Research is more than a job for our faculty — it’s a desire to improve the world. At the UCF Department of Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering, our faculty strive to find innovative solutions to the problems our society faces in the fields of transportation, environmental sustainability and structural health. Our reputation in research is strong and has led to the creation of several research centers and institutes that are housed within the department. Our faculty also manage their own laboratories where new discoveries are made every day. Explore them all below.
Research Centers

Center for Advanced Transportation Systems Simulation
Managed by: Mohamed Abdel-Aty

Environmental Systems Engineering Institute
Managed by: Steven Duranceau
Location: Research I, Room 332

Stormwater Management Academy
Managed by: Ni-bin Chang
Location: Research I, Room 324
Laboratories

Civil Infrastructures for Resilience and Safety Lab
Managed by: Necati Catbas
Location: Barbara Ying Center, Room 120

Coastal Hydroscience, Analysis and Predictive Simulations Lab
Managed by: Dingbao Wang

Coastal Risks and Engineering Lab
Managed by: Thomas Wahl and Robert Andrew Jane
Location: Research I, Room 347

Hydro-Geomorphology Lab
Managed by: Arvind Singh
Location: Stormwater Management Lab, Room 106

Infrastructure Systems With Proactive, Intelligence, and Resilience Enhancement Lab
Managed by: Zhaomiao Guo
Location: Research I, Room 154

Intelligent Transportation Systems and Data Analytics Lab
Managed by: Haitham Al-Deek
Location: ENG II, Room

Kibler Ecohydraulics Lab
Managed by: Kelly Kibler
Location: Stormwater Research Lab, Room 109

Microsensor Biofilm Lab
Managed by: Woo Hyoung Lee
Location: Research I, Room

Pollutant Fate and Transport Processes and Geochemistry Lab
Managed by: Jiannan Chen

Smart and Safe Transportation Lab
Managed by: Mohamed Abdel-Aty

Structures Laboratory
Managed by: Kevin Mackie
Location: ENG II

Traffic Engineering and Modeling Lab
Managed by: Hatem Abou-Senna

Transportation Econometric Modeling Group
Managed by: Naveen Eluru

UCF Air Quality Lab
Managed by: Haofei Yu

Urban Networks, Mobility and Dynamics Lab
Managed by: Samiul Hasan

Urbanity Lab
Managed by: Shaurya Agarwal