Smart Cities

Enabling communities to improve built infrastructure and resources through cyber technologies.


Many of the systems that civil and environmental engineers design, build, and maintain are going through a revolution involving the adoption of technological advances. These advances include the Internet of Things for real-time and ubiquitous sensing, computer control and automation to create adaptive and cyber-physical infrastructure systems, virtual and augmented reality for creating digital twins, and new machine learning and artificial intelligence approaches for simulation and prediction.

Smart cities approaches that take advance of these technological advances include creating more adaptive infrastructure systems, such as smart buildings, smart roads, or smart stormwater systems, which adapt to current or future conditions. There are unique challenges associated with bringing these technical advances to cities and communities, including ensuring the adoption of technology is trusted by residents and does not become an instrument for harm through surveillance or bias. Across all civil and environmental engineering subfields, our department is working to advance technology for the public’s best interests so it can best serve societal needs while also limiting harmful impacts.

CEE Faculty in Smart Cities

Negin Alemazkoor

Negin Alemazkoor


Assistant Professor

T. Donna Chen

T. Donna Chen


Assistant Professor

Olsson Hall 101G

Phone: 434-982-2951
tdc9c@virginia.edu
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Teresa B. Culver

Teresa B. Culver


Associate Professor

Lisa Colosi-Peterson

Lisa Colosi-Peterson


Associate Professor

Olsson Hall 111D

Phone: 434-924-7961
lmc6b@virginia.edu
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Diana Franco Duran

Diana Franco Duran


Director of the Construction Engineering and Management Program
Assistant Professor

Olsson Hall 113A

Phone: 434-243-8765
dmf8a@virginia.edu
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Jose Pantaleon Gomez III

Jose Pantaleon Gomez III


Lecturer

Jonathan L. Goodall

Jonathan L. Goodall


Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Devin K. Harris

Devin K. Harris


Department Chair
Professor

Olsson Hall 114B

Phone: 434-924-6373
dkh2a@virginia.edu
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Arsalan Heydarian

Arsalan Heydarian


Assistant Professor

Leidy Klotz

Leidy Klotz


Copenhaver Associate Professor

Olsson Hall 111B

Phone: 434-982-5389
lk6me@virginia.edu
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Venkataraman Lakshmi

Venkataraman Lakshmi


Professor

Olsson Hall 102E

Phone: 434-982-2052
vl9tn@virginia.edu
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James H. Lambert

James H. Lambert


Professor of Systems and Information Engineering

Olsson Hall 112A

Phone: 434-982-2072
jhl6d@virginia.edu
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Osman E. Ozbulut

Osman E. Ozbulut


Associate Professor

Thornton Hall D217

Phone: 434-924-7230
oeo5c@virginia.edu
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B. Brian Park

B. Brian Park


Professor

Marek-Jerzy Pindera

Marek-Jerzy Pindera


Professor of Applied Mechanics

Thornton Hall D214

Phone: 434-924-1040
mp3g@virginia.edu
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Julianne Quinn

Julianne Quinn


Assistant Professor

Majid Shafiee-Jood

Majid Shafiee-Jood


Assistant Professor, Academic General Faculty, Research Track

Brian L. Smith, PE

Brian L. Smith, PE


Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering