The Civil Engineering BS at Northwestern prepares students to conceive, model, and build the bridges, transit networks, and water systems that underpin sustainable societies. Coursework spans structural mechanics, geotechnical design, smart-city sensing, and climate-adaptive coastal engineering. Chicago’s living laboratory—its skyscrapers, river-walk revamps, and storm-water tunnels—feeds site visits and internships, while research centers let undergraduates 3-D print seismic-resilient concrete or deploy IoT sensors that predict potholes before they form.
Model carbon-sequestering concrete using recycled fly-ash nano-additives
Design a parametric pedestrian bridge optimized for ultra-high-performance fiber concrete
Simulate evacuation efficiency in multimodal transit hubs with agent-based models
Deploy low-cost acoustic sensors to predict sewer-pipe deterioration in real time
Quantify microplastic retention in green-roof runoff systems
Use LiDAR drones to create digital twins of aging steel truss bridges
Develop Bayesian models forecasting pothole formation from weather and traffic data
Assess life-cycle costs of timber-hybrid skyscrapers versus steel frames
Optimize traffic-signal timing with reinforcement-learning algorithms
Design a floating breakwater protecting lakeshore neighborhoods from storm surges
Prototype self-healing asphalt incorporating encapsulated rejuvenator oils
Create GIS scenarios of climate-migration impacts on Midwest infrastructure loads
Evaluate pervious-concrete sidewalks’ benefits for urban heat-island mitigation
Plan a net-zero energy bus-rapid-transit depot with PV-integrated canopies
Write policy guidelines for resilience bonds financing flood-control upgrades
Shape safer, smarter, greener cities with Northwestern Civil Engineering.
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