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Civil & Architectural Engineering & Mechanics

This section of the college news site gathers stories that feature the faculty, students, staff and programs of the UA Department of Civil & Architectural Engineering and Mechanics. For detailed information about all other aspects of CAEM, please visit the department website.

Civil & Architectural Engineering & Mechanics News

Mari Tuji, with purple headscarf, and her neighbors collect water from one of 10 water-dispensing stations in Kelecho Gerbi, Ethiopia, built by Water1st and a local organization. (Photo courtesy of Water1st International)

UA Alumna Lifts Burden for Communities Lacking Clean Water

University of Arizona civil engineering alumna Marla Smith-Nilson is delivering clean water and expanding opportunities in impoverished countries around the world.

Gifted UA Engineer Predicts Materials Failure from the Tiniest of Grains

A math and science prodigy and fourth-year faculty member at the College of Engineering receives Department of Energy award to study mechanical processes at the nanoscale.
Group Tour at Geneva Polymer

UA Civil Engineering Alumni at Helm of ASCE

With Mark Woodson 2016 president and Kristina Swallow 2017 president-elect of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the University's civil engineering program is playing a greater part in advancing the profession.

UA I-Corps Teams Get Funds to Find Customers for Inventions

Four of the seven teams in the UA's first NSF I-Corps cohort are from the College of Engineering. Projects cover drone control, flood simulation, materials manufacturing, and shoe-bomb detection.

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