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The recently released report finds that TNCs appear to lead to an increase in total driving and greenhouse gas emissions. (Photo credit: Clemens V. Vogelsang via Flickr)
11/23/2021
Reducing Environmental Effects of Transportation Network Companies
Dr. Gerlein-Safdi will join our faculty in January 2022
11/22/2021
Dr. Cynthia Gerlein-Safdi to Join CEE Faculty
(Left to right) Rohil Kanwar, Ajay B. Harish, Michael Leite-Garcia, Michelle Gu, and Maxwell Liu are part of the SimCenter Fall 2021 Data Science Intern Program.
11/18/2021
SimCenter, Berkeley Undergrads Develop Algorithm to Predict Natural Hazards
Dr. Stephen Wong graduated with his PhD in 2020, and is now an Assistant Professor at University of Alberta.
11/16/2021
Alumnus Stephen Wong Earns 2020 Eric Pas Dissertation Award
Professor Emeritus Jack P. Moehle is a recipient of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) 2022 Honorary Membership award.
11/05/2021
Moehle Awarded EERI 2022 Honorary Membership
The first major international conference to follow the climate summit in Glasgow (COP26), Environmental Research 2021, will be held virtually between November 15 and 19.
11/04/2021
Environmental Research 2021 Conference
Augmented reality software shows water pipeline testing structures in place in the Center for Smart Infrastructure. (Image courtesy of Dimitrios Zekkos)
11/02/2021
UC Berkeley and EBMUD Establish New Center for Smart Infrastructure
The Port of Stockton is a large emitter of hazardous pollutants. (Photo credit: Matt Holmes)
10/08/2021
Stockton, Students Partner in Fight Against Air Pollution
A driverless bus in Bishop Ranch, California. Image: BishopRanch
09/30/2021
Transportation Experts Offer Top Strategies to Improve AV Deployment
The SimCenter creates computational tools and complementary education programs that empower researchers to innovate new strategies for mitigating risk and promoting community resilience to natural hazards.
09/21/2021
NSF NHERI SimCenter Renewed for an Additional 4 Years
West Oakland, a historically Black neighborhood surrounded by highways, factories, a railyard and port, has an elevated concentration of air pollutants.
09/20/2021
New Study Finds Air Pollution Varies Block to Block
Professor Susan Shaheen presented "Strategies to Overcome Transportation Barriers for Rent Burdened Residents" on Sept. 23, 2021.
09/15/2021
Shaheen Presents Finale Talk in US DOT Volpe Center Leadership Series
Sydney Holgado graduated in 2021 from our MEng program, with a focus on Civil and Environmental Engineering and Renewable Energy Systems. She now works at the engineering consultancy firm Buro Happold.
09/13/2021
Sydney Holgado Harnesses Capstone Experience for Industry, Leadership
Professor Rob Kayen and PhD Student Parker Blunts traveled to Surfside, Florida, this summer to aid in the technical investigation of the Champlain Tower South collapse.
09/08/2021
Kayen, Blunts Contribute Key LIDAR Data in Surfside Condo Investigation
Professor Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos was interviewed by CNN's John Vause. (Image Credit: CNN)
09/07/2021
Athanasopoulos-Zekkos Weighs In on Ida, Infrastructure in CNN Feature