News and Events

Citation of Distinguished Alumni Jack E. Buffington B.S.C.E.’61, retired rear admiral of the U.S. Navy and retired research professor of the U of A’s Department of Civil Engineering

Civil Engineering Students and Faculty Present at ARDOT Conference

Civil Engineering Associate Professor Appointed Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers

Civil Engineering Ph.D. Student Awarded Prestigious WTS Helene M. Overly Memorial Scholarship

Research being done at the Harvell Civil Engineering Research and Education Center, first of its kind in the state 

Gary Prinz, K8 Memes, A must see video

MarTREC selected to host the annual Council of University Transportation Centers 2025

Heather Nachtmann Named Arkansas Research Alliance Fellow

Heather Nachtmann and Sarah Hernandez Join Roundtable on Maritime Freight Transportation with MARAD

Michelle Barry, MarTREC Associate Director, Awarded 3.5 Million to Advance 3D Concrete Printing

Civil Engineering Students, Faculty Present Research at Transportation Research Conference

Lizbeth Juarez-Bartolo, MarTREC’s Outstanding Student of the Year 2022

College of Engineering recently held a reception to honor the first recipients of its new Biggadike Innovation Grants (BIG)

Sarah Hernandez and Sandra Eksioglu, Use Data in New Ways to Improve Waterways Management

Gary Prinz and Leslie Massey, Provide STEM Outreach with Local Elementary

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers award Gary Prinz and Cameron Murray to Design Rapidly Constructible Bridges

Gary Prinz, Awarded to Investigate Shear Connectors in Composite Steel Bridges

Trucking Industry Leader Shannon Newton Named to Council at Federal Reserve

Arkansas to Collaborate with Oklahoma on Transportation

Heather Nachtmann is Leading the Campus-wide Smart Mobility Planning Effort 

ITE Student Chapter Dominates at Annual MOVITE Meeting

Cameron Murray receives the largest single award in the history of Civil Engineering at University of Arkansas

Dan Flowers Distinguished Lecture Series, Speaker Michael Thompson

Melissa Tooley Honored with University of Arkansas College of Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award

Cameron Murray Discusses a Material Critical to Modern Life - Short Talk from the Hill, University of Arkansas

Suman Mitra, University of Arkansas, NSF Grant to Deploy Micromobility Services in Low-Income Areas

Engineering Opens Doors on New Research Center

Sarah Hernandez, University of Arkansas, has received the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development grant, known as CAREER, for 2021.

Magdalena Asborno selected by Transportation Research Board to present on, “Advancing the Marine Transportation System Through Automation and Autonomous Technologies”

Sarah Hernandez, Project Aims to Attract More Women to Civil Engineering

Liao and Nachtmann Create New Tool to Help Decision-Makers Understand Freight Movement

Mack-Blackwell Advisory Board Welcomes New Members

Kaley Collins, MarTREC's 2020 Outstanding Student of the Year from the University of Arkansas

Heather Nachtmann, MarTREC Director, Selected as Editor-in-Chief of The Engineering Economist Journal

Sarah Hernandez and Interdisciplinary Team Awarded $1.5 Million to Study Freight Movement

2019 MarTREC Student of the Year

Nachtmann Recognized With Top Engineering Management Award

Dan Flowers Distinguished Lecture Series, Speaker Jim Kruse

Civil Engineering Research Center Breaks Ground

2019 Arkansas Good Roads Scholarship Recipients

Rick Coffman takes MarTREC project to Guntersville Lock and Dam

U of A Names Heather Nachtmann, as one of four 2019-2020 Chancellor's Academic Fellows

MarTREC Workforce Development Project - Exposure to STEM

UA Engineering Students Win at MOVITE Section of Institute of Engineers Conference

UA Civil Engineering's Dr. Stacy Williams Honored by American Public Works Association

$1 Million Support from ArDOT

MBTC NSF CAREER Awardees

2018 Arkansas Good Roads Scholarship Recipients

MBTC Student Honored for Research on Freight Modeling

Mack-Blackwell U of A Doctoral Student Honored by U.S. Transportation Secretary

Ms. Frances Griffith, 2018 Most Influential American Concrete Institute

2017 Arkansas Good Roads Scholarship Recipients

2016 MarTREC Outstanding Student of the Year

Transportation Center Awarded $1.4 Million, Recognized as Top Level Facility

2016 Arkansas Good Roads Scholarship Recipients

2016 Eisenhower Graduate Fellowship Recipients

Frances Griffith Elected to Board of American Concrete Institute

Heather Nachtmann Awarded Title of Fellow by International Society

Heather Nachtmann awarded by U of A for grant work

Transportation Students Tackle Research Opportunities

Roads, Rail, and Waterways Research - at the U of A

Heather Nachtmann presents Executive Summary for MKARNS project

2015 Mack-Blackwell Advisory Board Meeting

MBTC Student receives Eisenhower Graduate Fellowship

2015 Arkansas Good Roads Scholarship Recipients

MarTREC Receives Additional $923,700 grant from DOT

MBTC student, Richard Deschenes Jr., wins ACI Fellowship

The Role of Freight Transportation in Economic Competitiveness Conference Proceedings

2014 Mack-Blackwell Advisory Board Meeting

2014 Arkansas Good Roads Scholarship Recipients

Transportation Center Receives Additional 1.4 million

Federal Staffers visit U of A College of Engineering