From the Pyramids of Egypt to the International Space Station, structural engineers have supported mankind s highest aspirations. Today, as new high-strength materials and design technologies enable exciting new structural possibilities, urgent environmental concerns are also creating a demand for sustainable solutions a world of challenges awaiting those who choose structural engineering as the focus of their Master of Science in Civil Engineering at SMU-Lyle.

The global impact of once localized catastrophes, such as hurricanes, earthquakes and tsunamis.... The decaying infrastructure of roads, bridges, and dams requiring not just repair but reengineering.... The rising demand for energy combined with growing concern for climate-change.... With such seismic shifts has come the need for a new and deeper understanding of that most fundamental of all engineering structures and materials the earth itself. This is the brave new world awaiting those who pursue the Master of Science in Civil Engineering with a focus in geotechnical engineering at SMU-Lyle.

The revolution in information technology is leading to a similar revolution in another essential element of modern life: transportation. With transportation demand growing in the face of shrinking resources including funding the direction is changing from building new infrastructure to managing existing systems through the use of sophisticated management, analysis, and modeling tools. This is the high road in transportation systems management, the path awaiting those who choose it as the focus of their Master of Science in Civil Engineering at SMU-Lyle.