The graduate program in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering is known worldwide for developing students into leaders in engineering practice, research, and education. We welcome applications from highly qualified and motivated students for the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. The complex problems surrounding the nexus of cities, water and energy demand that engineers have increased breadth and depth of knowledge. CAEE strives to provide students with the educational background and teamwork needed to innovate future solutions, technologies, and sustainable systems. We are dedicated to creative, comprehensive teaching and research that ranges from fundamental to applied. Our many research centers provide graduate students with the opportunity to explore their areas of interest and to be a part of a supportive, intellectually stimulating community. With state-of-the-art facilities, the CAEE graduate program is designed to educate engineers who will be at the forefront of the profession in industry, academia, civil service, and beyond.<br>The mission of the Structural Engineering Program at The University of Texas at Austin is excellence in structural engineering education, research, and professional service. Our program educates students to assume leadership positions in engineering practice, research and education. Our program also seeks to advance the state of the art and practice in structural engineering through fundamental and applied research at the frontiers of knowledge. Current research in Structural Engineering is directed at developing innovative new concepts that can be applied to new structures and for extending the life of existing structures. Research is also addressing the performance of structures under extreme loads including wind, earthquake, fire and blast. Work is also on-going in modeling the dynamic response of structures, progressive collapse, and the development of sensors for civil infrastructure and structural health monitoring.