Congratulations to Berkeley CEE Ph.D. student Xiaolei Chu and incoming postdoc Prateek Arora, who won second and first place, respectively, for their groundbreaking research in resilience engineering at the 2025 EMI Objective Resilience Student Paper-Presentation Competition!
We are thrilled to announce that Carlos Quezada, a graduating senior in Civil Engineering with a Certificate in Design Innovation, has been named a 2025 University Medal Finalist. This prestigious honor recognizes the most outstanding UC Berkeley graduates who exemplify academic excellence, innovation, and commitment to public service.
The Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering is excited to announce a new special topics course for the Fall semester: Materials Science and Characterization of Cement and Concrete (CIV ENG 190/290). Taught by CEE Assistant Professor Franco Zunino, this course offers a fresh perspective on the foundational materials used in civil engineering.
Researchers at the Center for Smart Infrastructure (CSI) testing lab evaluated a jointed pipe system under conditions simulating extreme scenarios, such as landslides or earthquake fault ruptures. The focus of the assessment was a 42-foot-long, 8-inch-diameter ductile iron pipe system designed to resist earthquakes, outfitted with advanced distributed fiber optic sensors for data collection.
Last week marked a memorable occasion as we honored our graduates at a reception, commemorating their hard work and milestone achievements alongside friends, family, and faculty! The baccalaureate and master's degree ceremonies took place on May 21 at the Hearst Greek Theatre, followed by the hooding ceremony for Ph.D. degree recipients on May 24 at Zellerbach Hall.
Congratulations to all our graduating and graduated Civil and Environmental Engineering students!
The College of Engineering Commencement ceremonies will be held on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at the Hearst Greek Theatre. The Doctoral degree ceremony will be on Saturday, May 24, 2025, and the College of Engineering will host the Ph.D. reception after the ceremony at the Campanile.
Congratulations to CEE Professor Sanjay Govindjee for being elected as a 2025 Fellow of the Engineering Mechanics Institute! The new members will be honored at the awards ceremony during the EMI 2025 Conference.
Disadvantaged communities in Los Angeles experience significantly higher concentrations and emissions of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs), a class of substances linked to adverse health effects like increased cancer risk, reproductive complications, and developmental issues, according to a recent study led by researchers in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management (ESPM).
The CEE Commencement Pop-Up Shop will be open through Saturday, May 31st, and close at midnight.
Every year, over 500,000 children under five lose their lives to gastrointestinal bacterial infections globally, predominantly in areas with inadequate access to safe drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene facilities. But to alleviate this public health threat, scientists need to better understand how these pathogens spread.
