This year, students from the department and the College of Environmental Design (CED) are participating in the DBIA 2022 National Student Design-Build Competition, which focuses on the Design-Build project delivery method. Team members include Yasamine Heidary, Adriana Lupercio, Rapha Felipe, Victoria Ng, and Gabriela Rivera. Professor Iris Tommelein serves as a Faculty Advisor to the team.
Like other areas in California, the groundwater beneath Allensworth contains dangerous levels of arsenic. Those who live in cities and more suburban areas can afford to remove arsenic from their water, but many people in small and rural communities don't have that luxury. They must choose between drinking contaminated tap water or purchasing bottled water—and some people who have private wells are potentially unaware that their water is contaminated.
Professor Ashok Gadgil co-edited an Open Access graduate-level textbook, "An Introduction to Development Engineering," introducing the emerging field of Development Engineering and relevant applications through contributions from more than 40 practicing experts as co-authors. Springer published the book, which is available as a free PDF download on their website.
By Pooja Nerkar and Tina Chow
Community Engaged Education in Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)² is a first-of-its-kind program dedicated towards advancing community engagement within research, teaching, and service across CEE and building relationships, and strengthening partnerships with local Bay Area communities.
We are thrilled to announce that faculty member Joshua Apte recently got promoted to Associate Professor in Civil & Environmental Engineering and the School of Public Health with Tenure!
Apte is a leader in urban air quality and air pollution-related challenges related to human health and environmental disparities caused by climate change and changing infrastructure in low-income communities. Congratulations on this momentous milestone! We can't wait to see what Professor Apte does next.
Congrats to Connie Chen, a recipient of the 2022-2023 EERI/FEMA NEHRP graduate fellowship in earthquake hazard reduction! The one-year fellowship with a stipend of $12,000 aims to encourage the efforts of accomplished individuals working toward the goals of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program.
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, invites tenure-track faculty applications in support of the Department’s broad initiative in Sustainable and Resilient Engineering with focal areas Adaptive and Resilient Infrastructure and Multiscale Civil Systems. Hiring will be at the untenured assistant professor level.
Susan Shaheen, professor of civil infrastructure and climate and transportation engineering, recently co-authored a paper exploring how innovative mobility and shifts in travel and consumer behavior change how people access and use the curb. Their research examines curb planning and management from several angles, such as safety, social equity, and multimodal connections.
