Civil Engineering Master's, C.E. and Ph.D.

Civil Engineering Master's, C.E. and Ph.D.

Addressing New Challenges

Today's Civil Engineering professionals face increasingly complex challenges to develop safe, sustainable, aesthetic, efficient, and structurally-sound systems for public and private use. The history of innovation at Stevens includes many designs for civil structures that are considered commonplace today, such as the standard rail used by all freight and passenger trains and the Jersey barriers that protect millions of drivers every day.

Focused Concentrations

Five engineering concentrations within Civil Engineering align the faculty's broad research backgrounds to provide focused direction and instruction to graduate students.

• Structural
• Geotechnical/Geoenvironmental
• Stormwater Management
• Water Resources
• Hydrologic Modeling

Research in Focus

Multiscale Stochastic Methods for Structural Engineering

Dr. X. Frank Xu's research is centered upon the advancement of multiscale modeling, uncertainty quantification, and stochastic optimization, with engineering applications on advanced materials (polycrystalline materials, functionally graded materials, fiber reinforced composites), porous media, and emerging (elastodynamic) metamaterials. He introduced the novel concept of Multiscale Stochastic Finite Element Method (MSFEM), and the research of his group on MSFEM is currently making fast progress towards realization of a new computational tool for robustness design of engineering systems subject to uncertainty. Dr. Xu's work has resulted in several honors and recognitions including; the US Association for Computational Mechanics Young Investigator Travel Fellowship, Department of Energy Young Principal Investigator Award, and ASCE ExCEEd Fellow.

Acoustics Research and Application

Dr. Dimitri Donskoy's research interests include physical, structural, and underwater acoustics, acoustic diagnostics and nondestructive testing of biomedical and mechanical systems, noise control, technological and ecological applications of sound and vibrations, signal processing and development of advanced sensing technologies including sonars and radars. He is an author of more than 100 technical publications in the field. He is also holding 12 US and international patents. During his 30+ year research tenure, Dr. Donskoy has accumulated a great deal of experience in developing innovative techniques for remote sensing, detection, diagnostics, and characterization of various objects ranging from submarines and landmines to microscopic structural flaws and micro-organisms. He has been a principal investigator for numerous multi-disciplinary projects supported by US government agencies including the Army Research Office, U.S.Army SECOM, Office of Naval Research, Naval Research Laboratory, NavAir, NOAA, NASA and various industrial enterprises, just the name of few: Boeing, Shell, Ford, GRI, EPRI, and Electicite de France. Dr. Donskoy has received a number of honors and distinctions, including the prestigious USSR National Prize in 1987 for the work in nonlinear acoustics, Acoustical Society of America Fellow, 2006, and ONR distinguished fellowship, 2009.
 

Civil Engineering Focus, Interdisciplinary Opportunity

Student within the Civil Engineering program utilize the meeting of disciplines within the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Ocean Engineering to obtain a diverse preparation for complex challenges in the professional world. The Sustainable Engineering initiative allows graduate students throughout the engineering fields to bring their interests in sustainability to bear on environmental issues of green construction, sustainable urban development, and technology needs in the developing world.