NSF awards $12.75M to renew natural hazards simulation center
09/20/21 — The four-year grant to the SimCenter supports research to understand and quantify the effects of natural hazards on buildings, lifelines and communities.
Civil engineering
New study shows how air pollution varies block by block
09/07/21 — Researchers used Google Street View cars to show that levels of air pollution vary not only by region, such as between urban and rural areas, but also by city street
New faculty cluster to focus on climate change, environmental justice
09/02/21 — CNR: Five assistant professors, including civil and environmental engineering's Maya Carrasquillo, will bring their disparate perspectives to research on battling the “climate gap”
How much wildfire smoke is infiltrating our homes?
09/01/21 — Environmental engineers used crowdsourced data to measure indoor air quality during California’s wildfires.
A driving force behind mixed-autonomy traffic
08/26/21 — Amazon Science: Alexandre Bayen's research, combining machine learning with big data, looks at how coordinated automation could improve traffic flow, boost efficiency and slash emissions
Berkeley-affiliated experts lead probe of Florida condo collapse
08/26/21 — National Institute of Standards and Technology investigation leaders include CEE alumni Judith Mitrani-Reiser and Glenn Bell and professor Jack Moehle
Mosalam provides key analysis of Surfside condo collapse
08/18/21 — Civil engineering professor Khalid Mosalam used 3-D modeling and simulations to assess the tragic collapse of a high-rise Florida condominium for a Washington Post investigation.
Engineers piece together Champlain Towers probable collapse sequence
06/29/21 Engineering News-Record — Structural engineering professor Jack P. Moehle joins other experts in assessing what happened in the deadly Florida collapse
Having faith in your journey, despite the turmoil
05/13/21 — Civil engineer and CalNerd Jose Magana, uprooted from his life in El Salvador, overcame arduous life experiences to graduate from Berkeley
Infant-warming device proven safe, effective
04/29/21 Berkeley Lab — Technology developed by Ashok Gadgil's team shows a big drop in infant mortality in Rwanda hospitals
New studies of deadly air pollutant document environmental inequality
04/28/21 Washington Post — “The deck is stacked against people of color,” says civil and environmental engineering assistant professor Joshua Apte
Berkeley engineers win Extraordinary Teaching in Extraordinary Times Awards
04/27/21 — Nine engineering teaching groups were honored for innovations in remote instruction
Coming to light
04/26/21 — Professor Kenichi Soga’s advanced sensor technology could change the way we monitor infrastructure, agriculture and other complex systems.
Q+A on the future of our cities
04/26/21 — Professor Marta González discusses how the pandemic and climate change are affecting urban areas.
Transportation engineer Marty Wachs passes away
04/15/21 — Professor emeritus led Institute of Transportation Studies at both UCLA and Berkeley; he was 79
Using AI to eliminate traffic jams
03/13/21 Fortune — ITS Director Alex Bayen explains how autonomous vehicles can help traffic flow more smoothly.
Leslie Robertson, who engineered World Trade Center, dies at 92
02/16/21 New York Times — Berkeley civil engineering alum (B.S.'52) designed structural systems of several notable skyscrapers around the world
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
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.