ALT A colorful sunrise behind the Portage Lake Lift Bridge connecting Houghton and Hancock, Michigan. Brilliant shades of orange, pink, and gold light up the horizon beneath purple-gray clouds, with the morning colors reflecting on the Portage Canal.

ALT A group of Michigan Tech environmental engineering students listens to a tour guide inside a water treatment facility. Students stand around a large cylindrical treatment tank surrounded by pipes, valves, and filtration equipment.

ALT Michigan Tech students gather in an industrial equipment room during a treatment plant tour. A guide speaks to the group near large turquoise pipes, valves, and mechanical systems.

ALT Michigan Tech environmental engineering students stand beside a large outdoor concrete treatment basin at a Marquette water facility. The group observes the infrastructure, with blue utility buildings and trees showing early fall colors in the background.

ALT Michigan Tech students listen to a guide explaining equipment during an outdoor treatment plant tour. Large overhead pipes, industrial structures, metal railings, and a blue utility building surround the group beneath a clear blue sky.

ALT Black graphic with gold lettering reading “MDOT Best Implementation Award.” A portrait of Dr. Emin Kutay appears on the right. White text identifies him as CEGE Department Chair and Co-PI. Michigan Tech’s Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering branding appears along the bottom.

ALT Black-and-gold Michigan Tech CEGE apparel sale graphic with bold white and yellow lettering announcing “Embroidered Apparel Sale — Back for a Limited Time!” A collage of models showcases embroidered outerwear, vests, polos, plaid shirts, sweatshirts, and joggers. A QR code and “Order Today!” callout appear on the right. A black banner along the bottom highlights pickup or shipping, graduation and holiday gifts, and limited-time availability.

ALT Seven Michigan Tech students wearing hard hats and field gear gather along the Pilgrim River. Two students crouch beside a sampling bucket while others observe. Surveying equipment is set up near the water, with fallen autumn leaves covering the riverbank.

ALT Michigan Tech students conduct fieldwork along the Pilgrim River. Two students work together with a metal sieve and bucket near the water's edge, while others take measurements and observe along the rocky, leaf-covered riverbank.

ALT Two Michigan Tech students wearing chest waders and green and pink hard hats stand in the shallow Pilgrim River. Rocks, overhanging branches, and colorful fall foliage surround them.

ALT Three Michigan Tech students wearing chest waders and hard hats work in the shallow, rocky Pilgrim River. One holds a measuring rod while the others stand nearby, surrounded by trees displaying bright yellow and orange fall colors.

ALT Sweeping view from Mt. Bohemia overlooking the Keweenaw Peninsula at peak fall color. Rolling hills covered in brilliant red, orange, yellow, and green foliage stretch toward a distant lake beneath a cloudy sky.

ALT Visitors take in the fall colors from a Mt. Bohemia overlook, surrounded by an expansive forest of vivid red, orange, yellow, and green trees covering the rolling Keweenaw hills.

ALT View down a grassy slope at Mt. Bohemia toward miles of colorful Keweenaw forest. Bright orange, red, yellow, and green trees cover the hills beneath a pale, overcast autumn sky.

ALT Sweeping view from Mt. Bohemia overlooking the Keweenaw Peninsula during peak fall color. Brilliant red, orange, yellow, and green forests surround several lakes and stretch toward the horizon beneath a cloudy autumn sky.

ALT Landscape Michigan Tech graphic in black, white, and gold with Dr. Emin Kutay’s portrait on the right. Text reads “Award-Winning Research,” identifies him as principal investigator, and announces a Best Research Award for his MDOT research project. The project title is partially displayed below, alongside a research icon. CEGE department branding appears across the bottom.

ALT A large crowd of Michigan Tech students and industry representatives fills a bright atrium during the CEGE Career Fair Networking Reception. Attendees stand in groups talking and networking near company tables, with large windows lining one side of the space.

ALT A group of Michigan Tech Soil Mechanics students and industry professionals wearing hard hats and high-visibility safety vests stand together at an outdoor drilling site on campus. A large drilling rig and an SME USA vehicle are behind the group on a sunny fall day.

ALT Michigan Tech Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering graphic promoting an Accelerated Master’s Info Session. Large white and gold text appears on a black background beside an image of Blizzard T. Husky. The session is Thursday, October 8, from 11:00 AM–12:00 PM in Dow 875. A QR code provides additional information.

ALT Black and gold Michigan Tech CEGE graphic announcing new research funding for Sandeep Chitta. Chitta’s portrait appears on the right. Text highlights a $110,000 ACS Petroleum Research Fund Doctoral New Investigator Grant for a 24-month project titled “Experimental Investigation of Fluid-Mediated Proppant–Shale Contact Mechanics.”

ALT Michigan Tech funding announcement graphic featuring Professor Emerita Judith Perlinger smiling on the right, wearing a brown top and pink patterned scarf. A vertical gold panel on the left reads “NEW FUNDING” in bold black letters. The black background features a large white headline announcing Perlinger's MDARD grant for PFAS research. Below the Michigan Tech Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering logo, gold text congratulates her on receiving funding to advance PFAS research and address environmental contamination.

ALT Zack Fredin stands between CEGE Chair Emin Kutay (left) and Dean Michelle Scherer (right), holding his wooden 2026 Distinguished Teaching Award plaque. All three smile at the camera in a conference room with a screen congratulating faculty award winners in the background.

ALT Zack Fredin smiles while shaking hands with Michigan Tech President Richard Koubek as they hold his wooden 2026 Distinguished Teaching Award plaque. Another university official stands near a window in the background.

ALT Black-and-white collage highlighting Michigan Tech Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering. Images include students gathered outdoors with a canoe, a faculty headshot, students and faculty at a department event, and the Steel Bridge Team standing behind their competition bridge. A yellow banner across the center reads “Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering News.”

ALT K-Day 2026 collage featuring scenes from past Michigan Tech K-Day celebrations. The large top photo shows students and faculty enjoying the outdoor event, while three smaller photos below show a group at an audio equipment booth, participants at a colorful inflatable activity, and students gathered at an organization table. Black and gold text across the center reads “HAPPY K-DAY 2026,” with Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering branding at the bottom.

ALT Graphic announcing that the CEGE Student Success Center is open for Fall 2026 in Dillman 102. A photo shows the entrance to the center with a sign reading “Civil & Environmental Engineering SSC is open for coaching — Come in!” The graphic highlights one-on-one discussions, faculty- or student-led presentations, student organization meetings, small-group study, and informal meetups and collaboration. A QR code links to Fall 2026 coaching hours, with the Michigan Tech Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering logo at the bottom.

ALT Black-and-gold 906 Day graphic from Michigan Tech Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering. Large gold text reads “Happy 906 Day” above four photos showing Michigan Tech’s waterfront campus, an aerial winter view of campus, a person kayaking on the Portage Waterway near campus, and green northern lights glowing over Lake Superior with people silhouetted along the shore. The bottom includes the department name and MTU Engineering logo.

ALT Graphic titled “Transforming Construction Safety with AI.” Text notes that Bo Xiao’s research was highlighted by the NAIRR Pilot. The design features a grayscale construction site with cranes, a partially built structure, worker icons, and digital network graphics suggesting AI and smart construction technology. Michigan Technological University Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering branding appears at the bottom.

ALT Three students walk onto Michigan Technological University’s campus beneath the stone and metal campus arch displaying the words “Michigan Technological University.” One student walks beside a bicycle on a sunny summer day.