About Old Dominion University        Old Dominion University, founded in 1930 as a division of the College of William and Mary, is a state-supported institution in Norfolk, Virginia and has a combined undergraduate and graduate student population of 20,800 -- 14,200 Undergraduate; 6,600 Graduate with 1,400 international students from 108 countries. Typical student-to-faculty ratio is 16 to 1. It currently has 67 bachelor's, 68 master's and 26 doctoral degree programs in 6 colleges with total research grants and contracts valued at $50 million annually. Old Dominion has grown into its own over the years and is now one of only 101 public universities with a Carnegie/Doctoral Research-Extensive distinction. The University is located within the scenic coastal region of Virginia at the confluence of the James and Elizabeth Rivers with the Chesapeake Bay. The population of the metropolitan region is approximately 1.4 million, and include the state's most populated city, Virginia Beach. The campus is approximately 200 miles south of Washington, D.C., within minutes of the world's largest Naval Base, the largest East Coast seaport and the oceanfront. The university operates on the semester system with a spring and fall semester and a variety of semester options in the summer. Directions to Old Dominion University About Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering        Greetings from the CEE Faculty The Civil and Environmental Engineering Department is one of six departments in the College of Engineering and Technology and is located in Kaufman Hall. At the undergraduate level, the Department offers an ABET accredited Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering (B.S.C.E). An ABET accredited Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Engineering (B.S.Env.E.) program is also offered since Fall, 1997. At the graduate level the Department offers Master of Engineering (M.E.), Master of Science (M.S.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees both in Civil Engineering and in Environmental Engineering. The graduate programs are structured to accommodate both the full-time and part-time students. The available specialty areas are coastal, environmental, geotechnical, structural, and water resources engineering. For those prospective graduate program applicants, it is highly recommended to submit an on-line Pre-application form first to the Departmental Graduate Program Director (GPD). This preapplication inquiry will be used to advise you whether you should formally apply for admission to graduate programs in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. If you would like to receive additional degree program information, please fill in a " Degree Information Material Request Form." For more information, please contact Ms. Sue Smith at Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Kaufman Hall Room 135 College of Engineering and Technology Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA 23529-0241 or please give us a call at (757) 683-3753/FAX (757) 683-5354 Thank you very much for visiting us, and we hope to see you again soon. Undergraduate Program Information Undergraduate Program Brochure (PDF format) Graduate Program Information Information on Civil/Environmental Curriculum Request Degree Information Materials Submit a Preapplication Form for Graduate Degree Programs Civil and Environmental Engineering Alumni Corner Research Projects        Research projects conducted by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has been sponsored by the National Science Foundation(NSF); National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA); U.S. Corps of Engineers(USACE); U.S. Geological Survey(USGS); U.S. Air Force(USAF); state, regional and local agencies; and private industries. Current and recent faculty research projects and interests include; soil-structures interaction; soil dynamics; granular mechanics soil liquefaction during earthquakes polymer-fiber composite materials fiber reinforced concrete subbase stabilization with solid waste fly ash base isolation and energy absorptions for bridges stability and behavior of steel structures passive damping of space structures finite element analysis structural optimization parallel algorithms for computational structural mechanics water and wastewater process evaluation studies organic matter and disinfection by-product precursor characterization toxicity characterization of wastewater physics of breaking water waves on beaches coastal waves and current numerical modeling systems computer-aided design of coastal structures effluent and residuals disposal water quality assesment/management watershed-scale distributed parameter modeling of nonpoint source pollution particle and contaminant transport/fate modeling dewatering of dredged materials air pollution control hazardous waste management freeze drying of sludge surface and groundwater modeling DNAPL site characterization and remediation of superfund site urban stormwater management urban storm-drainage systems stormwater runoff from marine drydocks geographic information systems(GIS) in water resources engineering geographic information systems(GIS) in large-scale modeling and simulation engineering geographic information systems(GIS) application development water quality modeling and simulation computational hydraulics GIS-based uni-directional flushing modeling