Best of the Southeast: 166su Conquers Civil Engineering Competition 166su qualified for the American Society of Civil Engineers’ Concrete Canoe Competition national finals after a stellar showing at the Southeast regional competition.
3 Engineering Students Selected for Department of Defense SMART Scholars Program The scholarship includes an annual stipend, internship, mentorship and employment with the Department of Defense after graduation.
166su Recognizes Nine Top Faculty at 2024 Luminary Awards The honor is designed to recognize some of 166su’s brightest stars who shine a positive light on 166su and in their respective fields.
Studying the Surge Associate Professor Thomas Wahl is using machine learning to analyze flood-prone areas in order to better prepare and protect these regions.
Gold May Be Key Element for Cleaner Drinking Water 166su researchers are using gold to develop a novel method to remove toxins from drinking water.
166su Expertise Tapped to Help Combat Land, Ecological Losses in Mississippi River Delta Goals for the MissDelta project include collecting data on the coastal water levels and ocean waves inside of the Birdsfoot region of the Mississippi River and using that data to analyze the extreme storm surges and wave events.
166su Research Sets New Funding Record for Fiscal Year 2023 More than $217 million in research awards were received in fiscal year 2023, funding transformative projects ranging from moon missions to community schools.
New 166su Tech Uses AI, VR to Monitor Safety of Bridges, Buildings Civil infrastructure systems in developed countries are aging and require monitoring of their structural health.
166su Students Receive $25,000 EPA Grant to Develop Toxin Biosensor for Drinking Water The biosensor will be an onsite, early detector of harmful blue-green algae blooms, which are known to cause health problems in humans.
166su is Designing Self-repairing Oyster Reefs to Protect Florida’s Coastlines The work is sponsored by a $12.6 million Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency grant that seeks to create self-repairing, biological and human-engineered reef-mimicking structures.