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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

Federal Grant Fast-Tracks UA Connected-Vehicles Research

UA Engineering researchers are partnering on a $15 million multi-university project to improve mobility of people and goods.
Engineering alumna Claire Tomkins explains to the audience at the Engineers Breakfast why we need an engineer in the White House.

UA Engineering Homecoming 2016 Highlights the Profession's Humanity

The UA Engineering annual homecoming breakfast made a strong case for the belief that society's ills will persist unless those with skills in technology and critical thinking, not to mention compassion, are given room to flourish in the corridors of power.
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.

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