Departmental Unit № 1
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering
100% Full Funding Guaranteed (5 Years)
Funding Package: Full tuition fellowship + 12-month living stipend (~$34,000/yr) + health insurance guaranteed for 5 years through graduate assistantships.
Fall Priority Deadline: January 15
GRE Policy: Not required / Optional
English Minimums: TOEFL iBT 90 minimum or IELTS 7.0 minimum
MS in Environmental Engineering
Research Track Assistantships Available
Funding Reality: Thesis MS students can receive funding if matched with a funded PI.
Application Deadline: January 15
Admissions Advisory: If full funding is required and MS is self-funded, students are strongly advised to apply directly to the PhD track.
Vetted Matched Scholars (1 Profiles)
Prof. Huichun (Peggy) Zhang
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
In Plain Terms · What This Scholar Does:
She uses laboratory chemistry and computer machine learning to predict how toxic chemical waste breaks down in water, inventing new chemical ways to purify water supplies.
Core Research Topics: Environmental aquatic chemistry, emerging pollutants, chemical oxidation kinetics, machine learning for contaminant transformation, wet-lab water analysis.
Recent 2024–2026 Works & Grants: Directs active environmental chemistry wet-lab. Combines high-resolution analytical spectrometry with machine learning (QSAR models) to predict how pharmaceutical contaminants and toxic industrial chemicals break down in water treatment plants.
Laboratory Instruments & Methods: HPLC-MS, UV-vis spectrophotometry, chemical reaction kinetics, machine learning regression models in Python, wet-lab water testing.
Recruiting Context: Directs prominent aquatic chemistry laboratory with continuous NSF support.
Candidate Match:
Environmental PollutionLab Water TestingWater QualityEnvironmental ChemistryPython
Tailored Cold-Email Opening Hook:
"Highlighting your laboratory water testing and chemical titration experience, expressing strong interest in her research on contaminant transformation kinetics and machine learning in aquatic chemistry."