Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

NEWS
July 12th 2021

Portland State researchers recognized with Western States Seismic Policy Council 2021 Award in Excellence

Arash Khosravifar and Diane Moug, civil and environmental engineering, were recently recognized with the 2021 Award in Excellence by the Western States Seismic Policy Council for research on mitigating soil liquefaction during seismic events. This research project’s goal is to develop...
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June 22nd 2021

Dissertation Fellow Travis Glick Develops System-Level Transit Performance Metrics

We're proud to announce the publication of a new NITC dissertation: "Methodologies...
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May 26th 2021

Avi Unnikrishnan of Civil & Environmental Engineering Promoted to Professor

Congratulations to Avinash Unnikrishnan of Portland State University's Department...
Walter Kramer sits in an easy chair in front a window. He has white hair and beard, and wears a tan jacket. A garden is visible outside the window behind him.
May 26th 2021

Honoring Walter Kramer, Founder of the Center for Transportation Studies at PSU

Transportation research and education has had a long, rich history at Portland...
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April 28th 2021

The Cleantech Challenge: Crossing Disciplines in Service of the Greater Good

As another April Earth Day rolls by, it is a reminder that there is still...
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January 22nd 2021

Portland State Researchers Will Help Develop Guidance to Reduce Conflicts Between Drivers and Bicyclists at Intersections

Subcontract: NCHRP 15-73 Design Options to Reduce Turning Motor Vehicle...
20 mph speed limit sign
December 29th 2020

EFFECT OF RESIDENTIAL STREET SPEED LIMIT REDUCTION FROM 25 TO 20 MI/HR ON DRIVING SPEEDS IN PORTLAND, OREGON

In 2015, the City of Portland adopted Vision Zero's objective of eliminating...
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December 4th 2020

Shaping campus from a distance: student and staff collaboration through the Living Lab program

At 4pm each Monday for the last several weeks, a handful of students have...
Seismic retrofitting
September 28th 2020

Shaking up seismic retrofitting

It was in the dead of winter. The sun had long since set over the Pacific...