Professional Activities and Recognitions

The department maintains a commitment to excellence in education, research, and professional service while advancing the engineering science fundamentals of the civil and environmental engineering disciplines. Below are a few of the professional activities and recognitions bestowed upon our department.

Professional Activities

Journal Editorships
- Burcu Akinci - Editorial Board Member, Journal of Automation in Construction; Associate Editor, Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering
- Cliff Davidson - Editorial Board Member, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment; Editorial Board Member, Aerosol Science and Technology
- David Dzombak - Associate Editor, Environmental Science & Technology
- Susan Finger - Co-Editor-in-Chief, Research in Engineering Design
- James Garrett - Co-Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering
- Chris Hendrickson - Managing Editor, Journal of Transportation Engineering
- Scott Matthews - Editorial Board Member, ASCE Journal of Infrastructure Systems; Subject Editor, The Journal of Industrial Ecology.
- Mitch Small - Associate Editor, Environmental Science & Technology
- Lucio Soibelman - Editorial Board Member, Journal of Automation in Construction; Co-Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering

Endowed Professorships

David Dzombak - Walter J. Blenko, Sr. Professor of Environmental Engineering
The Walter Blenko Sr. Professorship, established in 1981, is funded by Walter Blenko Jr. and his wife Joy. Walter Sr. received his mechanical engineering degree from Carnegie Mellon in 1950. A lawyer at Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott in Pittsburgh, Walter Jr. established the Walter Blenko Sr. Professorship in Civil and Environmental Engineering in memory of his father Walter J. Blenko Sr., who was a mechanical engineering graduate and a life trustee of the university.
Chris Hendrickson - Duquesne Light Professor of Engineering
This professorship is provided through a generous contribution by Duquesne Light Company, reflecting their commitment to education and research. Duquesne Light Company is a leader in the transmission and distribution of electric energy, offering superior customer service and reliability to more than half a million customers in southwestern Pennsylvania.
Mitch Small - H. John Heinz III Professor of Environmental Engineering
The H. John Heinz III Professorship is funded through the Vira I. Heinz Endowment. One of the nation’s largest philanthropic organizations, the Heinz Endowments’ mission is to support progress in community development, the arts, education, health, human services and the environment.

Awards

Many awards both internally and externally can be nominated by CEE alumni, faculty, staff and students. Listed are recent awards given to our department.

CEE presents awards to its alumni and students every year. View the award nomination criteria, for undergraduate students (.pdf), graduate students (.pdf), and alumni (.pdf).