Master of Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of California, Irvine

Civil and Environmental Engineering provides innovative solutions at the interface of the natural and the built environment for the benefit of society. As such, education and research addresses the efficient design, maintenance, and sustainability of infrastructure while preserving and sustaining natural, social, and economic resources. The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering focuses its graduate study and research program on four areas: Structures, Geotechnics, and Materials, including civil infrastructure materials, engineering mechanics, advanced composites, structural dynamics, performance-based earthquake engineering, geotechnical engineering, and reliability and risk assessment; Transportation Systems, including traffic operations and management, advanced information technology applications, travel behavior, and transportation systems analysis; Hydrology and Water Resources Systems, including dynamics of the hydrologic cycle and climate induced variability, flood and drought prediction and mitigation, and remote sensing of hydrologic systems; and Environmental and Energy Systems, including environmental pollution mitigation, water and air quality, water treatment technologies, water and energy nexus, and renewable energy.