Nathan M. Newmark Distinguished Faculty Office

Few stories of academic history are as compelling as that of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The faculty and students who have passed through the CEE department at Illinois throughout its long history have shaped the nation, defined the future of the profession and made Illinois synonymous with great civil and environmental engineering. The era of the mid-20th century in particular has been called the Golden Era of CEE, when Nathan M. Newmark served as Head. During those decades, top engineering minds from around the world converged on Champaign-Urbana, drawn by its already impressive reputation and to the stellar research and teaching faculty Newmark was assembling. The resulting connections and collaborations led to unprecedented advances in science and engineering. It was largely this epoch that forged the world-class reputation the department enjoys today. Newmark’s individual contributions to the field of structural engineering led to a long list of honors and a reputation as one of the most influential figures in American civil engineering history. Fully funded.