Research Overview
Research in Ohio State's College of Engineering starts with opportunities for undergraduates, expands through our graduate programs, and excels as we form strong collaborations with other colleges across the university as well as leading companies in engineering fields in Ohio and across the nation.
CEGE has research strengths and expertise that are aligned with the changing nature and coming challenges of civil and environmental engineering practice—a sensored, automated and interconnected future subject to increased population growth and resource limitations. Graduate and undergraduate students work alongside faculty on cross-cutting research themes that transcend infrastructure, transportation, environment and geodetic applications:
Climate Alterations and Resilience
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Faculty quantify signals of changing climate, evaluate natural hazard risks to infrastructure and design sustainable infrastructure repair strategies.
Public Health Exposures of the Built Environment
- Faculty characterize indoor air and water microbiomes, assess contaminant fates in natural systems and design effective water treatments.
Energy Systems Management
- Faculty focus on carbon management and low-energy ventilation, evaluate power system safety from natural hazards and repurpose energy waste byproducts.
Data Collection and Analytics
- Faculty improve navigation precision from satellites, characterize user decision making and integrate new sensors and image analysis into infrastructure management.
CAMPUS LIVING LABS
Many research activities reflect the interdisciplinary training of faculty in public health, policy and sustainability, and many research projects use the campus environs as a test bed for data collection.
