Vision for Civil and Environmental Engineering Departments in the 21st Century

A vision for modern Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) program in the twenty first century has been reported with regard to the low enrollment ratio of students in many US universities. The civil and environmental engineering needs a change in name as many universities have changed name from electrical to electrical and computer engineering and chemical to chemical and bimolecular engineering. Civil infrastructure needs to take care of the civil engineering as US Senate has also passed the National Infrastructure Improvement Act to create the National Commission on the infrastructure of the United States. Successful creation of sustainable infrastructure systems requires a holistic, integrated, and multidisciplinary approach as well as employing established technologies such as optimization with more recent development such as life-cycle cost optimization. Importance of civil engineering should be highlighted with advanced infrastructure and leadership skills.