Professor Claudia Ostertag is a co-author of a study recently published in Materials and Design, reporting a new technique to reinforce concrete, one of the world's most consumed resources. Concrete is cheap, abundant and strong under compression, but notoriously weak under tension. To address concrete's brittleness, Ostertag's team developed a way to reinforce concrete with a polymer lattice, which could both improve concrete's ductility and reduce the material's carbon emissions.

The CEE Academy of Distinguished Alumni announces its Class of 2020.  This year's class includes 8 active members and 2 In Memoriam members (as listed below).

Unfortunately, ADA's annual October banquet has been postponed due to the pandemic. We hope that we can come together in October, 2021 to celebrate both the ADA Classes of 2020 and 2021.  

Congratulations to each of our accomplished inductees!
 

Professor Claudia Ostertag presented a keynote lecture, "Durability Enhancement through Multi-scale Crack Control," at the 15th International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components (DBMC). For more than 40 years, DBMC conferences have served as global events to showcase high quality research in the area of building technologies, civil engineering and architecture focused on durability. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year's conference is taking place online from October 20 - 23, 2020.

Join UC Berkley for a virtual Graduate Diversity Admissions Fair! The fair will take place on Thursday, October 22, 2020, from 3-5pm PST.

The first hour will provide a welcome and overview of our graduate student community, while the second hour will offer programming for specific departments and interests. 

If you'd like to attend the Civil and Environmental Engineering portion only (4:00-5:00 PDT on Oct. 22), please register.