University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Grainger College of Engineering

Ernest-John Ignacio

Ernest-John Ignacio
Ernest-John Ignacio
  • Instructor
(217) 300-7642
2110 Newmark Civil Engineering Bldg

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Education

  • Doctorate of Philosophy, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2024
  • Master of Engineering, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, 2005
  • Bachelor of Engineering, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, 2004

Biography

Ernest-John Ignacio is an Instructor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He earned a B.Eng. (2004) and M.Eng. (2005) in Civil Engineering from the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York, NY; and Ph.D. (2024) in Civil Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Before pursuing a Ph.D., he worked in the construction industry in New York City for eleven years. He joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois in 2018.

Ernest-John Ignacio teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in construction engineering and management including: construction engineering, construction productivity, construction equipment and methods, construction safety, and construction economics & financing. In recognition of his teaching effectiveness, he has been consistently named on the “List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students” at UIUC and received the American Society of Civil Engineers Outstanding Instructor Award (2019 & 2021).

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Teaching Honors

  • American Society of Civil Engineers Outstanding Instructor Award (2019)
  • American Society of Civil Engineers Outstanding Instructor Award (2021)

Other Honors

  • Engineering Council Outstanding Advising Award (2020)
  • Engineering Council Outstanding Advising Award (2024)

Recent Courses Taught

  • CEE 320 - Construction Engineering
  • CEE 420 - Construction Productivity
  • CEE 421 - Construction Planning
  • CEE 498 CE3 (CEE 498 CE4, CEE 498 CO3, CEE 498 COC) - Constr Equipment and Methods
  • CEE 498 CF3 (CEE 498 CF4, CEE 498 CFC, CEE 498 CFO) - Construction Econ & Financing
  • CEE 498 CO3 (CEE 498 CO4, CEE 498 CS3, CEE 498 CS4, CEE 498 CSC, CEE 498 CSO) - Construction Safety
  • CEE 498 CO4 - Constr Equipment & Methods
  • ENG 498 GLC (ENG 498 GCM) - Global Leaders in Constr Mgmt

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