Our Geological Engineering program merges geoscience with innovative design to guide humanity’s interaction with Earth materials and Earth system processes.
You’ll engineer smart and sustainable solutions for natural hazards, infrastructure design, CO2 geosequestration, geothermal energy, and natural resource development, including precious metals and minerals that are essential to electric vehicles and clean energies, all while incorporating the latest innovations in laboratory testing, numerical simulation, field characterization and monitoring, sensors, artificial intelligence (AI) and satellite imagery.
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Civil & Environmental Engineering Research Helps Ontario Strengthen Flood Preparedness
Research from Waterloo's Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering is helping communities better prepare for flooding. Through innovative hydrologic modelling tools, Professor Bryan Tolson and his team are advancing flood forecasting and water management across Ontario.
CEE Students Earn Top Honours at International Smart Structures Program
Two Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) graduate students from the University of Waterloo returned from Italy with international recognition after participating in the 15th Asia-Pacific-Euro Summer School on Smart Structures Technology (APESS) and the 17th ANCRiSST Workshop at Politecnico di Torino.