Civil & Environmental Engineering

Shape the Future of Urban Infrastructure and the Environment

At UW–Milwaukee, our civil & environmental engineering program prepares you to design, build, and manage safer, smarter, and more sustainable infrastructure for modern cities and the environment.

Why choose a degree in Civil & Environmental Engineering at UWM?

• Hands-on Experience: Gain real-world skills through internships and co-ops in Milwaukee’s vibrant engineering industry, home to Fortune 500 companies, major infrastructure projects, and public agencies.
• Flexible Specializations: Tailor your degree with tracks in structural, transportation, geotechnical, or water/environmental engineering—focus on what excites you most.
• Make a Real Impact: Combine technical expertise with a commitment to public safety, environmental stewardship, and community well-being.
• Environmental Solutions: Tackle pressing challenges like pollution control, wastewater treatment, and water resource management through integrated engineering, biology, chemistry, and soil science knowledge.

Join UWM and become part of a community shaping sustainable, connected, and resilient cities for the future.

Civil & Environmental Engineering Research Expertise

Professor Rani Elhajjar chairs the department. The research interests of the full-time faculty span most technical aspects of related professions:

• Construction materials & green design
• Engineering mechanics, mechanics of materials & structures
• Environmental engineering & sustainability
• Geotechnical engineering, foundation design, pavement materials
• Mechanics of materials
• Transportation & traffic engineering
• Structural analysis & design, earthquake engineering
• Water resources, hydrology and hydraulics, environmental fluid mechanics

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Industry Advisory Board Members

Civil Engineering Industry Advisory Board

Clayton Cloutier, IAC Chair	Associate, CSD Structural Engineers
Tim Anheuser	Vice President, Kapur & Associates
John Corbin	Transportation Automation Program Manager, US Federal government
Terry Giles	Owner, Giles Engineering Associates, Inc.
Roberto Gutierriez	South East Region Director, Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Richard Klein	Principal, Stantec
Kyle Loest	Director of Project Management, Findorff
Kevin Muhs	City Engineer, City of Milwaukee
Nick Passint	President - Mixer Systems, Inc.
Laura Powers	Senior Materials Scientist, Petrographer, YA
Steve Rech	Steve Rech, PE, SE, GRAEF
Mathew Tharaniyil	President, Bloom Companies, LLC
Steven Wurster	Chief Operating Officer, Ruekert & Mielke, Inc.
Julie Zimdars	Senior Managing Engineer, Ramboll

UWM Faculty/Staff Support

• Rani El Hajjar, Professor and Department Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UWM College of Engineering & Applied Science
• Xiao Qin, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UWM Institute for Physical Infrastructure and Transportation
• Habib Tabatabai, Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UWM College of Engineering & Applied Science