Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering

Exciting research and new technology is emerging where bioengineering and civil engineering interact. In particular, with the depletion of fossil fuels looming, geotechnical, transportation, and environmental engineering faculty at Iowa State University are collaborating with researchers in the life sciences to develop processes for creating biofuels and biorenewable resources. They also are examining co-products from biofuels to build better roads (and eventually replace petroleum-based asphalt) and are developing processes for treating water and wastewater from biorefineries.

Courses for undergraduate and graduate students studying withing the Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering department are currently being developed, including BioEg 411, a course on bioengineering that Hans van Leeuwen, a professor of environmental engineering, helped to create. Students with a background in bioengineering as well as civil, construction, and environmental engineering, will be on the forefront of new technologies for biofuel production and transportation, soil stabilization, asphalt materials production, and more.

Contact:

Hans van Leeuwen, Professor
515-294-5251
Email: leeuwen@iastate.edu
http://www.ccee.iastate.edu/who-we-are/person/id/leeuwen

 

Affiliated Faculty:

James E. Alleman, Professor and Chair
http://www.ccee.iastate.edu/who-we-are/person/id/jea

Timothy G. Ellis, Professor
http://www.ccee.iastate.edu/who-we-are/person/id/tge

Say-Kee Ong, Professor
http://www.ccee.iastate.edu/who-we-are/person/id/skong

Shihwu Sung, Associate Professor
http://www.ccee.iastate.edu/who-we-are/person/id/sung