Civil and Environmental Engineering M.S. Handbook

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Program Overview

The Graduate field of Civil and Environmental Engineering is an interdisciplinary program that covers an extensive field bound within the context of public works and service. The research conducted in CEE benefits the public good and is at the cutting edge of technological and scientific developments.

The field of Civil and Environmental Engineering is composed of six research concentrations that have established standards and expectations to ensure that graduate students in the field have a comparable and equitable graduate education experience.

The six concentrations areas are:

 

  • Complex Systems Engineering

    Complex Systems Engineering investigates how systems-level behavior emerges from interactions among components in both engineered and natural systems. This interdisciplinary field combines mathematical modeling, nonlinear dynamics, data science, numerical simulation, optimization, and stochastic processes with domain-specific knowledge grounded in physical, chemical, and biological principles. Research in this area spans a wide range of applications, including cyber-physical systems, microbial communities, renewable energy, synthetic biology, transportation systems, infrastructure, and power networks.

  • Environmental Processes

    Environmental Processes is concerned with the protection and management of the quality of the environment for the benefit of society. The field emphasizes biological, chemical, and physical phenomena and engineering principles; laboratory and computational skills; and their application to the analysis of relevant problems. The field focuses on advancing fundamental knowledge and developing sustainable technologies that can contribute to the paradigm shifts needed to face the most urgent environmental challenges facing human societies.

  • Environmental Fluid Mechanics

    Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology involves the study of fluid mechanics of the environment and the associated application to hydraulics, hydrology, coastal oceanography, and meteorology as related to the wet earth and atmosphere. Research in this area includes: air-sea interaction; hydrodynamics and sediment transport; wave-structure interactions; numerical modeling of tsunami generation; remote sensing techniques for sea states; water properties and seafloor characterization.

  • Environmental and Water Resources Systems Engineering

    Environmental and Water Resources Systems Engineering addresses the development and application of scientific principles, economic theory, and mathematical techniques to the management and planning of public infrastructure and environmental and water resource systems. Research in this field include evaluation of engineering projects, contaminant modeling and remediation optimization, statistical analysis of hydrologic processes, water supply systems management, risk analysis, ecological systems management, sustainable development and computer graphics-oriented decision support systems.

  • Structural Engineering

    Structural Engineering concentrates its considerable expertise in materials, computational and probabilistic mechanics, structural health monitoring, and high performance computing to model, analyze, simulate, and design complex systems that are characterized by multi-physics processes that transcend several time and length scales. The group also seeks to establish a reciprocal relationship between experimentation and computing by utilizing physical experiments to observe behavior phenomena, to measure properties and mechanisms, and to validate computational models.

  • Transportation Systems Engineering

    Transportation Systems Engineering embraces policy, planning, design, and evaluation of transport systems and the relationships among transport supply and demand, land use, and regional development. The approach is multimodal and systems oriented; it emphasizes the use of quantitative and analytical techniques of operations research and economics. Research in the field consists of automated traveler information systems, freight transportation and security concerns, transportation of hazardous materials, and air quality issues in urban transportation.

Satisfactory Academic Progress in Academic Standing

The Code of Legislation outlines the core policies governing graduate education at Cornell. This handbook complements the Code of Legislation and Graduate School policies by offering additional academic guidance specific to students in the graduate field of Civil and Environmental Engineering. 

To remain in good standing and demonstrate satisfactory academic progress, students must meet the academic requirements as outlined in the Code of Legislation, CEE field handbook, and by the committee chair and special committee. These layers of governance work together to provide oversight and support for academic progress, while the policies help clarify and establish mutual expectations for achieving degree progress. To make satisfactory academic progress and remain in good academic standing in the Civil and Environmental Engineering program, students must [at minimum]:

  • Maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75
  • Receive a rating of ‘Satisfactory’ or ‘Excellent’ on their Student Progress Review (SPR).
  • Make timely progress toward degree requirements, including:
    • Completing required coursework.
    • Forming a special committee.
    • Fully passing the field exam (M-Exam)
    • Meeting all field-specific requirements as outlined in this handbook.

Students are encouraged to work closely with their special committee and the director of graduate studies (DGS) to stay on track and to communicate early about any delays or challenges. Failure to meet these expectations means that a student is not making satisfactory academic progress and is deemed not in good academic standing, which may impact continued enrollment in their degree program.

Road Map to the M.S. Degree

CEE M.S. students must meet a combination of Graduate School milestones and field specific requirements to be positioned to earn the M.S. degree. As the M.S. degree is a research degree that culminates in a thesis, the academic degree program will be greatly informed by the thesis research project as well as by the committee chair, special committee, and the concentration.  

Below is a list of general requirements CEE M.S. Students are required to meet to be eligible to sit for the Defense of Masters Thesis (M-Exam). 

  • Designate Committee Chair (by 3rd Week of First Semester)
  • Complete Responsible Conduct of Research Training (RCR) (by end of 2nd Semester)
  • Create and Link Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) (by end of 2nd Semester)
  • Complete Annual Student Progress Review (SPR) (Yearly 1st Year to Completion)
  • Appoint Full Special Committee (by end of 2nd Semester)
  • A minimum of 12 credits of graded graduate level coursework (5000-level and above) is strongly encouraged
  • Master’s Thesis (before 8th Semester)
  • Defense of Masters Thesis (M-Exam) (before 8th Semester) 

The Graduate School’s Code of Legislation sets the policies and procedures for research degree programs. 

Learning Goals

Proficiencies  

  • Make an original and substantial contribution to the discipline
    • Think originally and independently to develop concepts and methodologies
    • Identify new research opportunities within one’s field
  • Demonstrate advanced research skills
    • Synthesize existing knowledge, identifying and accessing appropriate resources and other sources of relevant information and critically analyzing and evaluating one’s own findings and those of others
    • Master application of existing research methodologies, techniques, and technical skills
    • Communicate in a style appropriate to the discipline
  • Demonstrate commitment to advancing the values of scholarship
    • Keep abreast of current advances within one’s field and related areas
    • Show commitment to personal professional development through engagement in professional societies, publication, and other knowledge transfer modes
    • Show a commitment to creating an environment that supports learning—through teaching, collaborative inquiry, mentoring, or demonstration
  • Demonstrate professional skills
    • Advance ethical standards in the discipline
    • Listen, give, and receive feedback effectively

Aspirational Goals 

Cornell University and the Graduate Field of Civil and Environmental Engineering have expectations of Cornell graduates that defy explicit measurement scales. These aspirational goals are intended to encourage growth and development but do not necessarily lend themselves to assessment as readily as the learning proficiencies. 

  • Be a researcher and scholar in their field of expertise
  • Effectively engage in one’s broader community through various forms of outreach
  • Explore interconnections
    • Focus on plural contexts and cultures
    • Respect research in other areas
    • Understand and articulate the impact of research on society

Required Training

All research degree students are required to complete responsible conduct of research training (RCR). The training covers authorship, peer review, and avoidance and consequences of research misconduct. This

training must be completed before the end of the second semester. Students conducting research in a lab setting are required to complete lab safety, equipment, and other relevant training. Students should speak with their committee chair to ensure they complete all required training.

Special Committees 

Per the Code of Legislation, M.S. students must designate a Special Committee Chair no later than the third week of the first semester (via Student Center). M.S. students must have their full Special Committee composed of at least two members (1 chair, 1 minor member) by the end of the second semester. 

CEE Special committees ordinarily consist of a minor member either representing a concentration different from the one represented by the Committee Chair or from a field external to that of CEE.  Students can elect to have more than the minimum number of members on the Special Committee. Minor concentrations are represented by the minor committee members.  The requirements for the minor will vary based on the concentration and/or faculty member. 

Students may make changes to their Special Committee with the approval of all continuing and new committee members. Changes may be made at any time up to three months prior to the Masters Thesis Defense (M-exam) in which case special approval is required. A reconstituted Special Committee is not obliged to accept prior commitments made to a candidate or exam results. 

If a chair or committee member steps down, students must find a replacement within expected timeframes outlined in the Code of Legislation of the Graduate Faculty to remain in good standing. Students may not remain registered in the Graduate School if they fail to reconstitute a committee. If a student is unable to find a new chair within the required timeframes, they will be withdrawn from the Graduate School.

Addressing Conflict 

If you are experiencing an ongoing conflict with your committee chair please contact the Director of Graduate Studies (DGS) to explore possible avenues of resolution.  The Code of Legislation Conflict Resolution (Section VII) provides additional resources.  

A M.S. student’s degree programs are tied to the committee chair. Major changes to the committee may have academic implications and affect funding plans.   

Registration Requirements 

M.S. students’ progress toward the degree is determined by the quality of work completed as well as the length of time in pursuit of the degree. M.S. students are required to have a minimum of two full-time registered semesters. The summer term does not count toward the registration requirement. M.S. students are required to complete half of the required registered semester in residency on the Ithaca campus. More information can be found in the Code of Legislation. 

Field Exams (Research Students) 

All M.S. students need to take one exam the Defense of Masters Thesis (M-Exam). 

The Defense of Masters Thesis (M-Exam) 

The Defense of the Masters Thesis (M- Exam) is required of all masters students and is an oral defense of the thesis.  The exam should be taken upon completion of all requirements for the degree, but no earlier than one month before completion of the minimum registration requirement. 

The possible outcomes of the M-exam are pass, conditional pass, or fail. If a student receives a conditional pass, the student will receive a timeline of necessary steps that they must address to fulfill the terms of the conditional pass.  

The exam schedule must be submitted a minimum of 10 days in advance of the exam (online form.) The  M-Exam must be announced to the CEE community, send your title, abstract, and a headshot to the GFA 10 days prior to the exam for the announcement. The results of the examination (an online form) must be submitted to the Graduate School within three business days following the exam. Refer to the Exam Guide for exam specifics.

Student Progress Review (SPR)

The Student Progress Review (SPR) supports regular communication including written feedback between students and their advisors, requiring research degree students and their Special Committee to have at least one formal conversation each year about academic progress, accomplishments, and plans. Students complete a form describing milestones completed, accomplishments, challenges and plans. The Special Committee chair responds in writing and indicates whether the student’s progress is excellent, satisfactory, needs improvement, or is unsatisfactory. Students normally complete the SPR in late-fall, having the advisor review process completed prior to the start of the Spring semester. First-year students also complete the SPR as a baseline for data and goal planning.

Student Status 

In Absentia Status 

Student conducting approved research or study 100 miles or more away from the Ithaca campus while still under the guidance of the special committee must petition for in absentia status. In-absentia is granted for academically related purposes. Submit an In Absentia Petition with a study plan approved by the special committee outlining how progress toward the research degree requirements will continue. In-absentia petitions are due by November 1 for the Spring Semester and by June 15 for the Fall Semester.  After the deadline request are processed on a rolling basis. 

In absentia status will not be approved for reasons related to immigration or finances. While in approved in absentia status you may not take classes or engage in research at another Cornell location. 

Leave of Absence 

A leave of absence provides student time away from academic study and can be for personal or health-related reasons. 

Personal Leave of Absence  

Students may find it necessary to suspend their studies due to address personal matters. The Graduate School Personal Leave of Absence explains the leave. Students must petition for a leave of absence by completing a Graduate School Leave of Absence form.  To rejoin from a leave of absence, students must satisfy the conditions established at the time the leave was granted. Students must renew their leave before it expires, or they will be withdrawn from the University. 

Health Leave of Absence (HLOA) 

Health leaves are medical and mental health-related leaves to permit a student to address barriers to their academic success and personal safety. Health leaves are requested through the Health Leave Coordinator at Cornell Health (healthleaves@cornell.edu). Although circumstances may vary, such leaves are generally granted for one full academic year with the understanding that the leave may be extended. Students work with Cornell Health when they are ready to return from the leave. More information can be found on the Graduate School Policies Health Leave of Absence page.   

Courses 

The field of Civil and Environmental Engineering strongly encourages MS student to complete 12 credits of graded graduate level coursework (5000 and above) by degree completion.  The field of CEE core course requirements consists of two semesters of CEE 5025 Civil and Environmental Engineering Seminar for First-Year Research Student.  Additional coursework is established by the concentration, their committee chair, and their special committee.

Audits: It is imperative that students check with course instructors before auditing a course to fully understand expectations and requirements. 

Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology (EFMH), M.S. & Ph.D. 

Course requirements are selected and approved by student’s committee chair and special committee. Availability of approved electives varies each semester. 

EFMH Core Courses (recommended) 

  • MAE 6010 Fluid Mechanics
  • MAE 6310 Turbulence
  • CEE 6550 Transport and Mixing in the Environment
  • CEE 6000 Advanced Numerical Methods for Engineers
  • CEE 6330 Physical hydrology in the built and natural environments
  • CEE 6370 Experimental Fluid Mechanics

EFMH Elective Courses 

  • CEE 6300 Spectral Methods for Incompressible Environmental Flows
  • CEE 6305 Special Topics in Hydraulics and Hydrology: Boundary Layer Meteorology and Urban Climates
  • CEE 6360 Environmental Fluid Mechanics
  • CEE 7360 Turbulence and Mixing in Environmental Stratified Flows  

Environmental Processes (EP), M.S. & Ph.D.

The Environmental Processes (EP) faculty recommends that students select courses from among the following “core courses” and “elective courses”. The “core courses” are typically offered every academic year and the “elective courses” are offered less frequently. The committee chair can provide ideas on dozens of other relevant courses offered across the Cornell campus. 

EP Core Courses 

  • CEE 6420 Energy Technologies and Subsurface Resources (Spring semester)
  • CEE 6560 Physical/Chemical Processes (Fall semester)
  • CEE 6530 Water Chemistry (Fall semester)
  • CEE 6565 Waste Water Processes and Resources Recovery (Fall semester)
  • CEE 6570 Biological Processes (Spring semester – status of course is unclear as of AY21/22)
  • CEE 5510 Microbiology for Environmental Engineering (Fall semester)

EP Elective Courses 

  • CEE 6005-105 Noise in Biology & Environmental Sciences
  • CEE 6XXX Stochastic Modeling of Complex Systems
  • CEE 6580 Biodegradation and Biocatalysis
  • CEE 6585 Biogeochemical Reaction Modeling
  • CEE 6590 Environmental Organic Chemistry 

Other Relevant Courses 

  • BEE 6310 Multivariate Statistics for Environmental Applications
  • CEE 6320 Hydrology
  • CEE 6970 Risk Analysis and Management
  • CEE 6550 Transport, Mixing, and Transformation in the Environment
  • CEE 6660 Multiobjective Systems Engineering Under Uncertainty
  • CEE 5930 Data Analytics

Environmental and Water Resource Systems Engineering (EWRS), M.S. & Ph.D. 

This list is not meant to preclude additional electives that can be approved by a student’s graduate advisor or committee member in EWRS.

EWRS Elective Courses 

  • CEE 5200 Economics of the Energy Transition
  • CEE 5240 Model Based Systems Engineering
  • CEE 5252 Systems Analysis Behavior and Optimization
  • CEE 5735/6736 Mathematical Modeling of Natural and Engineered Systems
  • CEE 5745 Inverse Problems: Theory and Applications
  • CEE 5795 Sensors for the Built and Natural Environments
  • CEE 5820 Global Food, Energy, and Water Nexus
  • CEE 5930 Data Analytics
  • CEE 5970 Risk Analysis and Management
  • CEE 5980 Decision Framing and Analytics
  • CEE 6000 Advanced Numerical Methods for Engineers
  • CEE 6100 Remote Sensing Fundamentals
  • CEE 6XXX Stochastic Modeling of Complex Systems
  • CEE 6200 Water-Resources Systems Engineering
  • CEE 6330 Physical Hydrology in the Built and Natural Environment
  • CEE 6550 Transport and Mixing in the Environment
  • CEE 6665 Modeling and Optimization for Smart Infrastructure Systems
  • CEE 6660 Multiobjective Systems Engineering Under Uncertainty
  • CEE 6770 Natural Hazards, Reliability, and Insurance
  • CEE 6790 Time Series Data Analysis for Civil, Mechanical and Geophysical Applications
  • CEE 6800 Engineering Smart Cities
  • CEE 6880 Applied Modeling and Simulation for Renewable Systems
  • CEE 6930 Public Systems Modeling
  • BEE 6110 Hydrologic Engineering in a Changing Climate
  • BEE 6310 Multivariate Statistics for Environmental Applications
  • SYSEN 6000 Foundations of Complex Systems
  • SYSEN 5888 Deep Learning
  • ORIE 5300 Optimization I
  • ORIE 5310 Optimization II
  • ORIE 5510 Introduction to Stochastic Processes
  • CS 5780 Introduction to Machine Learning
  • CS 5786 Machine Learning for Data Science
  • CS 5789 Introduction to Reinforcement Learning
  • Structural Engineering, M.S./Ph.D. & Ph.D. 

Course requirements are selected and approved by each student’s advisor and special committee. Typical advisor approved electives will depend on availability in each given semester: 

Structural Elective Courses 

Fall 
  • CEE 5735/CEE 6736: Mathematical Modeling of Natural & Engineered Systems
  • CEE 5950: Construction Planning and Operations
  • CEE 6000: Numerical Methods for Engineers
  • CEE 6720: Introduction to Finite Element Method
  • CEE 6730: Design of Concrete Structures
  • CEE 6770: Natural Hazards, Reliability, and Insurance
  • CEE 6790: Time Series Data Analysis
  • CEE 7710: Stochastic Problems Engineering and Science
  • MAE 5700: Finite Element Analysis for Mechanical and Aerospace Design
  • MAE  6110: Foundations of Solid Mechanics
  • MAE  6010: Foundations of Fluid Mechanics
  • MAE  6130: Mechanics of Composite Structures
  • MAE  6730: Intermediate Dynamics and Vibrations
  • MAE  5010: Future Energy Systems
  • MAE  6810: Methods of Applied Mathematics 
  • ICS 6210: Numerical Analysis and Differential Equations
Spring
  • BME 5810: Soft Tissue Biomechanics
  • CEE 5745/CEE 6745 Inverse Problems: Theory and Applications
  • CEE 5795: Sensors for the Built and Natural Environments
  • CEE 6725: 3D Printing Parts that Don’t Break
  • CEE 6750: Concrete Materials and Construction
  • CEE 6780: Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
  • CEE 7740: Advanced Structural Concrete
  • CS 6220: Introduction to Scientific Computation
  • MAE  5130: Mechanical Properties of Thin Films
  • MAE  5790: Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos
  • MAE  6120: Foundations of Solid Mechanics II
  • MAE  6160: Advanced Composite Materials
  • MAE  6640: Mechanics of Bone
  • MAE 6780: Methods of Applied Mathematics 
  • IIMSE 6020: Elasticity, Plasticity, and Fracture
  • TAM  6680: Elastic Waves in Solids with Applications
  • Transportation Systems Engineering, M.S. & Ph.D. 

Transportation Systems Engineering Core Courses (required) 

  • CEE 6620 Analysis and Control of Transportation Systems and Networks
  • CEE 6640 Microeconometrics of Discrete Choice                                     

Transportation Systems Engineering Core Courses (recommended) 

  • CEE 6648 Sustainable Transportation Systems Design
  • CEE 5930 Data Analytics                                                                         

Transportation Systems Engineering Elective Courses 

  • CRP 5040 Urban Economics
  • CRP 5080 Intro to Geographic Information Systems
  • CRP 5170 Economic Development
  • CRP 5190 Urban Theory and Spatial Development
  • CRP 5520 Land Use Planning
  • CRP 5840 Green Cities
  • CRP 6090 Urban and Regional Theory
  • CRP 6860 Planning for Sustainable Transportation
  • CEE 5290 Heuristic Methods for Optimization
  • CEE 5900 Project Management
  • CEE 5970 Risk Analysis and Management
  • CEE 6620 Analysis and Control of Transportation Systems and Networks
  • CEE 6640 Microeconometrics of Discrete Choice
  • CEE 6665 Modeling and Optimization for Smart Infrastructure Systems
  • CEE 6930 Public Systems Modeling
  • ECON 5540 Economics of Regulation
  • ECON 6090 Microeconomic Theory
  • AEM 6170 Decision Models for Small & Large Businesses
  • AEM 6320 Public Private Sector Economics Linkages
  • AEM 6330 Devolution, Privatization, & the New Public Management
  • ORIE 5300 Optimization I
  • ORIE 5310 Optimization II
  • ORIE 5510 Introduction to Stochastic Processes
  • ORIE 6580 Simulation Modeling & Analysis
  • NBA 6410 Supply Chain Management 

Academic Integrity and Plagiarism 

Integrity is expected of every Cornell student in all academic undertakings. Integrity entails a firm adherence to values essential to an academic community, including honesty with respect to the intellectual efforts of oneself and others. To become better acquainted with academic integrity responsibilities, each student should review Cornell Code of Academic Integrity.  

Code of Conduct and Community Standards  

The standards set by the University are intended to preserve a higher education community and residential campus where ‘any person’ in the community can pursue their education in a secure and nourishing environment. Cornell students are subject to the Student Code of Conduct and Community Standards. 

Title IX Policy  

The Office of Institutional Equity and Title IX (OIETIX) promotes and ensures equal opportunity and access to enable all members of the Cornell community to succeed and thrive. OIETIX prevents and addresses bias incidents, sexual and related misconduct, discrimination, and protected-status harassment through data collection and analysis, incident response and resolution, and training and education.   

Through Cornell University Policy 6.4, “Prohibited Bias, Discrimination, Harassment, and Sexual and Related Misconduct,” and the applicable procedures, the University provides means to address bias, discrimination, harassment, and sexual and related misconduct. Through Cornell University Policy 6.3, “Consensual Relationships,” OIETIX strives to protect the integrity of students’ and postgraduates’ university experience, with the freedom to pursue academic, training, research, and professional interests in an environment without preferential or unfair treatment, discrimination, harassment, bias, or coercion. 

For sexual and related misconduct report the incident through the following options: 

The University strongly supports a complainant’s desire for confidentiality. However, students should be aware that disclosures of gender-based harassment, sexual harassment, sexual assault, domestic and dating violence, stalking, sexual exploitation, or other forms of sexual and related misconduct to a staff or faculty member will be reported, as required by Cornell Policy 6.4, to the Title IX Coordinator. All Cornell offices and employees who cannot guarantee confidentiality will maintain your privacy to the greatest extent possible. The information you provide to a non-confidential resource will be relayed only as necessary for the Title IX Coordinator to investigate and/or seek a resolution. The Title IX Coordinators will maintain privacy to the greatest extent possible but are not confidential resources.  

For confidential help, please see the list of confidential resources. 

Accountability and Due Process

All field policies will be enforced consistently across students and timeframes. A master’s student is expected to design, execute, and manage an independent research agenda and meet their academic milestones in a timely manner. If a student is not meeting expectations, their special committee chair and/ or the director of graduate studies (DGS) will provide timely written notice outlining the issues, outcomes, or potential consequences, including: 

  • Written notice of a lack of academic progress or loss of academic standing (separate, and in addition to, the SPR).
  • A clear explanation of the concerns and specific expectations for improvement.
  • A reasonable timeline and opportunity to meet expectations before any adverse action.
  • An opportunity to meet with the DGS to discuss the concern and plan for improvement. 

If a student fails to meet the conditions of that plan, the special committee in collaboration with the field DGS will consult with the Graduate School to review the case and determine next steps. This can include academic withdrawal from their degree program and the Graduate School.

Field-based Orientation

Fall Orientation for M.Eng., M.S., and Ph.D. students normally takes place within seven calendar days before classes begin in August.

Miscellaneous and Essential

Lab Safety Training

  • You will need to have Lab Safety Trainings before you can receive keycard access to a lab space.
  • Trainings can be found on CULearn
  • The following trainings are required for all Cornell lab workers:
    • COE 110 – Vertére Chemical Inventory Training
    • EHS Laboratory Safety (#2555)
    • EHS Chemical Waste Disposal (#2716)
  • The following trainings are required based on the specific chemicals or equipment in the lab:
    • EHS Corrosive Chemical Safety (#3835)
    • EHS Cleaning up Small Lab Spills (#2394)
    • EHS Radiation Safety Sealed Source (#5325)
    • EHS Laser Safety (#2397)
    • EHS Personal Protective Equipment General (#2347)
  • Once you have completed all necessary trainings:
    • Send your Cornell ID number and the lab name / room number to the Facilities Coordinator at pjc32@cornell.edu to be granted access.

For questions about lab trainings, contact the Facilities Coordinator / Instructional Support, 607-255-1041.

For Bovay Lab safety information, contact the Manager of Technical Services, 607-255-4078.

Lab Manuals

Bovay Lab Manuals
EP Lab Manuals: Available upon request of lab head.

Building Security and Keys

Keycard Access

  • Contact the Facilities Coordinator at 607-255-1041.
  • Provide the room number(s), your Cornell ID number, and an end date for access.
  • For access to the Bovay Lab, contact the Manager of Technical Services, 607-255-4078.

Temporary Keycards

  • Temporary keycards are available for any member of the CEE Community who has reserved a CEE managed space in Hollister Hall (166, 167, 201, 202, 208, or 366).
  • Please contact the front desk / events and main office coordinator to reserve a space civil_env_eng@cornell.edu or 607-255-2542.
  • Indicate the date, time, duration, number of people, and meeting title/purpose.
  • Sign out a keycard in the Main Office and return it as soon as your event is over.
  • Temporary keycards can be returned after office hours in the open mail slot outside of 220 Hollister Hall.

Physical Keys

  • If you are assigned an office space in Hollister Hall, keys are available to be signed out.
  • Once you are assigned an office space, read and complete the Key Request Form.
  • When the form is received, a key will be pulled and you will be contacted when it is available for pick-up.
  • If you have any questions, contact the front desk / events and main office coordinator at civil_env_eng@cornell.edu or 607-255-2542.

Forms

Photocopying and Supplies

Photocopying for Courses and Labs

There are two large copiers in the Main Office that can be used, during office hours, for TA’s and RA’s of CEE courses and labs.

If you need copies made for you, details can be provided in person via the Copy Request Form (available in the Main Office) or via email.

  • Please leave ample time for your request to be completed.

Copy Paper

CEE’s main office has copy paper available to refill your Hollister Hall office printers. Please stop by the office to pick it up or contact the Front Desk / Events and Main Office Coordinator at civil_env_eng@cornell.edu, 607-255-3438 / 607-255-2542.

Printer Ink/Toner
CEE’s main office can order replacement ink/toner for your Hollister Hall office printers.

  • Please provide the following information to civil_env_eng@cornell.edu:
    • Office #
    • Information on cartridge(s). Ex. HP 78A or Canon 251 & 250XL)

Print a Poster

We have a plotter in the main office (up to 42” matte and glossy), costing $6/linear foot.

For questions about photocopying or supplies, contact the Front Desk / Events and Main Office Coordinator civil_env_eng@cornell.edu, 607-255-3438 / 607-255-2542

Field Trips

If you or your group are interested in planning a field trip would need to:

  • Provide CEE’s Director of Administration with a budget, expected participants, and purpose for the trip.
  • Then work with the CEE Accounts Representative, who will facilitate the risk waivers and any other details, such as renting a fleet vehicle etc. 
  • All attendees for any off-campus activities must sign a Hold Harmless Form / Trip Release Agreement for the event.
    • Email risk_mgmt@cornell.edu at Cornell Risk Management to request a specific Hold Harmless form for the event, providing the below info:
      • University Department sponsoring the trip
      • Name of the conference / competition
      • Dates of the trip
      • Trip location
      • Transportation and lodging arrangements
      • Conference itinerary