Assistant Professor Cynthia Gerlein-Safdi has been recognized as one of the “11 Women to Watch in Science” by The Story Exchange. The annual feature honors women scientists whose work is driving innovation and addressing global challenges.

At CEE, Dr. Gerlein-Safdi studies how climate change reshapes the water cycle, integrating field research, satellite data, and ecosystem modeling to better understand and predict environmental change.

The Berkeley CEE ADA selects its Class of 2025, welcoming ten inspiring engineers into its ranks. The CEE Academy of Distinguished Alumni proudly announces its Class of 2025, a cohort of outstanding civil and environmental engineering leaders with strong ties to Berkeley CEE! 

Congratulations to our eight newest members, and in-memoriam of the late Dr. Jim Kelly and Dr. Juan Pestana. 

The Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley is inviting alumni, friends, and supporters to participate in Big Give on Thursday, March 12, 2026, a campus wide day of giving dedicated to strengthening the future of Berkeley.

Berkeley Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE) alumni Mason Walters (MS 1980) and Andrew Whittaker (MS 1985, PhD 1988) have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), one of the highest professional honors in the engineering field.

ATTENTION CEE STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

Be part of an exciting week introducing young learners to the fundamentals of Civil & Environmental Engineering! Campers will explore real-world engineering challenges through hands-on activities, interactive field trips, and experiential learning designed to spark curiosity, creativity, and confidence.

The Structures Lab in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley was selected through a competitive process to evaluate Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) dampers for the Grimes Engineering Center. Working with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) and TriPyramid Structures, the CEE team tested an innovative SMA-based lateral force-resisting system—believed to be the first of its kind in new construction.

UC Berkeley Engineering professors across multiple departments are rethinking undergraduate education by weaving artificial intelligence tools directly into core engineering courses. Supported by funding from the Center for Advancing Women in Technology (CAWIT) and a campus initiative, these pilot projects aim to help students learn to use AI responsibly and effectively within their disciplines—not just study AI theory.

Berkeley CEE Professor Ziqi Wang has been appointed to the Editorial Board of Structural Safety, a leading international journal in structural reliability and risk analysis. This appointment recognizes Professor Wang’s significant research contributions and sustained professional service to the structural reliability and probabilistic analysis community.

A new study published in Nature Communications offers a compelling global roadmap for reducing carbon emissions from the construction sector—without slowing economic development. Co-authored by Prof. Franco Zunino of UC Berkeley’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, alongside researchers from Europe and the United States, the study provides one of the most comprehensive assessments to date of how advanced construction technologies can support growth while dramatically cutting emissions.