This year, UC Berkeley’s Cal Concrete Canoe team took Botanical to the 2026 ASCE Concrete Canoe Competition at the Civil Engineering Student Championships in Fairmont, West Virginia. After placing 1st at the Mid-Pacific regional competition, the team advanced to the national championships, competing against 25 other regional finalists from across the U.S. and internationally.
UC Berkeley researchers are developing a first-of-its-kind digital twin of the Lower Pajaro River Valley to help communities visualize flooding and better understand how infrastructure, climate change, ecology, and equity intersect.
A $500 award won for outstanding research is going straight back into building the CEE research community.
Berkeley CEE Professor Susan Shaheen was recently featured in the San Francisco Standard discussing Lime’s transition to a publicly traded company and what it signals for the future of shared micromobility. As a leading expert in shared mobility and transportation innovation, Shaheen reflected on the industry's evolution, noting that Lime's successful public offering demonstrates the growing maturity and long-term potential of shared scooters and e-bikes as part of urban transportation systems.
Students from CE 112 (Water and Wastewater System Design and Operations) and CE 281 (Engineering Geology) spent Saturday, September 12, touring EBMUD's Mokelumne watershed facilities. The group visited Pardee Reservoir, Camanche Reservoir, and the Mokelumne River Fish Hatchery. EBMUD hosted the visit, with General Manager Clifford Chan, himself a Cal graduate, joining the students.
SAVE THE DATE: Join us on October 14th, 2026 at 4pm in the Grimes Engineering Center to learn about the latest in Berkeley CEE!
We’ll highlight all the exciting activities underway in our community! The event will feature lightning talks, research posters, research centers, and networking.
We’re excited to invite companies, alumni and friends of the Department to highlight what it means to be a part of Berkeley CEE.
Nearly 700 students, faculty, staff, alumni, and members of the CEE community came together to celebrate the beginning of a new academic year and welcome the newest members of Berkeley Civil & Environmental Engineering. The evening featured performances and appearances from the Ashraf Band, Cal Band, Cal Dance Team, and Oski, adding to the energy and excitement of the celebration.
Professor Luis Ceferino and his team want to better understand people’s behavior during an earthquake so that we can improve earthquake safety protocol. For this study, they attempted to create a realistic and immersive earthquake experience for test subjects. This involved synchronizing the motion of the Shake House, an earthquake simulator at the California Academy of Sciences, with a virtual reality environment they developed.
