Johns Hopkins University Department of Civil Engineering

Prospective Undergraduates

What can I do after I graduate?

National Employment Outlook in Civil Engineering

“Civil engineers are expected to have employment growth of 24 percent over the projections decade, much faster than average for all occupations.

As infrastructure continues to age, civil engineers will be needed to manage projects to rebuild bridges, repair roads, and upgrade levees and dams. Moreover, a growing population means that water systems must be maintained to reduce or eliminate leaks of drinkable water. Additionally, more waste treatment plants will be needed to help clean the nation’s waterways. Civil engineers play a key part in all of this work.”

—U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ 2010 - 2011 Occupational Outlook Handbook  More »

JHU Civil Engineering students are in high demand in a variety of fields, in industry, and enroll in top graduate programs. Here’s a snapshot of our alumni six months out:

Careers
Consultants
Design Engineers
Directors of Product Management
Managing Engineers
Project Engineers
Professors
Research Engineers
Residential Designers
Structural Engineers

Employers
American Bridge Company
Deloitte Consulting, LLP
Federal Aviation Administration
Keast and Hood Structural Engineers
Millennium Science and Engineering
Northrop Grumman Corporation
United States Army
Whiting Turner Construction
Whitman, Requardt & Associates, LLP

Graduate Schools
Carnegie Mellon University
Columbia University
Cornell University
George Washington University
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stanford University
University of Michigan

Civil Engineering Alumni Profiles
Katie Francis, BS '06
Katie Francis, BS '06
Junior Structural Engineer, WJE Associates Inc.

Several weeks after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake shook the East Coast in late August, Katie Francis, BS '06, was called in on a five-member team of engineers to rappel down the marble exterior of the 550-foot Washington Monument to inspect the historic landmark for damage.

A junior structural engineer with WJE Associates Inc., of Northbrook, Illinois, Francis worked for more than a week on the obelisk's north side (facing the White House), examining each marble block. She was looking for cracks, loose stone, wobbly mortar, and other damage. Preliminary reports show moderate damage near the monument tip, where most shaking occurred.

Francis got her start rappelling at Hopkins, where she trained to be a climbing instructor with the Outdoor Pursuits program. This, however, was her most amazing climb to date. "We went out the windows at 500 feet," she says. "And then we ascended to the top... It was quite a view."

 

 
Carl Liggio, '96 '00 PhD '01

 
Carl Liggio,'96 '00 PhD '01
Managing Partner, Pharos Enterprise Intelligence

“My resume was unique because when I came out of Hopkins I had four degrees…I was the head coach of the women’s fencing team for two years. I had a resume that showed diverse academics and leadership and management skills. With that, and my friends on the fencing team, I felt that Hopkins provided me with a lot.”

Carl Liggio came to the Homewood campus in 1992 as an undergraduate and joined the fencing team. Two decades later, he has four degrees from Johns Hopkins University—three are in Civil Engineering—and an exciting career in the energy industry.

Carl owns and manages Pharos Enterprise Intelligence Pharos, a New York City-based information management and business intelligence company, and is president of the New York Association for Energy Economics.

Carl remains an integral member of the Johns Hopkins community, traveling frequently between his home in NYC and Baltimore, to serve as chair of the Society of Engineering Alumni, as a member of the Department of Civil Engineering visiting committee and the Alumni Council, and as an occasional lecturer for various courses related to energy.