Through teaching and research, we educate people who will contribute to society and develop knowledge that will make a difference in the world.

Research methods for students in engineering and technology. Topics include: statistical design of research experiments; hypothesis testing; use of statistical models to test engineering questions; ...

Learn more about graduate study in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University.

Our civil engineering undergraduate program emphasizes open-ended problems, global awareness and undergraduate research. The program is characterized by a high degree of faculty-student interactions, ...

Throughout the civil engineering degree, you’ll spend time in labs where you’ll use experimental methods to solve engineering challenges and actively put theory and technology to work. You’ll work on ...

When a nuclear bomb goes off, it starts a chain of events whose effects reach far beyond the blast site. Over the next three years, Professor Yunping Xi of civil, environmental and architectural ...