Consumer, Industrial Products Overtake Transportation as Source of Urban Air Pollution

New study finds surprisingly high contribution from paints, pesticides, perfumes as vehicle emissions drop.

Research

Professor Michele Barbato Named Structural Engineering Institute Fellow

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

Faculty

Winter Distinguished Lecture: Interbasin Transfers and Water Risk in the U.S.

The College of Engineering will welcome Carnegie Mellon University’s David Dzombak as its winter 2019 distinguished lecturer.

Research

Geotechnical Graduate Student Society Hosts Tour of the Center for Geotechnical Modeling

Prior to the start of fall term, the UC Davis Geotechnical Graduate Student Society (GGSS) hosted a tour of the Center for Geotechnical Modeling (CGM) for a group of Avenue Transfer Bridge students.

Students

Department Chair Amit Kanvinde Receives 2018 ASCE State of the Art of Civil Engineering Award

UC Davis CEE Department Chair Amit Kanvinde received the 2018 ASCE State of the Art of Civil Engineering Award for his paper, “Predicting Fracture in Civil Engineering Steel Structures: State of the Art,” published in the Journal of Structural Engineering in March 2017.

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.

Faculty

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.

Faculty

Alumna Ruby Chen Designs and Constructs Mobile Coop for UC Davis Pasture Poultry Farm

Ruby Chen is a recent graduate of the UC Davis civil and environmental engineering program.

Alumni

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.

Faculty

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.

Faculty

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).

Faculty

UC Davis Chancellor May Tours Center for Geotechnical Modeling

Professor Ross Boulanger and the rest of the team at the CGM were thrilled to have UC Davis Chancellor Gary May tour the Center for Geotechnical Modeling.

Research

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.

Faculty

UC Pavement Research Center Postdoc Mohamed Elkashef Earns Mistletoe Fellowship

Mohamed Elkashef, a postdoc working with Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor John Harvey and University of California Pavement Research Center Associate Director David Jones, recently received a 2018-2019 Mistletoe Research Fellowship.

Research

UC Davis Solar Decathlon Team Receives Excellence in Structural Engineering Award

On June 12, the UC Davis Solar Decathlon team, led by Professor Frank Loge in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, received the Excellence in Structural Engineering Award from the Structural Engineers Association of Central California for their work designing and building OurH2Ouse for the 2017 U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon competition.

Research

CEE Ph.D. Student Alex Sturm Honored with Graduate Student Teaching Award

CEE Ph.D. student Alex Sturm earned a 2017-2018 Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award from UC Davis Graduate Studies.

Students

Ph.D. Student Hannah Safford Featured on Al Jazeera

CEE Ph.D. student Hannah Safford was featured on Al Jazeera’s NewsGrid April 15.

Students

Master’s Student Maritza Flores Marquez Wins Best Paper Award

CEE Master’s Student Maritza Flores Marquez was named a finalist for the 2018 Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education (JCWRE) Paper of the Year Award.

Students