Student Activities
While attending the University's Civil and Environmental Engineering department, our students enjoy a wide selection of opportunities to enhance their educational career. Here is a listing of some of the more popular civil engineering student groups on our campus:
- American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
ASCE is an acronym for the American Society of Civil Engineers. Founded in 1852, ASCE is a professional organization that strives to keep its members on the cutting edge of technology. ASCE publishes technical books and papers, and sponsors conferences that allow members to share ideas and information in order to help advance the profession of civil engineering. - Engineers Without Borders (EWB)
Engineers Without Borders is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to sustainable development through engineering assistance and training internationally responsible engineering students. - ITS Student Chapter
The vision of ITS is to promote understanding and interest in intelligent transport systems technology throughout the University community. Their mission is to coordinate the inter-departmental efforts of students at the University of Maryland at College Park, to promote and cultivate student research in ITS technologies, to provide a student link among the University of Maryland at College Park, ITS Maryland, and ITS America, and to act as clearinghouse of ITS information to students. - Solar Decathlon
More than 125 students at the University of Maryland have come together over the last three years to plan, design and build a completely functional 800 square foot house run entirely on solar energy. As a completely student run organization, each team member has applied lessons learned in the class room to benefit this project. From architects to mechanical engineers to business majors, students from a variety of disciplines have contributed their unique skills to the project. After the decathlon, the team is happy to donate the home to the Montgomery County Parks Service.
