Accomplishments: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction
Ibtihaj Ahmad (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) has published his second peer-reviewed research article, titled 鈥淎nalyzing Surface Spectral Signature Shifts in Fire-Affected Areas of Elko County Nevada,鈥 in the journal Fire. The study integrates multi-source satellite imagery and advanced spectral analysis techniques to鈥
Gabson Baguma (Civil and Environmental Engineering) has been awarded First Place in the 2025 Academic Achievement Award by the American Water Works Association (AWWA) California鈥揘evada Section in the Master鈥檚 category. The award recognizes his exceptional masters degree thesis titled 鈥淔ormation Potential of Disinfection Byproducts from Quaternary鈥
Ibtihaj Ahmad (Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) published his first peer-reviewed research article, titled "Assessment of Vegetation Dynamics After South Sugar Loaf and Snowstorm Wildfires Using Remote Sensing Spectral Indices," in the journal Remote Sensing. The study utilizes satellite-based remote sensing to evaluate鈥
Congratulations to the 性视界传媒 racquetball team who competed in Corporate Challenge on Thursday, April 10. They won 1st overall and 10 points for 性视界传媒. Competitors were Adam Koebke (Mathematics) who won gold in men's singles, Venki Muthukumar (Electrical Engineering) and Sai Parsa (Computer Science) who won gold in men's doubles, and Erica Marti鈥
The Transportation Research Center (TRC) recently participated in the 2025 Pacific Southwest Region (PSR) University Transportation Center (UTC) Annual Congress at the University of California, Berkeley. Assistant research engineer Juliana Byzyka (TRC) presented their project titled, 鈥淎 Methodology to Evaluate Complete Streets Development in Small鈥
Ph.D. student Aderemi (Tobi) Gbadamosi (Civil and Environmental Engineering) has been named a finalist for the prestigious ACI Foundation Fellowship/Scholarship Award. In recognition of this achievement, he has been invited to attend the 2025 ACI Concrete Convention in Toronto, Canada, from March 30 to April 3, 2025.
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Gabson Baguma (Civil and Environmental Engineering) has been selected to attend the prestigious 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Chemistry, taking place from June 29 to July 5, 2025, in Lindau, Germany. This prestigious scientific forum brings together 35 Nobel Laureates and the world's most promising young scientists from over 100 countries鈥
性视界传媒 repeated their first place win in racquetball for Corporate Challenge. Congratulations to the team! Erica Marti (Civil & Environmental Engineering and Construction) - 1st place, women's singles; Venki Muthukumar (Electrical and Computer Engineering) and Sid Raich (Social and Behavioral Health) - 1st place, men's doubles; Adam Koebke (鈥
Juliana Byzyka (CEEC, Transportation Research Center) has been appointed as a Planning Committee Member of the 2024 Nevada Asphalt Conference: Sustainable and Resilient Pavement. The conference will be held at the South Point Hotel and Casino, and Spa in Las Vegas, Nevada, between October 29 to 31. The conference aims to bridge the gap between鈥
Juliana Byzyka (Transportation Research Center; Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) accepted a three-year appointment to the Standing Committee on Pavement Maintenance 鈥 AKT30 of the National Academies鈥 Transportation Research Board (TRB). Members of a TRB standing committee contribute with鈥
Juliana Byzyka (Transportation Research Center; Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction) presented "A Study of Electric Vehicles Ecosystem in Nevada" during the FISTS 2024: 4th IEEE Forum for Innovative Sustainable Transportation Systems held Feb. 26-28 at the Bourns Technology Center in Riverside, California. This is an鈥
Holmes Scholars Adjoa Mensah (Teaching and Learning) and Mayra Marquez-Mendez (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) were presenters at the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) annual 2024 conference. Through an NSF Grant project headed by PI鈥檚 Tina Vo (Teaching and Learning) and Erica Marti (Civil and鈥