Berkeley Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE) Assistant Professor Luis Ceferino has received a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award for his project, “CAREER: A Computational Framework for Rare-Event Resilience Planning and Education in Infrastructure Systems.” The NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program is one of the foundation’s highest honors for early-career faculty and recognizes future leaders in research and education.
Professor Ceferino’s project develops new computational methods to help infrastructure systems withstand disasters such as earthquakes, wildfires, and hurricanes. His research focuses on interconnected systems including hospitals, transportation networks, and electric power systems. The work aims to better understand cascading failures and improve resilience planning.
The project also includes public engagement and educational activities such as citizen-science tools for disaster reporting, immersive learning modules, and open computational resources for students and researchers.
Congratulations to Professor Ceferino on this outstanding achievement!