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Clemson civil engineering program makes
Top 20
Clemson University’s Department of Civil Engineering has made
it into the top 20. According to U.S.News & World Report, the
department is ranked 14th among public engineering schools whose
highest degree is a doctorate. The rankings, based on results of
a national survey of engineering deans and senior faculty, are considered
a benchmark among college programs nationwide. The department is
ranked 24th in a list that includes private and public schools.
U.S.News & World Report this year ranked Clemson University
as a top 30 public institution among the nation’s 162 public
doctoral-granting universities. Clemson President James Barker’s
goal is to move the university into the top 20, and the school has
advanced from 74th to 30th under his leadership.
Clemson civil engineering chairman Nadim Aziz said the department’s
ranking reflects the work of its students, faculty and staff.
“We have developed a system that demonstrates we care about
every student,” he said. “Our faculty work one-to-one
with our students, from mentoring to teaching. We offer our students
opportunities to become team players and leaders and to participate
in research. One measure of our success is the number of students
we graduate and who go into the work force immediately. Our students
are in tremendous demand.”
The Clemson Wind Tunnel, a facility for studying the effects of
high winds on low-rise buildings, serves an internationally recognized
program, whose experts testify before Congressional sub-committees
researching hurricane preparedness.
The civil engineering department is also home to the Asphalt Rubber
Technology Service (ARTS) that provides research and service in
the use of scrap tires in asphalt pavements and other innovative
applications.
Since 2000, Clemson’s civil engineering department has doubled
its Ph.D. enrollment, hired nine new faculty, and more than doubled
its researchexpenditures per faculty.
Clemson civil engineering students achieve
national recognition
• In the National Concrete Canoe Competition, the Clemson
student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
team has earned three national titles and has ranked consistently
in the top 10 teams in the nation.
• In the last decade,
Clemson won a national championship and has consistently been
a
top contender in the National Student Steel Bridge Competition
that offers future structural engineers the chance to do steel
design and fabrication.
• The Institute of Transportation
Engineers (ITE) recognized Clemson University with the 2006
Outstanding Student Chapter Award.
• Members of the
Clemson University chapter of ITE won the 2006 Traffic Bowl
for the 10-state southeast district.
• Several teams
of Clemson students participated in groups studying the effects
of hurricane Katrina. |
 Clemson
civil engineering department chair Nadim Aziz attributes the department’s
top 20 ranking to the work of its students, faculty and staff.
The expertise of Clemson civil engineers is recognized
in national and international broadcasts, such as the Discovery
Channel, National Geographic and the ABC network’s Extreme
Makeover: Home Edition, where tornado shelter safety was the topic.
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