UMass Lowell's Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering is designed to develop decision-making, research-oriented engineers with the ability to produce new engineering knowledge and analyze complex, cross-disciplinary issues.
Doctoral students can choose among the following areas of concentration:
Successful applicants are expected to perform advanced research in one or more areas of concentration within the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and successfully complete both core courses and electives that may be drawn from a variety of disciplines.
For complete program details and course descriptions, please visit the Academic Catalog.
Geotechnical Engineering
Geotechnical engineering; infrastructure asset monitoring; coastal geotechnics; sustainable ground improvement materials; net-zero constructions
Environmental Engineering
Structural & Geotechnical Engineering, Civil Infrastructure Systems
Integral abutment bridges, Finite element modeling of structures, and the study of the behavior of bridges through data collection and data analysis.
Traffic and Transportation Engineering, Methods of Systems Analysis
Geotechnical/Civil Engineering, Experimental and Computational Geomechanics, Emerging Geomechanics for Energy and Environment, Constitutive and Numerical Modeling in Geotechnics, Finite Element Analyses, Computer Aided Design (CAD)
Transportation Security, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Hazmat Transportation, Emergency Management and Disaster-related Business Continuity/Continuity of Operations (COOP)
Geotechnical Engineering
Engineering and applied mechanics, computational modeling of materials and structures, and applied statistics
Environmental fate of emerging contaminants; Low-cost water treatment; Environmental systems modeling
Transportation Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering, Computational Mechanics, Predictive Analytics
Structural Engineering, Infrastructure Materials
Radar NDE, Structural Engineering, Concrete Materials, Structural Stability, Dielectric Measurement and Modeling of Materials, NDT, SHM, Applied Mathematics, Applied Physics
Take the next step and apply. Learn more about admission requirements, funding options and assistantships.
For information about the application process and requirements, please visit Engineering Admission Requirements.
Funding is available through Research Assistantships or a combination of half Research Assistantships and half Teaching Assistantships.
Learn more about Tuition & Aid for Graduate Programs at UMass Lowell.
