Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

    Graduate

    The department offers M.S., M.Eng., and Ph.D. degrees in civil and environmental engineering. Faculty members have interest and research expertise in four primary areas: hydrology and water resources systems; structures, geotechnics and materials; transportation systems and environmental and energy systems. Each area has unique degree requirements detailed in the CEE Graduate Handbook.

    The M.Eng (Master of Engineering) in Civil and Environmental Engineering is a one-year professional degree program aimed at training its students to gain practical skills for applied engineering practice in engineering management and advanced topics in CEE such as sustainable infrastructure design and the use of data science in civil and environmental engineering. Many of the courses are taught by experienced professionals in a curriculum carefully crafted by the CEE Faculty their close industry partners.

    M.Eng CEE Concentration Flyer 

    M.Eng CEE Course Information

    UCI Samueli School of Engineering M.Eng Website 
    Visit the M.Eng website for additional admissions information and for the online application.

    Graduate Advisors

    CEE Department/Program Advisor

    Amir AghaKouchak, Ph.D.
    Professor & Graduate Advisor
    amir.a@uci.edu
    (949) 824-9350 
     

    CEE M.Eng Program Directors

    Joel Lanning, Ph.D., P.E.
    Associate Professor of Teaching
    joel.lanning@uci.edu

    Brian Tarroja, Ph.D., P.E.
    Associate Professional Researcher
    bjt@apep.uci.edu 
     

    Focus Area Advisors

    Environmental and Energy Systems

    Russell Detwiler, Ph.D.
    Associate Professor & Graduate Advisor
    detwiler@uci.edu
    (949) 824-7152 
     

    Structures, Geotechnics and Materials

    Farzin Zareian, Ph.D.
    Professor & Graduate Advisor
    zareian@uci.edu
    (949) 824-9866

     

    Hydrology and Water Resources

    Amir AghaKouchak, Ph.D.
    Professor & Graduate Advisor
    amir.a@uci.edu
    (949) 824-9350 
     

    Transportation Systems

    Michael Hyland
    Professor & Graduate Advisor
    hylandm@uci.edu
    (949) 824-5084 

    Quick Links

    Graduate Department

    gina.cho@uci.edu
    (949) 824-3123

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