CEE Professor Dimitrios Zekkos will deliver a State-of-the-art talk on "Autonomous characterization of full-scale field response of Municipal Solid Waste" at the Geofrontiers conference from March 2nd to March 5th.

The talk will describe opportunities to incorporate autonomy and gain better insights into the full-scale response of Municipal Solid Waste in landfills. It will include specific examples of applications related to settlement behavior and methane emissions. 

The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has elected two CEE alumni into its 2025 class. Election to the NAE is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer, and academy membership honors those who have made outstanding contributions to engineering research, practice, or education.

Congratulations to our alumni who were inducted into the NAE's 2025 class:

Congratulations to CEE Assistant Professor Sunni Ivey, one of three recipients of the 2024-25 Chancellor's Award for Advancing Institutional Excellence and Equity! This distinguished award includes a $10,000 grant to support her ongoing work advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and justice.

The University of California, Berkeley's Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology (PATH) has received a $10 million, six-year project grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Rural Autonomous Vehicle Program.

CEE Professors Sanjay Govindjee and Robert Taylor co-authored a new book, The Finite Element Method: Its Basis and Fundamentals, Eighth Edition. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the foundations of the finite element method, covering essential theory and practical examples in sufficient detail for readers to apply the knowledge to their own engineering challenges and understand more advanced applications.