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

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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GATEways Outreach Co-Coordinator Vivian Le Honored with UC Davis Arboretum’s 2018 Pinkerton Prize

Vivian Le, who is completing her fourth year and majoring in civil engineering, was honored by the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden for dedicating three years to the arboretum’s GATEways Outreach Program.

Students

CEE Grad Student Daniela Peguero Selected for Fulbright Award to South Africa

UC Davis CEE graduate student student Daniela Peguero was selected for a Fulbright Award to South Africa.

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ASCE Brings Back Several Awards from 2018 Midpac

ASCE at UC Davis put in a strong performance at this year’s Mid-Pacific Conference event.

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CEE Alumni Spotlight: Water Pioneer Jeffery Szytel

Jeffery Szytel (’98, civil and environmental engineering), is founder and CEO of Water Systems Consulting, Inc. (WSC), a full service civil and environmental engineering consulting firm that specializes in providing innovative One Water solutions to public agency clients throughout the western United States.

Alumni

Alex San Pablo: Using STEM to Improve Lives

Alex San Pablo ’18 has found a support structure at UC Davis that sustains her in uncertain times, just like the structures she hopes to build one day as a civil engineer.

Students

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.

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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.

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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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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).

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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.

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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.

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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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