Solutions for the Common Good

Improving Infrastructure Resiliency 

Renowned Civil and Architectural Engineering and Mechanics faculty and their students collaborate with researchers across campus and the world to solve problems critical to humankind – structural integrity in the face of earthquakes and other natural disasters, traffic safety and efficiency, and the transportation of water and sediment, for example.  

Further, the University of Arizona’s commercial arm, Tech Launch Arizona, helps CAEM researchers commercialize their inventions – in areas ranging from construction to mining to transportation and beyond – for public works and industry. Think green energy technology that could help save the coral reefs and traffic routing software that could help save you time on your commute. 

Focus Areas

CAEM conducts research in the following primary areas:

• Construction engineering management
• Engineering mechanics
• Geomechanics and geotechnical
• Hydraulics and hydrology
• Structures
• Transportation engineering

Research Centers and Facilities

Much of CAEM’s transportation engineering research takes place at the UA’s interdisciplinary Transportation Research Institute, which addresses the mobility, safety and environmental challenges of a rapidly evolving transportation landscape.

Further, a number of multidisciplinary labs facilitate discovery, including the Civil Engineering Prototype Lab, a precision design and manufacturing facility specializing in test fixtures and tooling.

See UA College of Engineering-affiliated Research Centers and Institutes.