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I wish to thank you for your interest and welcome you to our department's website! We are pleased to have the opportunity to share our vision for the future, details concerning our educational programs and research enterprise, as well as many facts and figures that may prove interesting as you begin to explore our site in earnest. We are all proud of our department's long and distinguished history of service to Pennsylvania, the nation, and the world, but we are most excited about the bright future that lay ahead. As a means to help guide us towards a bright future, the faculty has formulated departmental vision and mission statement that embodies our aspirations and goals:

Vision

The Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering will be a National leader in the discovery and creation of new knowledge and its dissemination through scholarly publication and inspired instruction.

Mission

The mission of the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering is to achieve scholarly excellence through the pursuit of leading-edge research and through the education of civil engineering professionals who are technically proficient problem solvers with a global outlook and a commitment to lifelong learning.

We are very serious about these statements and we have committed ourselves to building a formidable, new department that operates at the highest levels in the fulfillment of its educational and scholarly charge. Re-organization and restructuring, the addition of new faculty, and the renovation of our laboratories and facilities are just some of the important steps that we are currently taking as we move ahead with our plans to rise in National prominence and stature. With the continued support from you, the department's friends and alumni, we cannot fail. We look forward to hearing your thoughts on how we are doing as we move ahead with our ambitious plans for growth and renewal. Please do not hesitate to call me (412-624-9870) or email me ( ) to share your opinions and thoughts.

 

Very Truly Yours,

Radisav D. Vidic, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering,
University of Pittsburgh

Civil Engineering

The Department of Civil Engineering is one of the oldest in the nation.

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