The mission of the Department of Civil, Coastal, and Environmental Engineering is to provide students with quality, accessible undergraduate and graduate engineering education that prepares graduates for professional careers or graduate education in civil engineering or a related field, to promote the creation and dissemination of knowledge, through relevant research and department activities on civil, coastal, and environmental engineering problems, and to serve the State of Alabama and the Gulf Coast region through professional practice and community outreach activities. Civil engineers design, build, operate, and maintain the structures and infrastructure that allows our modern society to function. These facilities are critically important to our everyday life and include buildings, roads, bridges, safe drinking water systems, storm water and wastewater collection and treatment systems, railroads, seaports, airports, environmental protection systems, dams, flood control works, and many others.