Student Research Opportunities

Bucknell Civil Engineering faculty are eager for undergraduate students to assist them in conducting research. Many opportunities and grants are available for students to apply for.

College of Engineering Undergraduate Research

Katherine Mabis McKenna Summer Environmental Internship Program

The Institute For Leadership and Technology Management
Bucknell offers an ILTM program which integrates management and engineering into a summer opportunity following the sophomore year.

Click below to read about the research projects of some CivE's who have recently been awarded funding.

Joseph Scalia '07 -- Membrane Behavior in a Geosynthetic Clay Liner Exposed to Organic Solutes
Ben Erker '07 -- Water Budget of a Watershed Dominated by Subsurface Storm Flow: Impact of Urbanization
Meghan Lithgow, Grad. -- Slurry Walls
Nicole Hervol '06 -- Turbulent Transport Efficiency in Vegetation Canopies
Archis Ambulkar, Grad. -- Improvement in the Biodegradability of Dry Anaerobic Reactor Sludge using various pre-treatment methods
Kenneth Kniss '05 -- Sustainability of Slurry Cutoff Walls in the Zone of Fluctuating Water Table
Steven Patak '05 -- Life Cycle Assessment in Building Design