Safe and Sustainable Construction Lab 

2026

• Dr. Adeeba Raheem wins UTEP Edge Faculty Champion

 

2025

• Breaking Down EV Costs: ASPIRE’s Game-Changing DWPT Tool 

• Dr. Raheem Received the 2025 WEPAN Educator's Award for Excellence and Innovation in STEM

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2024

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• UTEP professor awarded by Texas Women’s Foundation, El Paso Inc.

• Texas Women’s Foundation Leadership Forum And Awards Celebrated With Today’s Leaders And Tomorrow’s Leaders, MySweetCharity

• Texas Women’s Foundation Presented #BESTSELF and the Leadership Forum & Awards Celebration, Lake Highlands Bubblelife

• TEXAS WOMEN’S FOUNDATION LEADERSHIP FORUM AND AWARDS, Texas Women's Foundation

• Adeeba Raheem Inducted to the El Paso Women’s Hall of Fame, UTEP

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2023

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• UTEP’s Online Master’s in Construction Management Ranked No. 2: https://www.utep.edu/newsfeed/2023/uteps-online-masters-in-construction-management-ranked-no.-2.html  
   

 

2022

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• Congratulations, Nanette Giron for being one of the seven recipients of the 2022 National Academy of Construction Scholarship! We are so proud of you! https://www.facebook.com/utepcivilengineering/photos/a.304615102889337/8451813768169389/?type=3

• Congratulations, Hector Cruz for receiving the 2021 College of Engineering Outstanding Thesis Award! Way to Go! https://www.facebook.com/utepcivilengineering/photos/a.304615102889337/8430541070296659/

• Congratulations to our Civil Engineering undergraduate student Nanette Giron on her acceptance into the inaugural NREL Student Training in Applied Research (STAR) internship program with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). https://www.linkedin.com/posts/utep-department-of-civil-engineering-84aab7236_utepce-pickcivilengineeringandmanagement-activity-6917964506140684289-nwOb?utm_source=linkedin_share&utm_medium=ios_app

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2021

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• Dr. Raheem received 2021 Outstanding Young Faculty Award, ASEE Gulf-Southern Section, https://www.facebook.com/utepcivilengineering/photos/a.304615102889337/6006159109401546/?type=3

• Congratulations to Gerardo and Hector for presenting their research work on digital twins and campus energy analysis at the 2021 ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering (i3CE2021) in Orlando. 

• UTEP Master’s Programs Recognized Among Top Programs in U.S., https://www.utep.edu/newsfeed/campus/utep-masters-programs-recognized-among-top-programs-in-us.html

 

 

2020

• 2020 Outstanding Women in Engineering, https://magazine.swe.org/2020-outstanding-women-in-engineering/

• Residential construction hazard training for Hispanic workers in El Paso and neighboring areas, https://expertise.utep.edu/orspannouncement/residentialconstructionhazardtraininghispanicworkerselpasoandneighboringareas

• UTEP Awarded Prestigious OSHA Grant to Help Keep Construction Workers Safe, https://www.utep.edu/newsfeed/campus/utep-awarded-prestigious-osha-grant-to-help-keep-construction-workers-safe.html?EngineeringButton

• U.S. Department Of Labor Awards $11.2 Million In Worker Safety And Health Training Grants, https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/osha/osha20200918

• 25 Best Online Master’s in Construction Management for 2021, https://www.bestmastersprograms.org/best-construction-management-masters-online/

• Best Master's Programs Releases Ranking of the Top 25 Online Construction Management Master's Programs, https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/best-masters-programs-releases-ranking-of-the-top-25-online-construction-management-masters-programs-301159905.html

• UTEP ranked among the best online colleges in Texas, https://www.ktsm.com/local/utep-ranked-among-the-best-online-colleges-in-texas/

• El Paso, Herald-Post: October 18, 2020: UTEP’s Adeeba A. Raheem named Educator of the Year by Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, https://elpasoheraldpost.com/uteps-adeeba-a-raheem-named-educator-of-the-year-by-society-of-hispanic-professional-engineers/?fbclid=IwAR0U1STRXSOAih6H3WJvTkOpiwIw8xJU4s9oqo45zFqg66vhwKxGfSrwFww

• News Break: October 8, 2019: UTEP Faculty Member Honored as Educator of the Year by Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2082969552915/utep-faculty-member-honored-as-educator-of-the-year-by-society-of-hispanic-professional-engineers

• UTEP Engineering Professor is Named Educator of the Year, https://www.utep.edu/engineering/news/utep-engineering-professor-is-named-educator-of-the-year.html

• Dr. Raheem received the 2020 SHPE STAR-Educator of the Year Award. SHPE STAR Award honors outstanding professionals for their dedication, commitment, and selfless efforts towards the advancement of Hispanics in STEM careers. https://www.facebook.com/utepcivilengineering/photos/a.304615102889337/5075585329125600/?type=3​

• Joanne Moyer defended her dissertation to earn her doctoral degree!  Congrats, Joanne!

• Congratulations, Johanes on successfully defending your dissertation and becoming Dr. Johanes Makahaube.

• Congratulations to the first cohort (six brilliant undergraduate students) selected for the NSF funded PAthways to Success in Graduate Studies in Engineering (PASSE) Program! This is just the beginning of a great start. PASSE Research team is super excited to mentor these amazing young researchers. 

• Congratulations Gerardo!! He has been selected for the Diana Natalicio Environmental Internship with the CERM at UTEP. He is the only student selected from the College of Engineering for this internship. Way to go Gerardo!!

• Congratulations, Elizabeth Herrera on successfully defending your Master Thesis. We wish you the very best!

• "Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching goes to Dr. Raheem", College of Engineering, UTEP

• “UTEP Receives $1M to Develop System to Increase Number of Students Who Pursue Graduate Engineering Studies,” https://www.utep.edu/engineering/passe/people/index.html

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2019

• “Faculty Cohort selected for the Teach Tech “OER Education Resource Development”, https://www.utep.edu/oer/people/people-template.html

• “ Susan Harwood Training Grants”, https://expertise.utep.edu/orspannouncement/susanharwoodtraininggrants

•  “University of Texas at El Paso Ranks Among the Top Construction Management Degree Programs on Intelligent for 2020”, https://www.intelligent.com/best-online-construction-management-degree-programs/

•  “25 Best Online Master's In Construction Management 2019”, https://www.bestvalueschools.com/25-best-online-masters-in-construction-management-2019/

•  “2018-19 UT System-FAC ACUE Inaugural Cohort”, https://www.utsystem.edu/offices/academic-affairs/student-success/our-undergraduate-student-success-work/professional-development/2018-19-ut-system-fac-acue-inaugural-cohort

•  “UT System recognizes faculty earning national teaching credential”. https://www.utsystem.edu/news/2019/06/21/ut-system-recognizes-faculty-earning-national-teaching-credential

• "5 UTEP Faculty Members Recognized for Earning National Credential for Teaching Excellence", https://www.utep.edu/newsfeed/campus/5-UTEP-Faculty-Members-Recognized-for-Earning-National-Credential-for-Teaching-Excellence.html

• Ph.D. student received CONACYT scholarship. Liliana has started her PhD degree in Fall 2018 under the supervision of Dr. Adeeba Raheem and she is the first Ph.D. student in the Construction Management program who has been awarded this scholarship. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2560824647318149&set=a.283152298418740&type=3&theater

• Joanne Moyer was interviewed by the KZSU STANFORD 90.1 FM regarding her research topic and use of InVEST tool during the 2019 Natural Capital Symposium. "InVEST informs urbanization in and around El Paso-Juarez, the largest metropolitan area on an international border".  http://www.cleancopperradio.net/natcap-2019.html 

• Congratulations to Joanne! She has been invited to present a poster at the 2019 Natural Capital Symposium. The event will take place  March 18-21 at the Stanford University where leaders from around the world will come together "to drive innovation and empower decisions informed by nature’s benefits to people."

 

2018

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• U.S. Labor Department Awards Workplace Safety and Health Training Grants to Assist in Educating Workers, https://www.osha.gov/dte/sharwood/FY_2018_Susan_Harwood_Grant_Awardees_Abstracts.pdf, October 1, 2018

• College of Engineering to Conduct New Student Exchange Opportunity with Argentinian University, https://www.utep.edu/engineering/news/college-of-engineering-to-conduct-new-student-exchange-opportunity-with-argentinian-university.html, September 25, 2018

• The 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund Announces New Grants Winning Institutions, http://www.100kstrongamericas.org/100000-strong-in-the-americas-innovation-fund-announces-new-grant-winning-institutions-2/

• Teaching Green: Integrating Sustainability Principles into I&E Curriculum, https://venturewell.org/teaching-green/, August 28, 2018

• Green Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Engineers, http://expertise.utep.edu/node/38650

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2017

• Grant Helps UTEP Civil Engineers Provide Safety Training for Spanish-Speaking Construction Workers, El Paso Herald-Post, https://elpasoheraldpost.com/safety-utep-utep-training/, November 10th, 2017

• They ask UTEP engineers to train workers in safety, El Diario de El Paso, http://mobile.diario.mx/El_Paso/2017-11-08_f118ca28/solicitan-a-ingenieros-de-utep-capacitar-en-seguridad-a-obreros/, November 10th, 2017

• UTEP Engineers Are Looking For Training Workers In Safety, Enlace Radiofonico Chihuahua, http://www.enlaceradiofonicochihuahua.com/el-paso/buscan-ingenieros-de-utep-para-capacitar-en-seguridad-a-obreros/, November 10th, 2017

• Excavation Hazards Prevention Training for Construction Industry, http://expertise.utep.edu/node/37284, November 9th, 2017

• Labor Grant Helps UTEP Civil Engineers Provide Safety Training for Spanish-Speaking Construction Workers, http://engineering.utep.edu/announcement110817.htm, 2017

• AASHE 2017 acknowledgment for reviewers, http://conference.aashe.org/call-for-proposals/thank-you-reviewers/

• UTEP Connect- Faculty spotlight, https://www.utep.edu/extendeduniversity/utepconnect/why-study-online/adeeba-raheem.html, 2017

 

2016

• Dr. Raheem was featured in the UTEP Connect magazine, https://www.utep.edu/extendeduniversity/utepconnect/why-study-online/meet-our-faculty/adeeba-raheem.html​

• MDPI Editor’s acknowledgment 2015, http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/13/1/150/htm

• FY16 Susan Harwood Training Grant, http://expertise.utep.edu/orspannouncement/fy16susanharwoodtraininggrant, November 10th, 2016

• Congratulations to Robet Moss on passing the PhD qualifying exam, Go Miners! August, 2016

• Congratulations to Joanne Moyer on passing the PhD qualifying exam, Go Miners! August, 2016

 

2015 and before

• 2015 Featured researchers at UTEP, Grants Roundup http://expertise.utep.edu/researchstories/grantsroundup, January 8th, 2015

• OSHA Susan Harwood Grant 2014, http://engineering.utep.edu/announcement012815b.htm