Student Research Opportunities
The Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering offers several programmatic as well as informal research opportunities to undergraduate and graduate students. Faculty, staff, and students from distinct research areas work as teams on projects within the department, with other collaborators at Stanford, and at other universities worldwide. Special research opportunities are available to undergraduate students every summer, working closely with faculty members. We encourage student initiative in conceiving and conducting research.
| Stanford Student Research Opportunities | |
|---|---|
| VPUE Summer Undergrad Research Program |
| Graduate Student Research | |
| Woods Institute MUIR Program | |
| Research Opportunities for those outside of Stanford | |
|---|---|
| Summer Undergrad Research Fellowship (SURF) |
| Sustainability Undergraduate Research in Geoscience and Engineering Program (SURGE) | |
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering offers an undergraduate research program through funding provided by Stanford’s Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education. The summer program is offered in partnership with the Sustainability, Engineering and Science Undergraduate Research Program (SESUR). Students are supported with a $8,500 stipend for 10 weeks at full time effort with a supplemental stipend available based on financial need. The program supports full-time research appointments over the summer session and research awards will be based on a competitive application process.
Please review the SESUR Application Instructions page for deadlines, requirements, and a link to the application.
2026 Research Theme
The theme of this year's undergraduate research program is “Engineering for Sustainability” which can be broadly interpreted within all program areas of civil & environmental engineering and related fields (e.g., architecture, earth sciences, etc).
Research Projects
Summer research projects with CEE faculty are posted in December each year and Summer 2026 projects will be available here: https://sesur.stanford.edu/project-list Students should contact faculty or graduate student mentors to discuss their interest in their sponsored research project prior to submitting an application. Student application deadline : midnight on Thursday February 12, 2026.
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The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering offers an undergraduate research program through funding provided by Stanford’s Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education. The summer program is offered in partnership with the Sustainability, Engineering and Science Undergraduate Research Program (SESUR). Students are supported with a $8,500 stipend for 10 weeks at full time effort with a supplemental stipend available based on financial need. The program supports full-time research appointments over the summer session and research awards will be based on a competitive application process.
Please review the SESUR Application Instructions page for deadlines, requirements, and a link to the application.
2026 Research Theme
The theme of this year's undergraduate research program is “Engineering for Sustainability” which can be broadly interpreted within all program areas of civil & environmental engineering and related fields (e.g., architecture, earth sciences, etc).
Research Projects
Summer research projects with CEE faculty are posted in December each year and Summer 2026 projects will be available here: https://sesur.stanford.edu/project-list Students should contact faculty or graduate student mentors to discuss their interest in their sponsored research project prior to submitting an application. Student application deadline : midnight on Thursday February 12, 2026.