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Civil engineering

Shaking table at UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley-PEER shaking table turns 50

06/22/22 — Remains the largest multidirectional earthquake simulator in the US
Karl Pister sitting inside the Faculty Club.

Former UC Santa Cruz chancellor, Berkeley Engineering dean Karl Pister has died

05/16/22 — Pister, a structural engineering professor who devoted more than 70 years to the university, to higher education and to expanding educational opportunities for students from kindergarten to graduate school, was 96.
Stockton high school students assemble fan-based air filters under the guidance of CEE students

Civil engineers partner with Stockton students to build 120 air purifiers

04/26/22 — In honor of Earth Day, students from professor Tina Chow's CE 105 class joined with Edison High School to build and distribute air purifiers to the south Stockton community
Generic map with areas shaded in red

Seeing red

04/15/22 — A study has found a strong association between present-day air pollution levels and historical patterns of redlining.
Wastewater treatment plant

Q+A on wastewater testing

04/15/22 — Using a novel method to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus, researchers worked with public agencies to monitor infection levels in local wastewater samples.
Aerial photo of smoke from wildfires, with California county map superimposed

Tracking smoke

04/15/22 — Tests on a smoke forecasting model from the NOAA has allowed researchers to pinpoint areas for improvement.
Child holds glass of water

Examining the effects of chlorinated drinking water on the gut microbiome

04/14/22 — New research shows no negative impact on children's digestive bacteria from chlorinated drinking water

New program looks to diversify next generation of civil and environmental engineers

04/07/22 — Partnership with Oakland schools, civic leaders and local practitioners aims to bolster workforce, improve engineering equity
Ashok Gadgil standing on a boat

Ashok Gadgil wins inaugural Zuckerberg Water Prize

04/05/22 — Award recognizes his outstanding vision and lasting global impact in water research
Chevron refinery in Richmond, California, seen from the adjacent residential Point Richmond neighborhood.

Study shows more air pollution in areas of historical redlining

03/09/22 — Public Health: Research led by Berkeley civil engineers finds racism from the 1930s is still influencing environmental inequality today
Masayoshi Tomizuka elected to NAE

Masayoshi Tomizuka named to National Academy of Engineering

02/09/22 — Mechanical engineering professor among 76 academy members at Berkeley Engineering
Steve Conolly, Niren Murthy and Kenichi Soga

Innovative faculty members awarded Bakar Prize

02/07/22 — Three Berkeley Engineering faculty — Steve Conolly of bioengineering and EECS, bioengineer Niren Murthy and mineral engineer Kenichi Soga of CEE — are among four winners of the campus's 2022 Bakar Prize for technological innovations that promise solutions to some of the world’s most pressing problems
CHart showing SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater in Contra Costa County

Bay Area wastewater data suggests COVID hasn’t peaked everywhere

01/27/22 — SFGate: While indicators suggest COVID-19 cases are on the decline across the Bay Area, wastewater analyzed for SARS-CoV-2 at Berkeley Engineering professor Kara Nelson's lab suggests that three areas of the region may have yet to peak.
Illustration of water recycling, showing insects, wetland plants and glass of potable water

How building wetlands could recycle the world’s water

01/21/22 — Kicking off Season 2 of the Berkeley Voices podcast, water engineer David Sedlak explains how ever-thirstier California can fight back against climate change by learning to recycle the water we use
Orange glow on Berkeley campus

Cesunica Ivey to lead EPA project to reduce wildfire smoke exposure

12/20/21 — EPA: Award to support engagement and better communication of health risks of underserved and marginalized groups in California’s San Francisco Bay Area.
Video clip of Kara Nelson in water testing lab

Berkeley team detects omicron in Bay Area wastewater

12/09/21 — ABC7 News: A team led by Kara Nelson, professor of civil and environmental engineering, has identified the COVID-19 variant in samples of sewage from two California sites, one of them in the Bay Area.
infant warmer

Dream on

11/15/21 — Researchers have developed a low-cost, non-electric, reusable warming device that can reduce infant mortality rates.
San Francisco skyline seen through brown haze

Where there’s smoke

11/15/21 — On wildfire days, taking steps like closing up houses and using indoor filtration can cut the infiltration of PM2.5 particulate matter into homes by half.
Google Street View Car in San Francisco

Block by block

11/15/21 — Research shows that levels of air pollution vary not only by region, such as between urban and rural areas, but by city block.
Reginal DesRoches

UC Berkeley alum Reginald DesRoches named president of Rice University

11/12/21 — DesRoches is the seventh Berkeley Engineering alumnus to become the head of a university in the past four years
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