THAT THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING STARTED TO BE OFFERED AT THE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO IN 1974 AND THAT THE FIRST GRADUATING CLASS, FORMED BY 17 STUDENTS, OBTAINED THE DEGREE IN 1977?

THAT 2,383 STUDENTS HAVE OBTAINED A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING AT THE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO?

THAT THE 2005 GRADUATING CLASS OF OUR BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING PROGRAM WAS THE LARGEST WITH 150 STUDENTS AND THAT THE 1982 GRADUATING CLASS WAS THE SMALLEST WITH ONLY 10 STUDENTS?

THAT 57 STUDENTS GRADUATED FROM OUR BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING PROGRAM BETWEEN 1974 AND 1980, THAT 170 STUDENTS GRADUATED BETWEEN 1981 AND 1990, THAT 695 STUDENTS GRADUATED BETWEEN 1991 AND 2000, THAT 1,244 STUDENTS GRADUATED BETWEEN 2001 AND 2010, AND THAT 217 STUDENTS GRADUATED IN 2011 AND 2012?

THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS 2012-2013 ACADEMIC YEAR THERE WERE 673 STUDENTS REGISTERED IN OUR BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING PROGRAM

THAT SINCE 2003 THE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO GRANTS A MEDAL TO THE CIVIL ENGINEERING GRADUATE WITH THE HIGHEST GRADE POINT AVERAGE?

THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE RECEIVED THIS MEDAL ARE:

KATIA NAZARIO FERNÁNDEZ (2003)
ROXANA HERNÁNDEZ PASTRANA (2004)
JORGE J. ECHEANDÍA GONZÁLEZ (2005)
ALEJANDRO ABRAMS GONZÁLEZ (2006)
JOSUÉ M. RIVERA REYES (2007)
FRANCHESKA M. FIGUEROA VÉLEZ (2008)
RICHARD LIZARDI CHAPEL (2009)
VERÓNICA T. DE FREITAS NICHOLSON (2010)
FLORA M. COLOM ACOSTA (2011)
INÉS V. BRÁS SILVA (2012)
(A SPECIAL RECOGNITION WAS GIVEN IN 2005 TO ADOLFO I. AYUSO SAEZ FOR HIS ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE)

THAT SINCE 2006 THE INSTITUTE OF CIVIL ENGINEERS OF THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS OF PUERTO RICO GRANTS THE ENG. MAX FIGUEROA DOMÍNGUEZ MEDAL TO THE MOST OUTSTANDING CIVIL ENGINEERING GRADUATE WITH ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE?

THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE RECEIVED THIS MEDAL ARE:

ALEJANDRO ABRAMS GONZÁLEZ (2006)
JOSUÉ M. RIVERA REYES (2007)
FRANCHESKA M. FIGUEROA VELEZ (2008)
RICHARD LIZARDI CHAPEL (2009)
VERÓNICA T. DE FREITAS NICHOLSON (2010)
FLORA M. COLOM ACOSTA (2011)
JONATHAN HERRERA ROLDÁN (2012)

THAT ONLY SIX STUDENTS HAVE GRADUATED SUMMA CUM LAUDE FROM THE UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS OF OUR DEPARTMENT?

THEY HAVE BEEN:

JORGE J. ECHEANDÍA GONZÁLEZ (2005) (CIVIL ENGINEERING)
ADOLFO I. AYUSO SAEZ (2005) (CIVIL ENGINEERING)
FRANCHESKA M. FIGUEROA VÉLEZ (2008) (CIVIL ENGINEERING)
ALEJANDRO PINTO FLORES (2009) (ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING)
INÉS V. BRÁS SILVA (2012) (CIVIL ENGINEERING)
JONATHAN HERRERA ROLDÁN (2012) (CIVIL ENGINEERING)

THAT THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING STARTED TO BE OFFERED AT THE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO IN 1997 AND THAT THE FIRST GRADUATING CLASS, FORMED BY FIVE STUDENTS, OBTAINED THE DEGREE IN YEAR 2000?

THAT 214 STUDENTS HAVE OBTAINED A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AT THE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO?

THAT THE 2009 GRADUATING CLASS OF OUR BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM WAS THE LARGEST WITH 25 STUDENTS AND THAT THE 2001 CLASS WAS THE SMALLEST WITH ONLY FOUR STUDENTS?

THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS 2012-2013 ACADEMIC YEAR THERE WERE 145 STUDENTS REGISTERED IN OUR BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM?

THAT SINCE 2003 THE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO GRANTS A MEDAL TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING GRADUATE WITH THE HIGHEST GRADE POINT AVERAGE?

THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE RECEIVED THIS MEDAL ARE:

JUAN M. AMADOR GUTIÉRREZ (2003)
LOURDES M. MORALES CUEVAS (2004)
EDUARDO GONZÁLEZ EISENMANN (2005)
GISELLE BALAGUER DÁTIZ (2006)
KAREN A. DÍAZ RIVERA (2007)
MADELINE RIVERA FIGUEROA (2008)
ALEJANDRO PINTO FLORES (2009)
ELIZABETH ROSAS PÉREZ (2010)
DAMIÁN CUADRADO SÁNCHEZ (2011)
LUIS A. MÉNDEZ SANTOS (2012)

(A SPECIAL RECOGNITION WAS GIVEN IN 2008 TO ANNETTE M. FERNÁNDEZ ROSARIO FOR HER ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE)

THAT SINCE 2010 THE INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERS OF THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS OF PUERTO RICO GRANTS THE ENG. RAFAEL MIRANDA FRANCO MEDAL TO THE MOST OUTSTANDING ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING GRADUATE WITH ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE?

THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE RECEIVED THIS MEDAL ARE:


ELIZABETH ROSAS PÉREZ (2010)
DAMIÁN CUADRADO SÁNCHEZ (2011)
LUIS A. MÉNDEZ SANTOS (2012)

THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 2012-2013 ACADEMIC YEAR THERE WERE 87 STUDENTS REGISTERED IN THE MASTER PROGRAM OF CIVIL ENGINEERING OFFERED BY OUR DEPARTMENT?

THE SPECIALTY AREAS OF THE PROGRAM ARE:

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING, WATER RESOURCES AND WATER TREATMENT ENGINEERING, AND CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING.

THAT 80 STUDENTS HAVE GRADUATED FROM THE MASTER PROGRAM OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AT THE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO?

FORTY EIGHT (48) STUDENTS HAVE GRADUATED FROM THE STRUCTURAL ENGINNERING SPECIALTY AREA, NINETEEN (19) STUDENTS FROM THE WATER RESOURCES AND WATER TREATMENT SPECIALTY AREA, SEVEN (7) STUDENTS FROM THE GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING SPECIALTY AREA, AND SIX (6) STUDENTS FROM THE CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING SPECIALTY AREA.

THAT OUR BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING AND BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING PROGRAMS ARE ACCREDITED BY THE ACCREDITATION BOARD FOR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (A.B.E.T.)?

THAT IN THIS 2012-2013 ACADEMIC YEAR 21 FULL-TIME PROFESSORS AND 18 PART-TIME PROFESSORS COMPOSE THE FACULTY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING?

THAT 16 PROFESSORS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING HAVE DOCTORAL DEGREES AND THAT 25 PROFESSORS ARE LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS?

THAT TWELVE NATIONALITIES ARE REPRESENTED IN THE FACULTY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING?

IN ADDITION TO PUERTO RICO AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PROFESSORS FROM ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA, CUBA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, EL SALVADOR, PERU, SPAIN, AND SYRIA TEACH COURSES AT OUR DEPARTMENT.

THAT PROFESSORS BALHAN A. ALSAADI, GUSTAVO PACHECO CROSETTI, AND HÉCTOR CRUZADO VÉLEZ WERE DIRECTORSAND THAT PROFESSORS OMAIRA COLLAZOS ORDÓÑEZ AND ALBERTO GUZMÁN DE LA CRUZ WERE ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS OF OUR DEPARTMENT?

THAT THERE ARE SEVEN ACTIVE STUDENT CHAPTERS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING?

THE STUDENT CHAPTERS ARE:

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS
AMERICAN CONCRETE INSTITUTE
ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA
INSTITUTE OF CIVIL ENGINEERS OF THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS OF PUERTO RICO
INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS
WATER ENVIRONMENT FEDERATION / AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION
INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERS OF THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS OF PUERTO RICO / INTER AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SANITARY ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

THAT SIX PROFESSORS COORDINATE THE LABORATORIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING?

THE PROFESSORS ARE:

- OMAIRA COLLAZOS ORDÓÑEZ (GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY)
- ALBERTO GUZMÁN DE LA CRUZ (SIMULATIONS LABORATORY)
- ROGER MALAVER MUÑOZ (ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY)
- ROBERTO MARTE DE LA MOTA (CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS LABORATORY)
- GUSTAVO PACHECO CROSETTI (MECHANICS OF MATERIALS AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY)
- AMADO VÉLEZ GALLEGO (TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING LABORATORY)

THAT SIX PROFESSORS COORDINATE THE SPECIALTY AREAS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING?

THE PROFESSORS ARE:

- DHARMA DELGADO LOPERENA (CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING)
- ROBERTO MARTE DE LA MOTA (STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING)
- JOSÉ A. MARTÍNEZ GÁMEZ (GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING)
- WILMA TORRES GAVINO (CAD AND DESIGN)
- AMADO VÉLEZ GALLEGO (TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING)
- CHRISTIAN VILLALTA CALDERÓN (ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AND WATER RESOURCES)

THAT SIX PROFESSORS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING ARE ALSO STUDENT MENTORS?

FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS:

PHILIPPE BEAUCHAMP OLIVERAS
EDILBERTO OCASIO ROSADO
JORGE RODRÍGUEZ GOTAY
RODOLFO TARDY GARCIA
REINALDO TORRES RIVERA

FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS:

CHRISTIAN VILLALTA CALDERÓN

THAT THE OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING IS COORDINATED BY FIVE PROFESSORS?

THE PROFESSORS ARE:

- JOSÉ BORRAGEROS LEZAMA
- OMAIRA COLLAZOS ORDÓÑEZ
- JOSÉ A. MARTÍNEZ GÁMEZ
- ALUISIO PIMENTA OLIVEIRA
- AMADO VÉLEZ GALLEGO

THAT THE 2012-2013 HONOR ROLL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING HAS 64 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WHO HAVE APPROVED AT LEAST 80 CREDIT HOURS (AT LEAST 50 OF THOSE CREDIT HOURS MUST HAVE BEEN TAKEN AT THE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO) AND HAVE A GRADE POINT AVERAGE OF 3.25 OR MORE?

THAT SINCE 2008 THE JUAN RAMÓN ORTIZ ORTIZ SCHOLARSHIP HAS BEEN CONFERRED ANNUALLY TO A STUDENT SELECTED FROM THE HONOR ROLL OF OUR DEPARTMENT?

THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE RECEIVED THIS SCHOLARSHIP ARE:

KENNETH X. VÉLEZ RODRÍGUEZ (2008) (CIVIL ENGINEERING)
CARINA LÓPEZ CABRERA (2009) (ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING)
LINA E. MALDONADO DÍAZ (2010) (CIVIL ENGINEERING)
JONATHAN HERRERA ROLDÁN (2011) (CIVIL ENGINEERING)
JACKELINE RIVERA SÁNCHEZ (2012) (CIVIL ENGINEERING)

THAT SIX STUDENTS PARTICIPATE DURING THIS 2012-2013 ACADEMIC YEAR IN THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OF TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE INSPECTION?

THE STUDENTS ARE:

JUAN A. ECHEGARAY ROMERO (B.S. IN CIVIL ENGINEERING)
EDWIN FREIRE BURGOS (B.S. IN CIVIL ENGINEERING)
EDNA N. GÓMEZ ROSARIO (B.S. IN CIVIL ENGINEERING)
SILVIO MARTÍNEZ JEREZ (B.S. IN CIVIL ENGINEERING)
CARLOS MATEO ORTIZ (MASTER IN MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING)
JORGE I. REYES ORTIZ (MASTER IN CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING)

THIS PROGRAM IS A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE OF PROFESSORS GUSTAVO PACHECO CROSETTI AND AMADO VÉLEZ GALLEGO, WHO, TOGETHER WITH PROFESSOR JOSÉ BORRAGEROS LEZAMA, ACT AS ACADEMIC MENTORS OF THE PROGRAM.