Student Spotlight: Ann Willis

Ann Willis, a first-year Ph.D. student in civil and environmental engineering, recently achieved a milestone typically reserved for a senior researcher or faculty member: she secured a $492,000 grant through the state of California Wildlife Conservation Board for studying reconciliation ecology.

Students

Industry Guests, Graduate Students Come Together for Annual GGSS Round Table

The UC Davis Geotechnical Graduate Students Society (GGSS) hosted the annual Round Table event, which was attended by more than 50 industry guests.

Students

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.”

Faculty

UC Davis CEE Alum Ruwanka Pursinghe Named a 2018 ASCE New Face of Civil Engineering

Ruwanka Purasinghe, who got his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from UC Davis, was named a 2018 New Face of Civil Engineering by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

Alumni

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).

Faculty

Controlling Invasive Shrimp to Improve Water Clarity in Lake Tahoe

A University of California, Davis research team led by civil and environmental engineering professors Geoff Schladow and Alex Forrest, along with environmental science and policy professor Steve Sadro, is launching a new project this month to test and optimize a strategy to improve water clarity in Emerald Bay and Lake Tahoe.

Research

CEE Students Organize Field Trip to Innovative Wastewater Treatment Installation

CEE Ph.D. student Hannah Safford, along with Senior Erica Koopman-Glass, organized a trip to a farm in Yuba City.

Students

UC Davis Research Shows the Significance of Electricity Savings Linked to Urban Water Conservation

UC Davis research by a team including CEE’s Dr. Frank Loge connecting electricity savings and urban water conservation was spotlighted in The Los Angeles Times.

Research

Helping Water Utilities Reduce California’s Energy Use and Emissions

The California Energy Commission awarded the Center for Water and Energy Efficiency at UC Davis $3.1 million to pilot-test a system to help water utilities optimize their energy use and reduce operational costs while continuing to meet customers’ water needs.

Research

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.

Faculty

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.

Faculty

UC Davis GGSS Students at PBD-III in Vancouver

The Third International Conference on Performance-based Design in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (PBD-III) in Vancouver, BC, Vancouver was held from July 16-19.

Students

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.

Faculty

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.

Faculty

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.

Faculty

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.

Faculty

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.

Faculty

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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