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A dissertation (also called thesis or disquisition) is a document that presents the author's research and findings and is submitted in support of candidature for a degree or professional qualification. The word "thesis" comes from the Greek word, meaning "position", and refers to an intellectual proposition. The Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (commonly known as IIT Kharagpur or IIT KGP) is an autonomous engineering and technology-oriented institute of higher education established by the Government of India in 1951. The first of the seven IIT's to be established, it is officially recognized as an Institute of National Importance by the Government of India.

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Earned Degrees

PDF, 2006-09 University of Stuttgart, Germany , Dissertation title: Structural Engineering

Ph. D, 2001 Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore , Dissertation title: Structural Engineering

ME, 1991 Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore , Dissertation title: Structural Engineering

BE, 1989 Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, AP. , Dissertation title: Civil Engineering

Awards and Honours

DAE-SRC Outstanding Investigator Award by the Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India , for outstanding contribution in a specialized area of research. India, 2015

Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship , sponsored by the Federal government of the German Republic, Bonn at the University of Stuttgart, Germany for outstanding basic research in Civil Engineering. Germany, 2006

INSA-DFG Fellowship , under-INSA International Collaboration Program to visit Germany for International collaboration Germany, 2005

Young Scientist Award , under SERC Fast Track Scheme by DST, Govt. of India for best research proposal India, 2002

Best Paper by An Young Researcher Award , for Paper entitled “Fatigue behavior of Lightly Reinforced Concrete Beams in Flexure due to Over Loads” authored by Nagesh, H.E., and Appa Rao, G.,, FraMCOS 9, Berkeley, CA USA,

EDF-FraMCOS-Stipend of Excellence , for best paper “FPZ in HSC” Paris, 2001

Fellowship for the postgraduate program by AICTE, MHRD at IISc, Bangalore , based on GATE – 89 GATE score was 94.55 Bengaluru, 1989

Research Fellowship , by MHRD for Ph.D. under QIP, at IISc Bengaluru, 1998

Ultra Tech Outstanding Super Structure Award , by ICI Pondicherry for the design of a bridge across Arian Kuppam near Pondicherry designed by me Puducherry,

Rashtriya Gaurav Award , for outstanding services, achievements, and contributions by India International Success Awareness New Delhi, 2012

Bharat Jyothi Award , by India International Friendship Society India, 2006

Glory of India Gold Medal , by India International Success Awareness New Delhi, 2006

Best Thesis in Experimental Research , on “Shear Strength and Ductility of Reinforced Concrete Beam-Column Joints using high Strength Materials” Mr. Daniel Gedefa (2016), M. Tech India, 2016

Best Thesis in Experimental Research , on “Investigation on Dowel Action of Flexural Reinforcement on Shear Strength of RC Beams”, Ms. Sushree Sangeeta P, M. Tech India, 2015

Best Thesis in Experimental Research , “Efficiency of Haunch Retrofitted Nonseismically Designed RC Beam-Column Joints under Cyclic Loading”, Ms. V. Navya (2012), MS. India, 2012

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The Master of Engineering in Structural Engineering provides students with the knowledge needed to design the built environment. Students learn how buildings and bridges may be designed to resist the forces imposed upon them by external loads, gravity, wind, and earthquakes. Up-to-date computer-aided design techniques and the latest national building codes dealing with steel, reinforced concrete, pre-stressed concrete, and masonry structures are treated.

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Illinois Tech’s Master of Engineering in Structural Engineering provides students with the advanced knowledge needed to design the built environment. Students learn how buildings and bridges may be designed to resist the forces imposed upon them by external loads, gravity, wind, and earthquakes. Up-to-date, computer-aided design techniques and the latest national building codes dealing with steel, reinforced concrete, pre-stressed concrete, and masonry structures are treated.

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Learn how buildings and bridges are designed to resist forces imposed by external loads, gravity, wind, and earthquakes. Computer-aided design techniques and the latest national building codes dealing with steel, reinforced concrete, pre-stressed concrete, and masonry structures are treated.

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The Master of Engineering in Structural Engineering provides students with the advanced knowledge needed to design the built environment. Students learn how buildings and bridges may be designed to resist the forces imposed upon them by external loads, gravity, wind, and earthquakes.

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Research Interest:   Structural Dynamics, Uncertainty Analysis, Extreme and Transient Loads, Blast Dynamics.

Sponsored Research Projects

[Under review] Pathak, S. Stability Analysis of Concrete Gravity Dams Subjected to Air-Explosions, DST-SERB start-up research grant call-2023.

[Ongoing] Pathak, S. Integrated Risk and Resiliency Assessment of Himalayan Tunnels in Multi-Hazard Scenario, Seed-grant IIT Mandi.

Consultancy Projects

Vetting of structural design and drawing of 100 MLD Water Treatment Plant, Gurugram. [Client: Jain Construction Company, Gurugram, Haryana] (As a Co-PI with Dr. Sandip Saha and Dr. Kaustav Sarkar).

Vetting of structural design of 333-bed MES Base Hospital Barrackpore (PH-I), Kolkata (W.B.) [Client: KNY Projects Pvt. Ltd., Gurugram, Haryana] (As a PI with Dr. Sandip Saha and Dr. Kaustav Sarkar).

Conducted various in-situ rock-mechanics investigations for hydroelectric projects in India, Nepal, and Bhutan.

Evaluation of in-situ rock-mechanics investigations in detailed project reports of various hydroelectric projects.

Design of underground rectangular water tank structure [Client: Additional Process Units, ONGC, Uran]

Design of substructures of bridges [Client: Vedanta Aluminium Ltd., Jharsuguda, Odisha]

Doctoral Thesis Supervision

[Ongoing] Goel, T. Air-Blast Response of Concrete Gravity Dams. Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India.

Master Thesis Supervision

[ongoing] Pudi, S. Risk and Resiliency Assessment of Himalayan Tunnels in Multi-hazard Scenario. Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India.

Manikanta, S. G. (2023). Closed-form Solutions for Shock Spectrum and PI Diagrams. Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India. (defended on 22.06.2023)

Toderascu, C. (2022). Response Spectrum Based Optimisation of Tuned Mass Dampers for Structures Subjected to Earthquakes. Universit´e Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. [Co-supervision with Prof. A. Deraemaeker]. (defended on 07.09.2022)

Risopoulos, S. (2021). Optimization of Tuned Mass Damper Parameters Considering the Uncertainties in the Earthquake Loading. Universit´e Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. [Co-supervision with Prof. A. Deraemaeker].

Crollen-Vandromme, E. (2020). Optimisation of Mass-spring Tuned Mass Dampers on Complex Structures Considering Uncertainties in Structural Parameters. Universit´e Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. [Co-supervision with Prof. A. Deraemaeker].

Journal Papers

Paknejad, A., Jamshidi, R., Pathak, S., & Collette, C. (2023). Active vibration mitigation of bladed structures with piezoelectric patches by decentralized positive position feedback controller. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power , 145 (2).

Piron, D., Pathak, S., Deraemaeker, A., & Collette, C. (2022). On the link between pole-zero distance and maximum reachable damping in MIMO systems. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 181 , 109519.

Pathak, S., Piron, D., Paknejad, A., Collette, C., & Deraemaeker, A. (2022). On transmission zeros of piezoelectric structures. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 33 (12), 1538–1561.

Pathak, S., & Ramana, G. V. (2021b). On stress-strain function of geomaterials subjected to blast-loads. Indian Geotechnical Journal, 51 , 520–538.

Piron, D., Pathak, S., Deraemaeker, A., & Collette, C. (2021). A pole-zero based criterion for optimal placement of collocated sensor-actuator pair. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 155 , 107533.

Pathak, S., & Ramana, G. V. (2020). Probabilistic characterization of nuclear blast loads. Journal of Structural Engineering, 146 (5).

Pathak, S., & Ramana, G. V. (2019). A first order quantification of effects of uncertainties in hydro-fracturing parameters on tunnel ovalization estimates. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 37 (4), 3049–3064.

Pathak, S., & Ramana, G. V. (2018a). A designer’s approach for estimation of nuclear-air-blast-induced ground motion. Advances in Civil Engineering, 2018 , 1–12.

Pathak, S., & Gupta, V. K. (2017). On nonstationarity-related errors in modal combination rules of the response spectrum method. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 407 , 106–127.

Book Chapters

Pathak, S. (2023). A combination of innovative pedagogical theories to enhance the learning output—a case study with engineering students. In Engineering Pedagogy: A collection of articles in honor of prof. Amitabha Ghosh (pp. 49–61). Springer.

Ramana, G. V., Moghal, A. A. B., & Pathak, S. (2021). Reappraisal on the field tests for determination of rock mass characteristics for open terrain(s). In Patel, S. et al. (Ed.), Proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2019, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering (Vol. 137, pp. 711–721). Springer, Singapore.

Pathak, S., & Ramana, G. V. (2021a). A note on partial safety factors for in-situ shear strength parameters of rock-mass. In Garg, A. et al. (Ed.), Proceedings of the 1st Indo-China Research Series in Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering (Vol. 123, p. 129-138). Springer Nature  Singapore Pte Ltd.

Ramana, G. V., Pathak, S., & Dev, H. (2019). Shear strength parameters of granite rock mass: A case study. In V. Stalin & M. Muttharam (Eds.), Geotechnical Characterisation and Geoenvironmental Engineering: Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering (Indian Geotechnical Conference-2016, IIT Madras) (Vol. 16, pp. 273–280). Springer, Singapore.

Pathak, S., & Ramana, G. V. (2018c). Uncertainties of a nuclear-air-blast induced ground displacement model. In B. Fatahi, A. Mwanza, & D. Chang (Eds.), Geochina 2018: Civil infrastructures confronting severe weathers and climate changes conference (pp. 183–196). Springer, Cham.

Pathak, S., & Ramana, G. V. (2018b). A stress-strain model for geomaterials subjected to air-blast. In A. Zhou, J. Tao, X. Gu, & L. Hu (Eds.), Geoshanghai 2018 International Conference: Fundamentals of soil behaviours (pp. 388–396). Springer, Singapore.

International Conferences

Rasa, J., Ahmad, P., Pathak, S., Dimitri, P., & Christophe, C. (2022). Active damping of high modal density of bladed structures with piezoelectric patches. In Proceedings of international conference on noise and vibration engineering and international conference on uncertainty in structural dynamics (12-14 September 2022), Leuven, Belgium.

Crollen-Vandromme, E., Pathak, S., Soltani, P., Collette, C., & Deraemaeker, A. (2020). Robust design of tuned mass dampers attached to host structures containing uncertainties in the form of fuzzy parameters. In Proceedings of international conference on noise and vibration engineering and international conference on uncertainty in structural dynamics (7-9 September 2020), Leuven, Belgium (p. 3811-3824).

Pathak, S., & Ramana, G. V. (2017). Air-blast induced ground displacement. Procedia Engineering: 11th International Symposium on Plasticity and Impact Mechanics– 2016 , 173 , 555–562.

Ramana, G. V., Pathak, S., & Kumar, N. (2013). Selection and interpretation of shear strength parameters for weak phyllites. In Kwasniewski & Lydzba (Eds.), Rock mechanics for resources, energy and environment: ISRM–International Symposium: EUROCK-2013 (pp. 331–336). Wroclaw, Poland: Taylor & Francis Group, London.

Jain, S. K., & Pathak, S. (2012). Intensity based casualty models: case study of bhuj and latur earthquake in india. In World Conference on Earthquake Engineering– 2012. Lisbon, Portugal: Sociedade Portuguesa de Engenharia S´?smica.

Editorial/Review Services

International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics

17th Symposium on Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee

Engineering Computations

Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Invited Talks

Pathak, S. (2023). Differential Equations & Structural Dynamics at Ghent Analysis & PDE Centre, Department of Mathematics: Analysis, Logic and Discrete Mathematics, 20 January 2023. Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.

Pathak, S. (2022). The Science of Teaching In Faculty Development Program for B.Tech. Faculty of HP Govt. Engg. Colleges, 29 August–3 September 2022. Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Himachal Pradesh.

Pathak, S. (2022). Blast Dynamics of Structures. In Faculty Development Program for B.Tech. Faculty of HP Govt. Engg. Colleges, 29 August–3 September 2022. Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Himachal Pradesh.

Pathak, S. (2022). Fundamentals of Statistical Analysis for Civil Engineers. In Faculty Development Program for Faculty, HP Government, Polytechnic Institutions, 18-24 July 2022. Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Himachal

Pathak, S. (2022). Teaching & Learning: Engineering Pedagogy. In Faculty Development Program for Faculty, HP Government, Polytechnic Institutions, 18-24 July 2022. Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Himachal Pradesh.

Pathak, S. (2022). The Dynamics of Piezoelectric Structures: Why & How? In Advanced Course on Smart Materials and Intelligent System Design, 5-6 May 2022. CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre, Chennai.

Pathak, S. (2020). Surfing the Ocean of Uncertainties. In Faculty Development Programme on Future Trends in Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures, TEQIP-III, 17–21 August 2020. BIET, Jhansi (U.P.).

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News Roundup Spring 2024

CEGE Spring Graduation Celebration and Order of the Engineer

Forty-seven graduates of the undergraduate and grad student programs (pictured above) in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering took part in the Order of the Engineer on graduation day. Distinguished Speakers at this departmental event included Katrina Kessler (MS EnvE 2021), Commissioner of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, and student Brian Balquist. Following this event, students participated in the college-wide Commencement Ceremony at 3M Arena at Mariucci. 

UNIVERSITY & DEPARTMENT

The University of Minnesota’s Crookston, Duluth, and Rochester campuses have been awarded the Carnegie Elective Classification for Community Engagement, joining the Twin Cities (2006, 2015) and Morris campuses (2015), and making the U of M the country’s first and only university system at which every individual campus has received this selective designation. Only 368 from nearly 4,000 qualifying U.S. universities and colleges have been granted this designation.

CEGE contributed strongly to the College of Science and Engineering’s efforts toward sustainability research. CEGE researchers are bringing in over $35 million in funded research to study carbon mineralization, nature and urban areas, circularity of water resources, and global snowfall patterns. This news was highlighted in the Fall 2023 issue of  Inventing Tomorrow  (pages 10-11). https://issuu.com/inventingtomorrow/docs/fall_2023_inventing_tomorrow-web

CEGE’s new program for a one-year master’s degree in structural engineering is now accepting applicants for Fall 2024. We owe a big thanks to DAN MURPHY and LAURA AMUNDSON for their volunteer work to help curate the program with Professor JIA-LIANG LE and EBRAHIM SHEMSHADIAN, the program director. Potential students and companies interested in hosting a summer intern can contact Ebrahim Shemshadian ( [email protected] ).

BERNIE BULLERT , CEGE benefactor and MN Water Research Fund founder, was profiled on the website of the University of Minnesota Foundation (UMF). There you can read more about his mission to share clean water technologies with smaller communities in Minnesota. Many have joined Bullert in this mission. MWRF Recognizes their Generous 2024 Partners. Gold Partners: Bernie Bullert, Hawkins, Inc., Minnesota Department of Health, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, and SL-serco. Silver Partners: ISG, Karl and Pam Streed, Kasco, Kelly Lange-Haider and Mark Haider, ME Simpson, Naeem Qureshi, Dr. Paul H. Boening, TKDA, and Waterous. Bronze Partners: Bruce R. Bullert; Brenda Lenz, Ph.D., APRN FNP-C, CNE; CDM Smith; Central States Water Environment Association (CSWEA MN); Heidi and Steve Hamilton; Jim “Bulldog” Sadler; Lisa and Del Cerney; Magney Construction; Sambatek; Shannon and John Wolkerstorfer; Stantec; and Tenon Systems.

After retiring from Baker-Tilly,  NICK DRAGISICH  (BCE 1977) has taken on a new role: City Council member in Lake Elmo, Minnesota. After earning his BCE from the University of Minnesota, Dragisich earned a master’s degree in business administration from the University of St. Thomas. Dragisich retired in May from his position as managing director at Baker Tilly, where he had previously served as firm director. Prior to that, he served as assistant city manager in Spokane, Washington, was the city administrator and city engineer in Virginia, Minnesota, and was mayor of Chisholm, Minnesota—all adding up to more than 40 years of experience in local government. Dragisich was selected by a unanimous vote. His current term expires in December 2024.

PAUL F. GNIRK  (Ph.D. 1966) passed away January 29, 2024, at the age of 86. A memorial service was held Saturday, February 24, at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSM&T), where he started and ended his teaching career, though he had many other positions, professional and voluntary. In 2018 Paul was inducted into the SDSM&T Hardrocker Hall of Fame, and in 2022, he was inducted into the South Dakota Hall of Fame, joining his mother Adeline S. Gnirk, who had been inducted in 1987 for her work authoring nine books on the history of south central South Dakota.

ROGER M. HILL  (BCE 1957) passed away on January 13, 2024, at the age of 90. His daughter, Kelly Robinson, wrote to CEGE that Roger was “a dedicated Gopher fan until the end, and we enjoyed many football games together in recent years. Thank you for everything.”

KAUSER JAHAN  (Ph.D. 1993, advised by Walter Maier), PE, is now a civil and environmental engineering professor and department head at Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering. Jahan was awarded a 3-year (2022- 2025), $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). The grant supports her project, “WaterWorks: Developing the New Generation of Workforce for Water/Wastewater Utilities,” for the development of educational tools that will expose and prepare today’s students for careers in water and wastewater utilities.

SAURA JOST  (BCE 2010, advised by Timothy LaPara) was elected to the St. Paul City Council for Ward 3. She is part of the historic group of women that make up the nation’s first all-female city council in a large city.

The 2024 ASCE Western Great Lakes Student Symposium combines several competitions for students involved in ASCE. CEGE sent a large contingent of competitors to Chicago. Each of the competition groups won awards: Ethics Paper 1st place Hans Lagerquist; Sustainable Solutions team 1st place overall in (qualifying them for the National competition in Utah in June); GeoWall 2nd place overall; Men’s Sprint for Concrete Canoe with rowers Sakthi Sundaram Saravanan and Owen McDonald 2nd place; Product Prototype for Concrete Canoe 2nd place; Steel Bridge (200 lb bridge weight) 2nd place in lightness; Scavenger Hunt 3rd place; and Aesthetics and Structural Efficiency for Steel Bridge 4th place.

Students competing on the Minnesota Environmental Engineers, Scientists, and Enthusiasts (MEESE) team earned second place in the Conference on the Environment undergraduate student design competition in November 2023. Erin Surdo is the MEESE Faculty Adviser. Pictured are NIKO DESHPANDE, ANNA RETTLER, and SYDNEY OLSON.

The CEGE CLASS OF 2023 raised money to help reduce the financial barrier for fellow students taking the Fundamentals of Engineering exam, a cost of $175 per test taker. As a result of this gift, they were able to make the exam more affordable for 15 current CEGE seniors. CEGE students who take the FE exam pass the first time at a rate well above national averages, demonstrating that CEGE does a great job of teaching engineering fundamentals. In 2023, 46 of 50 students passed the challenging exam on the first try.

This winter break, four CEGE students joined 10 other students from the College of Science and Engineering for the global seminar, Design for Life: Water in Tanzania. The students visited numerous sites in Tanzania, collected water source samples, designed rural water systems, and went on safari. Read the trip blog: http://globalblogs.cse.umn.edu/search/label/Tanzania%202024

Undergraduate Honor Student  MALIK KHADAR  (advised by Dr. Paul Capel) received honorable mention for the Computing Research Association (CRA) Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award for undergraduate students who show outstanding research potential in an area of computing research.

GRADUATE STUDENTS

AKASH BHAT  (advised by William Arnold) presented his Ph.D. defense on Friday, October 27, 2023. Bhat’s thesis is “Photolysis of fluorochemicals: Tracking fluorine, use of UV-LEDs, and computational insights.” Bhat’s work investigating the degradation of fluorinated compounds will assist in the future design of fluorinated chemicals such that persistent and/or toxic byproducts are not formed in the environment.

ETHAN BOTMEN  (advised by Bill Arnold) completed his Master of Science Final Exam February 28, 2024. His research topic was Degradation of Fluorinated Compounds by Nucleophilic Attack of Organo-fluorine Functional Groups.

XIATING CHEN , Ph.D. Candidate in Water Resources Engineering at the Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory is the recipient of the 2023 Nels Nelson Memorial Fellowship Award. Chen (advised by Xue Feng) is researching eco-hydrological functions of urban trees and other green infrastructure at both the local and watershed scale, through combined field observations and modeling approaches.

ALICE PRATES BISSO DAMBROZ  has been a Visiting Student Researcher at the University of Minnesota since last August, on a Doctoral Dissertation Research Award from Fulbright. Her CEGE advisor is Dr. Paul Capel. Dambroz is a fourth year Ph.D. student in Soil Science at Universidade Federal de Santa Maria in Brazil, where she studies with her adviser Jean Minella. Her research focuses on the hydrological monitoring of a small agricultural watershed in Southern Brazil, which is located on a transition area between volcanic and sedimentary rocks. Its topography, shallow soils, and land use make it prone to runoff and erosion processes.

Yielding to people in crosswalks should be a very pedestrian topic. Yet graduate student researchers  TIANYI LI, JOSHUA KLAVINS, TE XU, NIAZ MAHMUD ZAFRI  (Dept.of Urban and Regional Planning at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology), and Professor Raphael Stern found that drivers often do not yield to pedestrians, but they are influenced by the markings around a crosswalk. Their work was picked up by the  Minnesota Reformer.

TIANYI LI  (Ph.D. student advised by Raphael Stern) also won the Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation (DDET) Fellowship for the third time! Li (center) and Stern (right) are pictured at the Federal Highway Administration with Latoya Jones, the program manager for the DDET Fellowship.

The Three Minute Thesis Contest and the Minnesota Nice trophy has become an annual tradition in CEGE. 2023’s winner was  EHSANUR RAHMAN , a Ph.D. student advised by Boya Xiong.

GUANJU (WILLIAM) WEI , a Ph.D. student advised by Judy Yang, is the recipient of the 2023 Heinz G. Stefan Fellowship. He presented his research entitled Microfluidic Investigation of the Biofilm Growth under Dynamic Fluid Environments and received his award at the St. Anthony Falls Research Laboratory April 9. The results of Wei's research can be used in industrial, medical, and scientific fields to control biofilm growth.

BILL ARNOLD  stars in an award-winning video about prairie potholes. The Prairie Potholes Project film was made with the University of Delaware and highlights Arnold’s NSF research. The official winners of the 2024 Environmental Communications Awards Competition Grand Prize are Jon Cox and Ben Hemmings who produced and directed the film. Graduate student Marcia Pacheco (CFANS/LAAS) and Bill Arnold are the on-screen stars.

Four faculty from CEGE join the Center for Transportation Studies Faculty and Research Scholars for FY24–25:  SEONGJIN CHOI, KETSON ROBERTO MAXIMIANO DOS SANTOS, PEDRAM MORTAZAVI,  and  BENJAMIN WORSFOLD . CTS Scholars are drawn from diverse fields including engineering, planning, computer science, environmental studies, and public policy.

XUE FENG  is coauthor on an article in  Nature Reviews Earth and Environment . The authors evaluate global plant responses to changing rainfall regimes that are now characterized by fewer and larger rainfall events. A news release written at Univ. of Maryland can be found here: https://webhost.essic. umd.edu/april-showers-bring-mayflowers- but-with-drizzles-or-downpours/ A long-running series of U of M research projects aimed at improving stormwater quality are beginning to see practical application by stormwater specialists from the Twin Cities metro area and beyond. JOHN GULLIVER has been studying best practices for stormwater management for about 16 years. Lately, he has focused specifically on mitigating phosphorous contamination. His research was highlighted by the Center for Transportation Studies.

JIAQI LI, BILL ARNOLD,  and  RAYMOND HOZALSKI  published a paper on N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) precursors in Minnesota rivers. “Animal Feedlots and Domestic Wastewater Discharges are Likely Sources of N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) Precursors in Midwestern Watersheds,” Environmental Science and Technology (January 2024) doi: 10.1021/acs. est.3c09251

ALIREZA KHANI  contributed to MnDOT research on Optimizing Charging Infrastructure for Electric Trucks. Electric options for medium- and heavy-duty electric trucks (e-trucks) are still largely in development. These trucks account for a substantial percentage of transportation greenhouse gas emissions. They have greater power needs and different charging needs than personal EVs. Proactively planning for e-truck charging stations will support MnDOT in helping to achieve the state’s greenhouse gas reduction goals. This research was featured in the webinar “Electrification of the Freight System in Minnesota,” hosted by the University of Minnesota’s Center for Transportation Studies. A recording of the event is now available online.

MICHAEL LEVIN  has developed a unique course for CEGE students on Air Transportation Systems. It is the only class at UMN studying air transportation systems from an infrastructure design and management perspective. Spring 2024 saw the third offering of this course, which is offered for juniors, seniors, and graduate students.

Research Professor  SOFIA (SONIA) MOGILEVSKAYA  has been developing international connections. She visited the University of Seville, Spain, November 13–26, 2023, where she taught a short course titled “Fundamentals of Homogenization in Composites.” She also met with the graduate students to discuss collaborative research with Prof. Vladislav Mantic, from the Group of Continuum Mechanics and Structural Analysis at the University of Seville. Her visit was a part of planned activities within the DIAGONAL Consortium funded by the European Commission. CEGE UMN is a partner organization within DIAGONAL, represented by CEGE professors Mogilevskaya and Joseph Labuz. Mantic will visit CEGE summer 2024 to follow up on research developments and discuss plans for future collaboration and organization of short-term exchange visits for the graduate students from each institution. 

DAVID NEWCOMB  passed away in March. He was a professor in CEGE from 1989–99 in the area of pavement engineering. Newcomb led the research program on asphalt materials characterization. He was the technical director of Mn/ROAD pavement research facility, and he started an enduring collaboration with MnDOT that continues today. In 2000, he moved from Minnesota to become vice-president for Research and Technology at the National Asphalt Pavement Association. Later he moved to his native Texas, where he was appointed to the division head of Materials and Pavement at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, a position from which he recently retired. He will be greatly missed.

PAIGE NOVAK  won Minnesota ASCE’s 2023 Distinguished Engineer of the Year Award for her contributions to society through her engineering achievements and professional experiences.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced ten inaugural (NSF) Regional Innovation Engines awards, with a potential $1.6 billion investment nationally over the next decade. Great Lakes ReNEW is led by the Chicago-based water innovation hub,  Current,  and includes a team from the University of Minnesota, including PAIGE NOVAK. Current will receive $15 mil for the first two years, and up to $160 million over ten years to develop and grow a water-focused innovation engine in the Great Lakes region. The project’s ambitious plan is to create a decarbonized circular “blue economy” to leverage the region’s extraordinary water resources to transform the upper Midwest—Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. Brewing one pint of beer generates seven pints of wastewater, on average. So what can you do with that wastewater?  PAIGE NOVAK  and her team are exploring the possibilities of capturing pollutants in wastewater and using bacteria to transform them into energy.

BOYA XIONG  has been selected as a recipient of the 2024 40 Under 40 Recognition Program by the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists. The award was presented at the 2024 AAEES Awards Ceremony, April 11, 2024, at the historic Howard University in Washington, D.C. 

JUDY Q. YANG  received a McKnight Land-Grant Professorship Award. This two-year award recognizes promising assistant professors and is intended to advance the careers of individuals who have the potential to make significant contributions to their departments and their scholarly fields. 

Professor Emeritus CHARLES FAIRHURST , his son CHARLES EDWARD FAIRHURST , and his daughter MARGARET FAIRHURST DURENBERGER were on campus recently to present Department Head Paige Novak with a check for $25,000 for the Charles Fairhurst Fellowship in Earth Resources Engineering in support of graduate students studying geomechanics. The life of Charles Fairhurst through a discussion with his children is featured on the Engineering and Technology History Wiki at https://ethw.org/Oral-History:Charles_Fairhurst#00:00:14_INTRODUCTION

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• Performance Management Process
• Work. With Flexibility in CSE
• K-12 outreach overview
• Summer camps
• Outreach events
• Enrichment programs
• Field trips and tours
• CSE K-12 Virtual Classroom Resources
• Educator development
• Sponsor an event