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Wildfire smoke and fog cover the Bay Area, casting an orange hue over Berkeley in September 2020. (Photo by Adam Lau)
01/24/2022
Ivey Leads EPA Project to Reduce Wildfire Smoke Exposure
Susan Shaheen has been selected to serve a three-year term on the California Transportation Foundation Board of Directors.
01/24/2022
Shaheen Selected for CTF Board of Directors
Artwork courtesy of CZ Biohub
01/20/2022
Pickering Awarded $1M from Chan Zuckerberg Biohub
Mosalam and Neuenshwander's paper presents a novel experimental investigation into the pre- and postcritical behavior of steel-plate girders in shear force.
01/19/2022
Mosalam, Neuenschwander Win JSE Best Paper Award
Professor Emeritus John A. Dracup
01/19/2022
In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus John Dracup
Frame schematic for a tilt-rotor vectored thrust eVTOL air vehicle
01/12/2022
Rakas and her Student Team Win Distinguished Paper Award at Avionics Conference
A new study by Stefano Schiavon finds that women are more likely than men to feel discomfort from overcooling in office buildings.
01/04/2022
Overcooling in Offices Reveals Gender Inequity in Thermal Comfort
This year's recipients represent a wide range of research interests, from equitable access to electric vehicles to public transportation regeneration.
12/15/2021
CEE Doctoral Students Earn Eisenhower Fellowships
Covid-WEB lab technicians Christina Lang and Grace Armstrong test wastewater samples to track the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and Omicron variant. (Image courtesy of ABC, Inc.)
12/13/2021
Covid-Web Detects Traces of Omicron Variant in Wastewater Sites across California
Encouraging travelers to pool when using on-demand ride services can not only reduce the overall congestion and environmental impacts of these services, but potentially increase the likelihood that they consider other forms of pooling, including microtransit services and public transit.
12/10/2021
Shaheen, Lazarus on Expanding the Pooling Network through On-Demand Mobility
Shelley Okimoto is a recipient of this year's Excellence in Advising & Student Services Award, recognized for her creative problem-solving and sincerity.
12/09/2021
Shelley Okimoto Wins Excellence in Advising Award
Professor Hsieh Wen Shen and his wife Clare.
12/09/2021
In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Hsieh Wen Shen
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