Students who graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering or a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from Embry-Riddle's Department of Civil Engineering do so with all the knowledge, confidence, and insight they need to make a significant impact in the field of civil engineering.
At the Daytona Beach Department of Civil Engineering prepares students to design, construct and sustain the infrastructure that powers our world — from airports, bridges and master-planned communities to spaceport facilities, lunar launchpads and global service projects. Our recent senior design capstones show the breadth of our program, with teams delivering real-world solutions for airport improvements, commercial developments, roadway and bridge replacements, fly-in communities, sports complexes, and Engineers Without Borders projects in Ecuador.
Civil engineering involves all the design activities that make the world habitable — runways, terminals, bridges, subdivisions, public facilities and even future off-planet infrastructure. From local community projects to aerospace-driven challenges, our students learn to engineer systems that are functional, resilient and ready for the future.
Through high-impact capstones such as airport terminal replacements, spaceport enhancements, lunar construction concepts, bridge replacement designs and large-scale land development projects, students experience the full engineering cycle — concept, design, analysis and delivery. These immersive, client-driven projects build technical mastery, teamwork and the confidence needed for professional success.
With small class sizes and exceptional faculty mentors, students receive personalized support while gaining hands-on experience in projects that shape communities — on Earth and beyond.
Submissions from 2025
Considerations of Undrained Behavior of Compacted Clay Embankments Under Extreme Wetting-Drying Cycles, Ghada Ellithy and John F. Peters
Submissions from 2023
Impact of Critical Narrative on Students’ Abilities to Recognize Ethical Dilemmas in Engineering Work, Jeff Brown, Chad Rohrbacher, Taylor J. Mitchell, Dr. Leroy Long III, Jenna Korentsides, and Joseph R. Keebler
Quantifying geogrid reinforcement mechanism in roadway performance using Cyclic Plate Load (CPL) test, G.S. Ellithy and A. Crippa
Submissions from 2022
Using Machine Learning in Estimating Changing Bed Shear over a Flume Test Box, Ghada S. Ellithy and Siddharth S. Parida
The Breathing Human Infrastructure: Integrating Air Quality, Traffic, And Social Media Indicators, Heather O'Leary, Scott Parr, and Marwa El-Sayed
Submissions from 2020
Case Study: Unsaturated Embankment Failure on Soft Soils, Ghada Ellithy and Timothy D. Stark
Monte Carlo Simulations of Coupled Transient Seepage Flow and Compressive Stress in Levees, Fred Thomas Tracy, Ghada Ellithy, Jodi L. Ryder, Martin T. Schultz, Benjamin R. Breland, T. Chris Massey, and Maureen K. Corcoran
Submissions from 2019
Integrating Field Monitoring and Numerical Modeling to 3 Evaluate Performance of a Levee under 4 Climatic and Tidal Variations, Xavier A. Rivera-Hernandez, Ghada Ellithy, and Farshid Vahedifard
Submissions from 2018
Determination of Erosion Parameters of Coarse-Grained Materials Using a Small Flume, Ghada S. Ellithy, Johannes L. Wibowo, and Maureen K. Corcoran
Erosion Rate Equations for Coarse- Grained Materials Using a Small Flume Testing, Ghada Ellithy, Johannes L. Wibowo, and Maureen K. Corcoran
The Effects of Isoprene and NOx on Secondary Organic Aerosols Formed Through Reversible and Irreversible Uptake to Aerosol Water, Marwa M. El-Sayed, Diana L. Ortiz-Montalvo, and Christopher J. Hennigan
Submissions from 2017
A Spreadsheet for Estimating Soil Water Characteristic Curves (SWCC), Ghada Ellithy
Submissions from 2016
Evaluating the Mechanisms of Erosion for Coarse-Grained Materials, Maureen K. Corcoran, Ghada Ellithy, Michael K. Sharp, and Johannes L. Wibowo
Drying-Induced Evaporation of Secondary Organic Aerosol during Summer, Marwa M.H. El-Sayed, Dziedzorm Amenumey, and Christopher J. Hennigan
Submissions from 2015
Comparison of Lock-in and Pulse-Phase Thermography for Defect Characterization in FRP Composites Applied to Concrete, Jeff Brown and Sai Harsha Chittineni
Direct Atmospheric Evidence for the Irreversible Formation Of Aqueous Secondary Organic Aerosol, Marwa M. El-Sayed, Yingqing Wang, and Christopher J. Hennigan
Submissions from 2011
Addressing Water Quality Issues in Rural Cameroon with Household Biosand Filters, Laine Klopfensten, Laura Petrasky, Valerie Winton, and Jeff Brown
Submissions from 2008
A Multiple-Objective Environmental Rationalization and Optimization for Material Substitution in the Production of Stone-Washed Jeans- Garments, Marwa M.H. El-Sayed, Nabil A. Ibrahim, Nabil M. Abdel Moneim, and Mohamed A. Ramadan
Submissions from 2007
Models of Interdisciplinary Research and Service Learning at Hope College, Aaron A. Best, Matthew DeJongh, Amanda J. Barton, Jeff R. Brown, and Christopher C. Barney
Heating Methods and Detection Limits for Infrared Thermography Inspection of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites, Jeff R. Brown and H. R. Hamilton
