CEE Students Take Top Prize at 2025 MidPac Competition

Berkeley CEE's competition teams had a strong showing in the 2025 MidPac ASCE Student Symposium, which was co-hosted this year by UC Berkeley and San Francisco State University from April 5 to April 7. MidPac is an annual student symposium where students from more than 16 universities participate in various civil engineering competitions addressing challenges in the field. These competitions showcase their skills and achievements by designing, build

Héctor García Matamoros Named 2025 ACI Presidents' Fellow

Congratulations to Ph.D. student Héctor García Matamoros on being named a 2025 ACI Presidents' Fellow! The ACI Presidents' Fellowship is among the most prestigious ACI awards for graduate students working on concrete-related topics in the U.S., alongside the ACI Best Paper Awards. Awardees are given $10,000 and must be enrolled in a Master's or Doctoral program in construction, design, education, or materials during the year of the award. 

Construction Students Earn OSHA Certification

 

The Cal Construction Club hosted OSHA 10 training for undergraduate students this spring! Thirty-one students successfully completed the course, which provides entry-level safety training that covers workplace hazards, workers' rights, and employer responsibilities. 

Thank you to Cal Construction Club's Vice President Diego Balino Martinez, Dr. Mark Shami, Professor Iris Tommelein and Facilities Manager Jackie Garcia, for making this training possible!

P2SL and CEE Presents Construction Innovation Day 2025 - Friday, April 18

We are delighted to invite you to attend and participate in our Construction Innovation Day on Friday, April 18, at UC Berkeley on the Clark Kerr Campus. The Project Production Systems Laboratory (P2SL) hosts this Innovation Day in collaboration with the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department and, specifically, the Construction Systems faculty. The event will be held from 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM.

Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center Awarded $5.075 Million for Bridge Research Program

Caltrans has awarded the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) a $5.075 Million contract to continue the PEER-Bridge Research Program. Caltrans has had a well-established bridge research program, which was significantly expanded in response to the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.

Jonathan Bray to Deliver Prestigious Burmister Lecture at Columbia University

CEE Professor Jonathan Bray will deliver the prestigious Burmister Lecture at Columbia University in New York on March 25th. His presentation will focus on how knowledge is advanced through post-extreme event reconnaissance, a field in which he has made significant contributions. Professor Bray founded and led the National Science Foundation-sponsored Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) Association.

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