Bay Area commuters can breathe easier riding Caltrain’s new electric trains. According to a new study, Caltrain’s switch from diesel to electric trains in late summer of 2024 dramatically boosted the air quality aboard the commuter rail line.
Berkeley CEE's competition teams had a strong showing in the 2025 MidPac ASCE Student Symposium, which was co-hosted this year by UC Berkeley and San Francisco State University from April 5 to April 7. MidPac is an annual student symposium where students from more than 16 universities participate in various civil engineering competitions addressing challenges in the field. These competitions showcase their skills and achievements by designing, build
Congratulations to Ph.D. student Héctor García Matamoros on being named a 2025 ACI Presidents' Fellow! The ACI Presidents' Fellowship is among the most prestigious ACI awards for graduate students working on concrete-related topics in the U.S., alongside the ACI Best Paper Awards. Awardees are given $10,000 and must be enrolled in a Master's or Doctoral program in construction, design, education, or materials during the year of the award.
CEE Professor Kenichi Soga delivered the 63rd Rankine Lecture – From Geo-monitor to Geo-adapt: leveraging distributed sensing and data analytics for performance-based design, construction, and maintenance, on March 19, 2025.
Celebrate the start of summer break at the CEE CARNIVAL, hosted by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley. This exciting event is scheduled on Wednesday, April 30th from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM on Memorial Glade. From carnival games to tasty treats, there's something for everyone!
Berkeley CEE's Director of Student Services, Robbie Powers, received this year's Berkeley Staff Assembly Excellence in Management Award! Robbie was selected from over 50 nominees for this important honor, recognizing his efforts to support staff in their professional goals and growth.
The Cal Construction Club hosted OSHA 10 training for undergraduate students this spring! Thirty-one students successfully completed the course, which provides entry-level safety training that covers workplace hazards, workers' rights, and employer responsibilities.
Thank you to Cal Construction Club's Vice President Diego Balino Martinez, Dr. Mark Shami, Professor Iris Tommelein and Facilities Manager Jackie Garcia, for making this training possible!
We are delighted to invite you to attend and participate in our Construction Innovation Day on Friday, April 18, at UC Berkeley on the Clark Kerr Campus. The Project Production Systems Laboratory (P2SL) hosts this Innovation Day in collaboration with the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department and, specifically, the Construction Systems faculty. The event will be held from 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM.
Caltrans has awarded the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) a $5.075 Million contract to continue the PEER-Bridge Research Program. Caltrans has had a well-established bridge research program, which was significantly expanded in response to the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
