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2013 BCoE Hall of Fame Members – CEE Students

René Alexander Camacho-Rincón is a graduate assistant in the department of civil and environmental engineering. He is working towards a doctoral degree with a focus in water resources. In 2012, he was the first graduate student accepted to the American Society for Civil Engineers task committee on total maximum daily load. Camacho-Rincón says he has…

April 29, 2013


CEE Graduate Student Wins 2nd In Innovative Idea Oral Presentation

Edith Martinez Ortiz placed 2nd in the Innovative Idea Oral Presentation Category at the 11th Annual MSU Graduate Students Research Symposium.  Her research title was “Algal Biodiesel Production using Novel Methods”.  

April 24, 2013


CEE Graduate Student Wins Poster Competition

The STRIDE Regional Center Poster Competition hosted by the University of Florida was at the 92nd Annual Transportation Research Board (TRB) Conference. The theme of the competition was improving transportation sustainability.  Jay Shannon presented his poster titled “Improving Transportation System Sustainability Using Portland-Limestone Cement”. The competition included 30 graduate students from schools in the southeast. Each…

January 23, 2013


Graduate Student Joins National Committee

Congratulations to Rene Camacho, a PhD Student in CEE on being selected, following a committee vote,  for full membership in American Society of Civil Engineers/Environmental and Water Resources Institute’s Task Committee on Total Maximum Daily Load, analysis and modeling.  He was also selected for membership in a technical subcommittee. This is the first time that…

November 21, 2012


Ramirez Wins NGI Annual Conference Poster Competition

John J. Ramirez-Avila won first place in the Northern Gulf Institute’s (NGI) Annual Conference Poster Competition. Ramirez-Avila’s poster titled “Assessment and prediction of streambank erosion rates in the Town Creek watershed” provides a synopsis of the final results of his doctoral research performed within the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department (CEE). 22 graduate research posters…

July 26, 2011


Ramirez Paper

Doctoral student, John J. Ramirez-Avila was awarded first place in the ASCE EWRI Student Technical Paper Competition for his paper titled, “Suspended Sediment Transport in a Southeastern Plains Watershed. His paper was presented at the EWRI World Congress meeting in Providence, RI in May.

June 10, 2010