Welcome to the Graduate Program at JHU Civil Engineering
The Department of Civil Engineering offers a graduate program that is based primarily in structural engineering/structural mechanics, geotechnical engineering/geomechanics, probabilistic methods/hazards management, and coastal engineering. To be admitted to the program, students are expected to have graduated with an outstanding record in an appropriate undergraduate program.
Structural, geotechnical, and coastal engineering today are dynamic, complex, and technologically sophisticated fields. Powerful computational methods and high-strength materials have offered new opportunities and new challenges. The graduate program is designed to instill in the student the fundamental theoretical concepts of mechanics as well as practical knowledge of modern structural, geotechnical, and coastal engineering.
Wind-Wave-Ocean Interaction
Interaction among winds, surface waves, and ocean currents is at the heart of ocean and coastal engineering. Prof. Shen’s research group develops advanced numerical tools to simulate the physical processes directly.
Ying Guan BS ’08
Bloomberg Scholar
“During my time at Hopkins Civ-E, I have had the pleasure of researching with two professors and also working with a team of Hopkins undergraduates to help structurally redesign Gilman Hall.”