Whether you are interested in building structures, bridges or roads, civil engineers create the innovative infrastructures that connect us all. Discover a field that can take you to new heights. Let's drive progress in the field that connects us all.
Apply NowAs a civil engineers you will design and construct essential infrastructure, addressing global issues that impact public health and economic vitality of rural and urban communities. Tackle challenges in transportation systems, facility design, and the rehabilitation of existing structures.
As a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, you'll dedicate your time and effort to positively promote the welfare of the profession through university, community and service activities.
As a Concrete Canoe team member, you'll participate in the student-led competition in which teams from across the United States and Canada design, build and race canoes made from concrete. Applying concrete design concepts, structural design modeling, and practice project management skills, will help prepare you for your career after graduation.
Read More : Concrete Canoe TeamAs a WVU ASCE Steel Bridge team member, you will participate in a year long project that aims to create a model bridge that can successfully withstand various loading and deflection tests. It starts as a sketch, then a computer model, then finally a roughly ~20ft steel model.
Read More : Steel Bridge TeamAs a member of EWB, you'll serve your local and international communities through volunteer work to help create innovative, sustainable solutions to real-world engineering problems.
Read More : Engineers Without BordersAs a member of Chi Epsilon, the national civil engineering honor society, you’ll join a community of recognized and accomplished civil engineering students and professionals. The society currently has 130 active chapters at universities across the United States.
As an ITE member, you’ll join a community of civil engineering undergraduate and graduate students. Together, you'll gain knowledge, skills, and connections in transportation engineering that will help shape the future of the profession and the field of transportation.
The American Society of Civil Engineers offers real-world experiences through the Concrete Canoe and Steel Bridge teams. Each team applies classroom knowledge to solve real tasks and compete regionally on design, execution, and performance. The organization has a long history of competition, and extensive networking opportunities with professionals and students from various universities.
Protect the society from environmental contaminants; design structures that can withstand the forces of nature; find ways to reclaim land that is unstable due to erosion or soil settling; and repair man-made structures, such as buildings and highways.
Take part in conducting environmental analysis and research that allows you to design accordingly. Construct and manage facilities that provide water for communities, like dames, reservoirs, flood control systems, water and wastewater treatment plants, and coastal harbors.
Learn how to design, maintain and rehabilitate many of society’s unique structures, including various types of buildings, bridges and dams. Understand how to construct using materials such as concrete, steel, wood and a variety of composites to create a sound system.
Become one of the key developers in the design, construction and management of transportation systems — highways, traffic control systems, airports, mass transit systems, railroads and inland waterways
Acquire a comprehensive skill set in construction planning, undertaking, control and management, encompassing project scheduling, cost estimating, earned value analysis, construction technologies, project delivery, contracting and asset management.
At WVU, many of our faculty have established research areas. Take part in a hands-on experience that allows you and your peers to conduct cutting-edge research field of civil engineering, including transportation, bridges and infrastructure.
Undergraduate research opportunitiesAs a civil engineer, you'll address critical issues affecting public health and economic vitality, such as waste disposal, environmental pollution, transportation systems, water resources and infrastructure and revitalization projects. Your work will involve blending technical skills with a focus on societal impact. The curriculum for civil engineering students emphasizes not only technical competence but also effective communication and collaboration with other professionals, incorporating elements from humanities, social studies, English, and economics to enhance their role in the community.
Learn moreCivil engineering students are given a solid foundation in mathematics, physics and chemistry and explore the fundamentals of materials science, construction, water, soils, structural, and transportation systems to assure that civil engineers are educated in all branches of the profession.
View Plan of StudySam is using her passions to make a real difference at WVU. She’s studying civil and environmental engineering and Spanish. She’s a TEDxWVU speaker, participates in Engineers Without Borders, concrete canoe team and completed an internship at Capital Blue Cross.
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