News
Civil & Environmental Engineering News
Civil Engineering Student Features
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Engineers Without Borders
Spring 2026
Imagine putting your engineering knowledge to use to help people around the world all while building your leadership skills. At Nebraska, our student-run Engineers Without Borders-USA chapter works with the communities of Kianjavato, Madagascar to provide the community with lights in schools through renewable solar power and Zimba, Zambia to design and build a bridge between two communities.
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Engineering close to home: Labenz receives national ASCE honor
Spring 2026
When it comes to making an impact in the community, Braden Labenz is doing it one project at a time. The Columbus, Nebraska native was recently celebrated by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) as one of its New Faces of Civil Engineering for 2026 – an honor Labenz doesn’t take lightly.
“As an engineer, I’m not designing for strangers,” said Labenz, a transportation engineer and a 2022 graduate of the UNL College of Engineering. “I’m serving my neighbors, family and friends, and delivering infrastructure improvements to benefit their way of life.”
About
The Civil and Environmental Engineering program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) was originally established as the Department of Civil Engineering in 1877. Today, we lead the College of Engineering in extramural research funding and boast the highest percentage of endowed professors in the College of Engineering. Our degree programs are offered in both Lincoln and Omaha.
Civil engineering is a top-10 emerging career for college graduates, designing and building the infrastructure that keeps our society running.
Civil and Environmental Engineering Scholarship Application
The department's scholarship application is now open for the 2026-2027 academic year. Undergraduate and graduate students in civil and environmental engineering are encouraged to apply for departmental scholarships. Apply before November 7, 2025.