Welcome to Civil and Environmental Engineering!
Craig H. Benson
Professor and Chair
Civil and Environmental Engineering
College of Engineering
Thank you for your interest in our department. Please feel free to visit us on the web, by phone (608/262-7242) or in person!
Faculty, 2012-2013
18 professors
6 associate professors
4 assistant professors
Graduate student appointments,
fall 2012
17 teaching assistant appointments
69 research assistant appointments
26 program assistant appointments
Indicators of quality
Ranked #11 best environmental engineering graduate program in the U.S. (U.S. News and World Report, 2011).
Ranked #12 best civil engineering graduate program in the U.S. (U.S. News and World Report, 2011).
Ranked #16 best civil engineering undergraduate program in the U.S. (U.S. News and World Report, 2013).
In the latest published review of doctoral programs by the National Research Council, the department ranked highly in average number of citations per publication, average number of research awards per faculty member, and number of PhDs granted.
Our distinguished faculty have been recognized for their research contributions with awards from national and international organizations:
1 National Academy of Engineering member
2 AAAS/AGU/ASCE fellows
8 NSF/DoD/DoE Young Investigator Program or CAREER award recipients
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) recipients
Degrees
Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering (BSCE), ABET Accredited Options:
Construction Engineering and Management
Environmental Engineering
Master of Science in Civil and Environmental Engineering (MS CEE)
Doctor of Philosophy in Civil and Environmental Engineering (PhD CEE)
Enrollment, fall 2012
315 undergraduate students, Civil and Environmental Engineering
145 graduate students, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Financial aid, 2012-2013
94 undergraduate scholarship recipients.
Degrees conferred,
2011-2012
Civil Engineering bachelor's: 135
Civil and Environmental
Engineering master's: 43
Civil and Environmental Engineering PhDs: 4
Geological Engineering bachelor's: 4
Geological Engineering PhDs: 0
Research expenditures by source of funds, 2011-2012
Federal and Private: $10,705,506
University Budget: $2,689,340
Graduate School: $16,524
Total: $13,411,369
Research innovation
13 patents issued as of May 2012.
Campus research facts
UW-Madison and College of Engineering research facts




