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PhD candidate Dana Hernandez has led the Gadgil lab in securing EPA funding to test arsenic-removal technology in California communities. (Credit: Dana Hernandez)
04/20/2022
Gadgil Lab Wins EPA Funding to Solve Arsenic Problem in Rural California
Berkeley CEE seeks an innovative, driven communications leader to join our team. (Credit: Adam Lau)
04/15/2022
Berkeley CEE Recruiting Director of Communications and Outreach
A recent study by Professor Amy Pickering shows that water chlorination had no substantial effects on the development of children’s gut microbiome, supporting its use as a safe treatment for drinking water globally.
04/14/2022
Examining the Effects of Chlorinated Drinking Water on the Gut Microbiome
The Golden Gate Bridge
04/12/2022
Academy of Distinguished Alumni Classes of 2020 and 2021
(CEE)² includes site visits for Oakland students, including trips to UC Berkeley's Richmond Field Station. (Credit: Adam Lau)
04/07/2022
(CEE)² Looks to Diversify Next Generation of Civil and Environmental Engineers
Kenichi Soga and other researchers from UC Berkeley and Berkeley Lab have been investigating how communities can use ground source heat pumps and other geothermal technologies to provide energy more sustainably. (Credit: Adam Lau)
04/05/2022
Kenichi Soga Leads Exploration of Geothermal Heating on Campus
Professor Ashok Gadgil is the Andrew and Virginia Rudd Family Foundation Chair of Safe Water and Sanitation, and a Senior Faculty Scientist at Berkeley Lab (Credit: Adam Lau)
04/05/2022
Ashok Gadgil Wins Inaugural Zuckerberg Water Prize
Berkeley CEE competed in the 2022 MidPac competition, hosted by UC Davis from March 29 - April 1. (Credit: Catherine Bouvier Dang)
04/04/2022
CEE Students Take Top Prize at 2022 MidPac Competition
The Berkeley Grad Slam Competition spotlights graduate students as they showcase their research in three-minute mini presentations. This year's event is scheduled for April 11th.
04/01/2022
Coleman Thompson Named Semi-Finalist in Berkeley Grad Slam Competition
Recipients of this year's Outstanding GSI Award include CEE students (left to right, top to bottom): Adam Wise, Emma Lucken, Zhe Fu, Alexandra Pan, and Juan Caicedo.
04/01/2022
Outstanding GSI Award Recognizes 8 CEE Students
The Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) announced $5 million in funding to two universities—the University of Washington and University of California, Davis—working to develop life cycle assessment tools and frameworks associated with transforming buildings into net carbon storage structures. (Credit: ARPA-E)
03/31/2022
ARPA-E Announces Funding for Project "Carbon Negative Materials Assessment (CaNMA)"
Geo-Congress 2022 will take place in Charlotte, North Caronia, from March 20-23, 2022. (Credit: ASCE)
03/17/2022
Soga to Present Geo-Congress 2022 State-of-the-Art Lecture
The Chevron Refinery in Richmond, California, taken from the adjacent residential Point Richmond neighborhood. (Credit: Diana Stasko)
03/09/2022
Study Shows More Air Pollution in Areas of Historical Redlining
Professor Kara Nelson speaks with CEE students, faculty and staff during her presentation on March 7. (Credit: Adam Lau)
03/08/2022
CEE Community Comes Together to Discuss DEIBJ Priorities
Third-year student Leah Mealey was chosen for ASCE's 2022 New Faces of Civil Engineering cohort. (Credit: Leah Mealey)
03/02/2022
Leah Mealey Selected for ASCE's 2022 New Faces of Civil Engineering