Research in Civil and Environmental Engineering is centered in recognized laboratories of the department. They are:

A. The Environmental Engineering Research (EER) Group of Temple University conducts cutting-edge basic and applied environmental engineering research to address current and future demands of society for a better and sustainable environment. Currently, we are engaged in integrated research on a variety of issues that collectively address the revitalization of communities impacted by acid mine drainage (AMD) problems. These include: B. The Environmental Fluid Mechanics Group concentrates on the application of models to areas of environmental hydrology. Started in mid-2000 under the guidance of Dr. Michel Boufadel and since then have steadily grown and now process a state of the art laboratory with numerous facilities and have borne to fruition many research endeavors. Their primary goal is to understand certain aspects of our complex natural world and develop models to predict their behavior towards the benefit of both mankind and nature as we attempt to coexist. Some of our current and past keynote research includes:

• The study of the effects of stream geomorphology on the dispersion of solutes
• The study of the effectiveness of dispersants on oceanic oil spills
• Multifractal modeling of the heterogeneous subsurface
• Seepage face studies in variably saturated soils
• Flood plain analysis of a watershed in the Philadelphia region