The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $4.6 million in grant funding to five institutions for research to quantify and mitigate emissions from municipal solid waste landfills.
U.S. News & World Report ranked CEE's graduate & undergraduate programs in Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering as number 1 nationwide for 2024.
Christian Lander (B.S.'23 CE) works as a project engineer at XL Construction, the company in charge of construction work on the new Engineering Center. Last month, Lander took Cal Construction's commercial team on a tour of the construction site. He was a member of the student group not too long ago.
"I used to study in this building," he said. "It's a huge blessing to build this project and know that you're not only impacting the students now but the students 20 years from now."
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The Port of Oakland has appointed Berkeley CEE alum Emilia Sánchez as its new Director of Engineering! Sánchez joined the Port in February as an Engineering Project Manager. She is the first woman and Latina to serve in this leadership position at the Port.
Sánchez spent over a decade at BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit), serving in various positions. She managed the development of the Hayward Maintenance Complex, managed the BART Headquarters Tenant Improvement in Oakland, and worked on the Earthquake Safety Program and the Oakland Airport Connector.
Congratulations to Berkeley CEE alum Linsey Marr on being named a MacArthur Fellow! Marr received her Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering in 2002 and went on to work as an environmental engineer examining indoor and outdoor air quality and airborne pathogens that affect human health. Working at the intersection of atmospheric science, public health, and infectious disease, she clarifies the transmission of airborne illnesses such as influenza and COVID-19 and identifies effective public health interventions.
President Biden presented CEE professor Ashok Gadgil with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the nation’s highest honor for technological achievement, in a White House ceremony, on Monday, October 24th.
