Civil, environmental and sustainable engineering (MS/PhD)

The Environmental Engineering program explores physical, chemical, and microbiological processes occurring in the natural and built environment and incorporate principles of sustainable engineering. The program emphasizes important issues facing society including water scarcity and emerging pollutants. Research in the program attracts national funding in areas such as environmental biotechnology, environmental nanotechnology, and sustainable engineering of urban and agricultural systems. The Environmental Engineering graduate program was ranked 20th in 2022 by U.S. News & World Report.

Additional Requirements
If the applicant does not have an undergraduate degree in civil or environmental engineering, the following general description of course deficiencies constitutes the common requirement. Additional deficiency courses may be placed based on the applicant’s background. Students must earn a grade of “B” or better in each deficiency course.

• Sufficient courses in mathematics and natural sciences including but not limited to calculus, differential equations, linear algebra, physics, and chemistry.
• CEE 341 Fluid Mechanics for Civil Engineering or equivalent.
• CEE 361 Introduction to Environmental Engineering or equivalent.

Please see Environmental Engineering program description for more information, a list of courses, and faculty.

Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering at ASU is focused upon biogeotechnics and unsaturated soil mechanics, as it is a leader in both of these fields, but offers a broad spectrum of geotechnical and geoenvironmental courses.  ASU is home to the NSF-funded Center for Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics (CBBG), where research on bio-mediated ground improvement, including mitigation of liquefaction, and bio-inspired self-boring probes is underway.  ASU also focuses on unsaturated soil mechanics applied to the performance of pavement subgrades and the impact of expansive soil upon foundations. Our unsaturated soil mechanics laboratory is one of the finest in the world.  Other world-class experimental facilities include a 2400 cubic foot geotechnical test pit and a large rainfall simulator at the Soils Field Laboratory on the Polytechnic campus and unique, large scale equipment for static and dynamic testing of waste materials in the Enamul and Mahmuda Hoque laboratory.

Additional Requirements
If the applicant does not have an undergraduate degree in civil engineering, the following deficiencies constitute the minimum requirement. Additional requirements may be placed based upon the applicant’s background. Students must earn a grade of “B” or better in each deficiency course.

• Sufficient courses in mathematics including but not limited to calculus, differential equations and linear algebra, physics, and chemistry.
• CEE 210 and 212: Engineering Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics.
• CEE 213 Introduction to Deformable Solids or equivalent.
• CEE 351 Geotechnical Engineering or equivalent.

Please see Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering program description for more information, a list of courses, and faculty.

Hydrosystems Engineering encompasses the technical areas of hydrology, hydraulics and water resources engineering with sustainable considerations of water policy, management and environmental remediation.

Additional Requirements
If the applicant does not have an undergraduate degree in civil or environmental engineering, the following general description of course deficiencies constitute the common requirement. Additional requirements may be placed based upon the applicant’s background. Students must obtain a minimum grade of “B” in each deficiency course.

• Sufficient courses in mathematics including but not limited to calculus, differential equations, and linear algebra, physics and chemistry.
• CEE210 and CEE212 Engineering Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics or equivalent.
• CEE 341 Fluid Mechanics for Civil Engineering or equivalent.

Please see Hydrosystems Engineering program description for more information, a list of courses, and faculty.

The Structural and Materials Engineering program encompasses a multitude of areas such as structural analysis and design, steel and concrete structures, timber and masonry structures, matrix and computer methods, buildings, bridges and dams, power plant design, wind analysis and design, finite element method, earthquake analysis and design, stability of structures, nonlinear structural analysis, structural failure, pre-stressed concrete structures, lifeline analysis and design, applied optimal design, probabilistic methods, structural dynamics, composite materials, stress analysis, cement based materials and experimental methods.

Additional Requirements
If the applicant does not have an undergraduate degree in civil engineering, the following deficiencies constitute the minimum requirement. Additional requirements may be placed based upon the applicant’s background. Students must earn a grade of “B” or better in each deficiency course.

• Sufficient courses in mathematics including but not limited to calculus, differential equations, and linear algebra, physics and chemistry.
• CEE 210 Engineering Mechanics: Statics
• CEE 212 Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics
• CEE 213 Introduction to Deformable Solids or equivalent.
• CEE 321 Structural Analysis or equivalent.
• CEE 353 Civil Engineering Materials or equivalent.
• CEE 420 Steel Structures or equivalent.
• CEE421 Concrete Structures or equivalent.

Please see Structural and Materials Engineering program description for more information, a list of courses, and faculty.

The Sustainability Engineering specialty area emphasizes flexibility and individuality. Students from many different engineering and physical science backgrounds may enter this specialty area and design a plan of study that supports their original research and professional development goals. Faculty in the Sustainability Engineering specialty area study topics at the intersection of multiple fields, including alternative energy, transportation, earth systems and the environment.

Additional Requirements
If the applicant does not have an undergraduate degree in civil engineering, the following deficiencies constitute the minimum requirement. Additional requirements may be placed based upon the applicant’s background. Students must earn a grade of “B” or better in each deficiency course.

• Sufficient courses in mathematics including but not limited to calculus, differential equations, and linear algebra, physics, and chemistry.
• CEE 210 and CEE 212 Engineering Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics or equivalent.
• CHM 114 General Chemistry for Engineers or equivalent.

Please see Sustainability Engineering program description for more information, a list of courses, and faculty.

The Transportation Engineering program has two general themes: transportation systems, and pavements and materials. Faculty in transportation systems focus on traffic operations and simulation, intelligent transportation technologies, traveler safety and risk, travel behavior, transportation systems simulation and transportation planning applications. The Pavements and Materials program addresses pavement analysis and design, pavement performance and management, material testing and characterization and development of new and more efficient construction materials.

Additional Requirements
If the applicant does not have an undergraduate degree in civil engineering, the following deficiencies constitute the minimum requirement. Additional requirements may be placed based upon the applicant’s background. Students must earn a grade of “B” or better in each deficiency course.

• Sufficient courses in mathematics including but not limited to calculus, differential equations, and linear algebra, physics and chemistry.
• CEE 210 and CEE 212 Engineering Mechanics: Statics and Dynamics.
• CEE 213 Introduction to Deformable Solids or equivalent.
• CEE 353 Civil Engineering Materials or CEE 372 Transportation Engineering.

Please see Transportation Engineering program description for more information, a list of courses, and faculty.