June 2004:Dr. Claire Welty has been appointed to the National Research Council's Water Science and Technology Board, effective July 1, 2004.

June 2004:Dr. Brian E. Reed has been appointed Chair of Water Environment Federation Literature Review Committee and Critical Review Committee

May 2004: Dr. Joel E. Baker, professor Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, joins CEE as adjunct faculty.

March 2004: Dr. Richard Pouyat from the US Forest Service joins CEE as Adjunct Faculty

March 2004: Mr. Ken Belt from the US Forest Service joins CEE as Senior Research Fellow

March 2004: New Ph.D. program approved in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

October 2003: New Master of Science program approved in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

October 2003: Dr. Claire Welty joins UMBC as the director of the Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education, and as a professor in CEE.