Educational Objectives

The Civil Engineering Program at UTSA trains and graduates students to:

  • Meet the expectations of their employers.
  • Become licensed professional engineers through the tools, training and guidance received in the program.
  • Have a passion for life-long learning and be able to pursue graduate studies.

Civil and Enviromental Engineering Provides 

  • “The profession in which a knowledge of the mathematical and physical sciences gained by study, experience and practice is applied with judgement to develop ways to utilize, economically, the materials and forces of nature for the progressive well-being of humanity by providing structures for the use of humankind.”  - ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers.
  • A learning environment which encourages discovery and advancement for the betterment of its students and the community. Through its research, public service and instructional programs, the department seeks to serve the needs of San Antonio and South Texas by providing educational research opportunities which will contribute to the technological and economic development of the region.
  • Students the opportunity to prepare for careers concerned with critical problems of a multifaceted society, dealing with topics that may have profound environmental, social and financial impacts.

  • Structures
  • Transportation
  • Environmental
  • Geotechnical
  • Water Resource

EWB - Engineers Without Borders

ITE - Institute for Transportation Engineers

ASCE - American Society of Civil Engineers

TSPE - Texas Society of Professional Engineers

CE Department Chair

Dr. Mehdi Shadaram

Interim Chair

BSE 1.202 • 210-458-4435

Mehdi.Shadaram@utsa.edu

Undergraduate Advisor

of Record (UGAR)

Dr. Albert Arroyo

BSE 1.302 • 210-458-5510

aarroyo@utsa.edu

Location

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
One UTSA Circle
San Antonio, TX 78249
BSE 1.202 • 210-458-7517