Built, Natural and Smart Systems that Strengthen Communities and Enhance Life
Whether the challenge is creating more efficient transportation, coping with rising sea levels, modernizing the built environment or providing clean water, our students, faculty and staff create resilient systems that meet the needs of our communities. In the process, we push beyond the limits of current technology, from cyber-physical systems for smart cities to nanotechnology for low-cost water purification. We also ensure our solutions meet community needs by actively collaborating across disciplines, including public policy, business, public health and architecture.
UVA Engineering's concrete canoe team competed in the 2026 American Society of Civil Engineers Virginias Symposium.
Southwest Virginia is no stranger to flooding. In 2024, Hurricane Helene was a devastating reminder. UVA research assistant professor Majid Shafiee-Jood from UVA’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is working with decision makers in Virginia’s Wise County to make their community safer from the impacts of major weather events. Combining advanced models and the lived experience of community members, the research team from UVA is helping rural southwest Virginia better prepare for floods and natural disasters.
Technology and Collaboration to Meet Community Needs
In the process of meeting the world's greatest challenges, we push beyond the limits of current technology, from cyber-physical systems for smart cities to nanotechnology for low-cost water purification. We also ensure our solutions meet community needs by actively collaborating across disciplines, including public policy, business, public health and architecture.
Explore Our Research
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Built Environment
The built environment is the roads, buildings, drinking water facilities, and other infrastructure systems that serve society and we focus our research on increasing the equity, durability, and resiliency of this built environment.
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Sustainable Systems
Civil and environmental engineers work to advance sustainable systems by seeking to understand and mitigate the impacts of human activities on the natural environment.
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Smart Cities
Many of the systems that civil and environmental engineers design, build, and maintain are going through a revolution involving the adoption of technological advances.
Important Dates
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Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PMLocation: Rice Hall Room 130 and Davis Commons, University of Virginia -
Time: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PMLocation: Rotunda Dome Room, University of Virginia
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Time: 9:30 AM - 6:00 PM
