Anti-COVID mask breaks the mold
12/10/20 LBL — Scientists from Berkeley Engineering and Berkeley Lab have designed a rechargeable N95 mask with a custom fit
Civil engineering
Patents for Humanity honors Berkeley-designed infant warmer
11/05/20 — An infant-warming device developed by civil and environmental engineering professor Ashok Gadgil and a Berkeley Lab colleague received an honorable mention
Safe to drink
11/05/20 — Professor Ashok Gadgil has found an affordable, scalable way to remove arsenic from drinking water.
Tracking COVID-19 in our sewers
10/29/20 — Berkeley civil engineers have developed a rapid, low-cost and effective method to test for the presence of the coronavirus in wastewater flowing through municipal sewer systems
Berkeley researchers use 3D printer to make stronger, greener concrete
10/13/20 — The team built octet lattices out of polymer, creating a novel way to reinforce concrete
‘Horrible sequence of mistakes’: How contractors botched a bridge project
08/11/20 — Berkeley civil engineers Robert Bea and William Ibbs weigh in on cascading problems with a massive Madera County bridge over the planned route of the state's much-delayed bullet train
Light shows the way to build ‘smart’ infrastructure
07/01/20 Berkeley Research — Kenichi Soga, Chancellor's Professor in civil and environmental engineering, is using fiber-optic cables to monitor structures ranging from tunnels to building foundations
Monitoring COVID-19 prevalence in municipal wastewater
06/24/20 — Samples from a single collection station can reveal clues to how the SARS-CoV-2 virus is circulating in communities
Super sand
04/14/20 — Engineers have developed a mineral-coated sand that can soak up toxic metals from water, cleaning up stormwater as it replenishes aquifers.
Monteiro selected for elite engineering honor
04/14/20 — Civil and environmental engineering professor Paulo Monteiro was elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
Berkeley’s Julia Morgan collection shows alumna designed spaces for women
03/31/20 Berkeley NewsCenter — Berkeley’s Environmental Design Archives highlights the life and works of an iconic architect and a Berkeley Engineering alumna.
CEE faculty actively contributing to solutions to COVID-19 pandemic
03/25/20 — From logistics algorithms to expert commentary, faculty in civil and environmental engineering are responding to COVID-19 calls
Jack Moehle receives top earthquake engineering award
03/05/20 — The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute bestowed Moehle, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, with the George W. Housner Medal
Two Berkeley Engineering professors named to NAE
02/06/20 — Per Peterson and Paulo Monteiro are among 78 Berkeley Engineering faculty members in the National Academy of Engineering
Sustainable sand gives pollution a one-two punch
12/05/19 — Berkeley engineers have developed a mineral-coated sand that can soak up toxic metals like lead and cadmium from water.
At fault
10/25/19 — A team of earthquake engineers, working out of the lab of professor Steven Glaser, is taking research on asperities to a new level by studying fault mechanics at nanoscale.
Get the lead out
10/25/19 — More than 18 million people in the United States are at risk from water pipes that leach lead. Now, researchers led by civil and environmental engineering professor Ashok Gadgil have devised a novel solution to this problem.
Towers in earthquake country — designers say the new ones are safe to their core
10/15/19 San Francisco Chronicle — Jack Moehle, professor of structural engineering, comments on the safety of towers that have transformed San Francisco's skyline over the past decade.
Berkeley researchers help secure water future
09/27/19 — The National Alliance for Water Innovation , which includes researchers from Berkeley Engineering, has been awarded a five-year, $100 million Energy-Water Desalination Hub by the U.S. Department of Energy to address water security issues in the United States.
Can cellphones help cities be more energy efficient?
09/23/19 — Berkeley Engineering, Berkeley Lab and MIT researchers have created a new tool that uses cellphone data to estimate building occupancy rates in urban areas, with the aim of optimizing energy use at a citywide scale - and helping to mitigate climate change.