, physics and chemistry. The University of Hawaii also gra...
Scholarships
Scholarships
Undergraduate and Graduate
American Society of Civil Engineers/Walter Lum Scholarship - $1,500 per year
Beavers Scholarship - $20,000 over 2 years (2004-2006)
Chevron Scholarship Fund - $1,500 per academic year
John S. Farmer (CCPI)...
Civil Engineering
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING (CE)
Admissions Requirements | Prerequisites | Curriculum Check Sheet
Program Educational Objective and Student Outcomes
The expected attainments of our BSCE graduates are:
Graduates will pra...
Construction Engineering
BACHELOR IN SCIENCE IN CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING (CNST)
Admissions Requirements | Prerequisites | Curriculum Check Sheet
Program Educational Objective and Student Outcomes
The expected attainments of our B.S. CNST graduates are:
Gra...
University of Hawai`i at Mānoa (UH Mānoa) College of Engineering alumnus Jeoffrey S. Cudiamat was named 2009 Young Engineer of the Year by the Hawai`i Council of Engineering Societies.
University of Hawai`i at Mānoa (UH Mānoa) College of Engineering alumnus Jeoffrey S. Cudiamat was named 2009 Young Engineer of the Year by the Hawai`i Council of Engineering Societies. The awardee will be recognized at the 2009 Engineers Week Banquet o...
Visiting Faculty
Current Visiting Scholars
Dr. Linqiang Yan has been working with Dr. Oceana Francis as a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering since October 01, 2017. Dr. Yan has participated in the project ...
Welcome
Aloha! Welcome to the Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. Whether you are a prospective undergraduate student, a prospective graduate student, current student, or a visitor, I hop...
Welcome, Alumni, to the CEE web site
Welcome, Alumni, to the CEE web site. Maintaining contact with our alumni is very important to us. We are working on making this section of use to you. If you have ideas on how we can make this site useful to our alumni, please e-mail us .
Please consider...