Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

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A TriMet bus station in downtown Portland, Oregon with a screen showing arrival times and a ticket vending machine.
August 19th 2021

Delivering Packages at Transit Stations: Considering Accessibility and Equity in Site Placement

If you could securely pick up your packages on your commute by public transit,...
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August 16th 2021

Dr. Sirisha Kothuri of Portland State University Wins 2021 APBP Research Professional of the Year

We're proud to announce that Dr. Sirisha Kothuri, senior research associate...
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August 6th 2021

Applying Data-Driven Multimodal Speed Management Strategies for Safe, Efficient Transportation

How can we use a variety of data-driven speed management strategies to make...
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July 29th 2021

Currently Accolades: People for August 2, 2021

Tina Burdsall, sociology and University Honors, was awarded the Honors...
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July 22nd 2021

Portland State Students Work with the Community to Improve Pedestrian Safety Near César Chávez School

Last year, a car driver hit a César Chávez K-8 School student at the intersection...
July 13th 2021

Kelly Clifton Named APLU Council on Research (CoR) Research Leader Fellow

Kelly Clifton, interim associate vice president for research and professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been named to the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities’ (APLU) Council on Research has named eight research leaders to its fourth cohort of CoR Research Leader...
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...
Avi Unnikrishnan and a picture of the outside of the building of the Maseeh college
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...