Graduate Programs

Atmosphere/Energy

Starting in the 2004-2005 academic year, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University began offering degree options in a new program called Atmosphere/Energy. This innovative program will bridge the gap between these two disciplines.

Energy and Atmosphere are linked in two primary ways. First, fossil-fuel energy contributes directly to air pollution and climate change. Second, atmospheric winds and solar radiation are major sources of renewable energy. Because atmospheric problems can be mitigated best by increasing the efficiency with which energy is used, optimizing the use of natural energy resources, and understanding the effects of energy technologies on the atmosphere, the two areas, Energy and Atmosphere, are naturally coupled together.

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Construction Engineering and Management

The Construction Engineering and Management Program at Stanford University began in 1946. Since 1956, the CEM Program has been offering graduate-level degrees within the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the School of Engineering.

The goals of the Construction Engineering and Management Program are:

• To prepare our graduates to be industry leaders who implement the best engineering and management practices and technologies in the construction industry.
• To continually work with industry to enhance the program's effectiveness and the opportunities for innovation in the construction industry.
• To conduct research to develop advanced technologies and management approaches.

We work closely with the faculty and students in the Design-Construction Integration Program and with the Center for Integrated Facility Engineering (CIFE).

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Design/Construction Integration (DCI)

The Design and Construction Integration Program prepares students for multidisciplinary collaborative teamwork in an integrated design and construction process. The program extends a student's design or construction background with core courses in each of these areas and develops the background needed to understand the concerns and expertise of the many project stakeholders. It includes a comprehensive project-based learning experience.

The objectives of the DCI program are to educate engineers who:

• Have a strong knowledge and understanding of both design and construction
• Understand the business and professional goals and concerns of the many other project stakeholders

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Sustainable Design and Construction (SDC)

The Sustainable Design and Construction (SDC) program prepares students for careers in planning, designing, building and operating sustainable buildings and infrastructure to maximize their life-cycle economic value, their net contribution to environmental functions and services, and their social equity.

The program offers courses in:

• project finance;
• sustainable multidisciplinary, multi-stakeholder planning and design processes;
• green architecture;
• performance-based structural design;
• building energy systems;
• and sustainable construction processes and materials.

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Environmental Engineering & Science

The Environmental Engineering & Science (EES) program focuses on the chemical and biological processes involved in water quality engineering, water and air pollution, remediation and hazardous substance control, human exposure to pollutants, environmental biotechnology, and environmental protection.

Together with its partner programs Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology (EFMH), and Atmosphere and Energy, EES offers flexibility in constructing both broad, multidisciplinary and focused, intensive areas of study. Its long tradition of collaboration with other groups within and outside the University, and throughout the world provides a wide scope of opportunities for in-depth study and research.

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Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology Program

Within the Environmental Fluid Mechanics & Hydrology Program, the focus is on the movement of surface and groundwater and, jointly with EES, atmospheric related topics (discussed below). With respect to water, attention is given to the environmental and economic factors important in planning water resources. Environmental fluid mechanics courses address fluid and sediment transport and mixing processes, turbulence and its modeling, the fluid mechanics of stratified flows, natural flows in coastal waters, estuaries, lakes and open channels, atmospheric flows and experimental methods. Hydrology courses consider stochastic methods in both surface and subsurface hydrology, watershed hydrology and modeling, and flow and transport in porous media. Planning courses highlight issues related to sustainable water resources development, both in the U.S. and in developing countries. Degree programs can be developed by combining environmental fluid mechanics and hydrology classes with courses from programs and departments which both complement and supplement the Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology Program offerings. Some examples include Environmental Engineering and Science, Mechanical Engineering, Applied Earth Sciences, Computer Science, Petroleum Engineering, Biological Sciences and Statistics.

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Structural Engineering and Geomechanics

The Structural Engineering and Geomechanics Program and the affiliated Design Construction Integration Program offer research opportunities and courses in a broad range of areas related to structural analysis and design, geomechanics, risk management, and construction of civil engineering facilities.

Areas of research emphasis include performance-based engineering, computational mechanics, design construction integration, earthquake engineering, reliability and risk analysis for hazard mitigation, sensing and health monitoring, and engineering informatics.

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