SELECT FACULTY AND STAFF

Ms. Casie Kopecky

Office Administrator

110 Rowan Hall

Dr. Douglas Cleary, PE

ASCE Advisor

Undergraduate Program

Coordinator

Dr. Kauser Jahan, PE

Head and Professor

113 Rowan Hall

Dr. Yusuf Mehta, PE

Graduate Program Coordinator

CREATEs Director

EWB Advisor

Dr. Adriana Trias Blanco

MEETS Advisor

SHPE

ROWAN UNIVERSITY RESOURCES

Wellness Center Healthy Campus Initiatives (HCI)

Rec Center Campbell Library

370 Professional Student Clubs

The SHOP Writing Center

Flying First Office of Career Advancement

Dr. Sarah Bauer, EIT

SWE Advisor

MORE Co-Advisor

Rowan University Civil & Environmental Engineering

Building a

Resilient

Inclusive, &

Diverse

Graduate

Environment

The CEE department at Rowan University is committed to the success and well-being of its students. This mentoring pro-gram provides space for our graduate students to bring to our attention academic and social concerns as well as celebratory stories ranging from awards, personal accomplishments (engagement, marriage, arrival/adoption of a child etc, travel, cooking recipes, etc).

Faculty Advisors

Dr. Yusuf Mehta, PE Graduate Program Coordinator, CREATEs Director, EWB Advisor

mehta@rowan.edu

Dr. Kauser Jahan, PE Department Head, Engineers on Wheels Director

jahan@rowan.edu

All CEE Students should be familiar with the following:

1. Tracking Sheet & Graduate Course Catalog

2. Faculty Advisor

3. Graduate Forms (Thesis, PhD Committee,

4. Attendance Policy

5. Academic Calendar (Drop, Add, Withdraw)

6. Campus Buildings

7. Tutoring Services at CAP center and other sources

TOP 10 TIPS FOR

SUCCESS

1. Network : make friends with your cohort & community

2. Take care of mental health & practice self-care

3. Read current publications in your field

4. Reach out for help

5. Meet with your advisor regularly

7. Attend graduate/guest seminars

8. Stay organized

9. Get involved with extra-curricular activities

10. Limit outside work to excel in your classes/research

OBJECTIVES OF BRIDGE MENTORING

Create a support network for graduate students

Provide a platform to meet mentors from professional practice Participate and become part of academic & community life at CEE

Provide invaluable social and academic support

FIELD TRIPS

We foster camaraderie among our graduate students by engaging in fun

and informative field trips to local southern NJ locations. Field trips include

trips to The Escape Room, the Atlantic City Boardwalk, Cape May, the

FAA, Delaware River Bay Authority, Hammonton Blueberry Farms, and

local bridges, such as the Walt Whitman and Benjamin Franklin Bridges as

well as local museums.

INTERACTIONAL PROGRAMMING

In addition to monthly meetings, BRIDGE hosts a series of interactive pro-

gramming: Trivia Nights, Engineering Jeopardy, and Wheel of Fortune.

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

There are many extra-curricular opportunities for our students. We have a number

of professional student chapters that allow students to engage in community ser-

vice home and abroad and fun activities.

GAC: Graduate Advisory Council

EWB - Engineers Without Borders

ASCE - American Society of Civil Engineers

NJWEA - New Jersey Water Environment Association

SWE - Society of Women Engineers

oSTEM: Out in STEM

NSBE: National Society of Black Engineers

SHPE : Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers