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UC Davis CEE Professors Swim for Science Across Lake Tahoe

CEE faculty members Heather Bischel, Veronica Morales and Deb Niemeier joined the Women for Water Research team in the 41st annual Trans Tahoe Relay.

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Maureen Kinyua: Waste Not

As an undergraduate physics major, Maureen Kinyua discovered her passion for science—combined with a sincere interest in helping others—could lead to a fruitful career in engineering.

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CEE's Michele Barbato Named ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute Fellow

The distinction recognizes EMI members with a distinguished record of research, accomplishments and service to the Institute.

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Beneath the Ice in Antarctica

To outer space and the deep ocean, add “beneath the ice” to the list of rarely charted frontiers of science exploration.

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I.M. Idriss Awarded George W. Housner Medal

Professor Emeritus at the UC Davis Civil and Environmental Engineering Department Ed Idriss received the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute’s (EERI) 2018 George W. Housner Medal at the 11th US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering (11NCEE) in Los Angeles last month.

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Supporting the Next Wave of Water Leaders

UC Davis professor and director of the Center for Watershed Sciences Jay Lund explains the important role UC Davis engineers will play in solving water problems that plague societies across the globe.

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CEE Faculty Niemeier, Boulanger Elected to National Academy of Engineering

Two engineering professors at the University of California, Davis, Deb Niemeier and Ross Boulanger, have been elected as members of the National Academy of Engineering, among the highest honors in the profession.

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UC Davis Chancellor May, CEE Professors Lund and Abrahamson Elected to National Academy of Engineering

Gary S. May, chancellor of the University of California, Davis, and Jay Lund, distinguished professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the university’s Center for Watershed Sciences, have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, the academy announced today (Feb. 7).

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CEE Professors Alejandro Martinez and Sabbie Miller Selected as UC Davis Hellman Fellows

Alejandro Martinez and Sabbie Miller were selected as two of the 11 2018-2019 UC Davis Hellman Fellows.

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Professor Bassam Younis Team Improves UV Light Water Disinfection Devices

Professor Bassam Younis and his research team have developed a UV system that eliminates many of the problems inherent in conventional UV light water disinfection device designs.

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Professor John Harvey Presents Rasmus S. Nordal Keynote Address

John Harvey, professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering and director of the UC Pavement Research Center (UCPRC), presented the Rasmus S. Nordal keynote address to more than 400 delegates at the 10th Conference on the Bearing Capacity of Roads, Railways and Airfields in Athens, Greece, on June 28, 2017.

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Michele Barbato, Ph.D., Joins Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty

Dr. Michele Barbato is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at the University of California, Davis.

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Levent Kavvas Elected ASCE Distinguished Member

CEE Distinguished Professor Levent Kavvas has been elected a Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE): the highest honor for an ASCE member.

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CEE Professor Brian Maroney Reflects on Bay Bridge in San Francisco Chronicle Article

Professor Brian Maroney, chief Bay Bridge engineer for Caltrans, was interviewed by The San Francisco Chronicle on the demolition of the last of the Bay Bridge.

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CEE’s Alex Forrest Chosen as a UC Davis Hellman Fellow

Assistant Professor Alex Forrest was one of three junior faculty members chosen from the UC Davis College of Engineering as 2017-2018 UC Davis Hellman Fellows.

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CEE Professor John Harvey Receives ASCE Award

Professor John Harvey has been selected by the American Society of Civil Engineers to receive the 2019 Frank M. Masters Transportation Engineering Award.

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Two CEE Faculty Receive NSF CAREER Awards

Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professors Holly Oldroyd and Verónica Morales each received the National Science Foundation's CAREER Award for their research in environmental engineering.

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Heather Bischel Awarded Zeno Karl Schindler EPFL Prize in Environmental Science and Sustainability

Civil and Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor Heather Bischel was recently honored by the Zeno Karl Schindler Foundation in Geneva, Switzerland, for her research on sustainable sanitation.

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Professor Katerina Ziotopoulou Receives 2018 UC Davis Wakeham Mentoring Fellowship

Professor Katerina Ziotopoulou received one of three 2018 Wakeham Mentoring Fellowships, an honor given to faculty and their mentees to support the exploration of mentoring best practices.

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Dr. Alex Forrest's Ice-Shelf Environmental Research Featured by Seeker

Assistant Professor Alexander Forrest's environmental-engineering research is the subject of a new Seeker video article.

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Professor Amit Kanvinde Elected to Take Part in 23rd Annual US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium

Professor and UC Davis CEE Department Chair Amit Kanvinde has been chosen to be part of a group of 83 young engineers taking part in the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) 23rd Annual US Frontiers of Engineering (USFOE) Symposium.

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Daniel Sperling Receives TRB’s 2018 Roy W. Crum Award

Please join us in congratulating Professor Dan Sperling, who has received the Roy W. Crum Award from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Transportation Research Board (TRB).

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CEE Emeriti Faculty Share Memories, Advice

"With 23 years in CEE at UC Davis, it is hard to choose a 'fondest' memory -- I literally cannot think of one that is not fond."

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Amit Kanvinde Honored by American Institute of Steel Construction with Special Achievement Award

Please join us in congratulating Amit Kanvinde for being honored by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) with a Special Achievement Award.

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Prof. Jeannie Darby Awarded 2018 Academic Senate Scholarly Public Service Award

This UC Davis award “recognizes significant contributions to the world, nation, state, local community through distinguished public service.”

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Professor Michele Barbato Named Structural Engineering Institute Fellow

UC Davis CEE Professor Michele Barbato was recently named ASCE Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) Fellow.

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Prof. Verónica Morales Awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER Grant

Prof. Morales’ research on Fundamental Controls of Transport Attributes from Porous Media Microstructure was granted a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award.

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