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For decades, California has led the way to a low-carbon economy that serves all people, especially when it comes to transformation of our transportation infrastructure.

In a groundbreaking shift from the past, the Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5) has comprehensively addressed some of the strategies and measures that are needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and curb the worst effects of climate change. UC Davis Assistant Professor Alan Jenn and Professor Alissa Kendall both played significant roles in developing this comprehensive assessment.

At commencement, she congratulates every student by name — then they ask for a hug.

She spearheaded the drive to establish an undergraduate environmental engineering major at UC Davis, knowing women are drawn to the field.

And in the words of her department chair: “She cares passionately about creating opportunities for others and institutionalizing the change needed to allow women and other underrepresented persons to thrive in engineering.”

Transportation systems play a huge role in how we get around. Unfortunately, this comes with a downside: an epidemic of traffic injuries and death. To get ahead of this, Prof. Kari Watkins and collaborators at Georgia Tech and the University of Minnesota have proposed a transformative new framework for traffic safety—the Safe Systems Pyramid. The Safe Systems Pyramid emphasizes the importance of a focus on improving the systems that govern our transportation infrastructure over trying to modify individual behavior.

This year Professor Michele Barbato is being awarded with the "Jonathon Burdette Brown Education" Award from the ASCE Sacramento Chapter. The Sacramento Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers announce the outstanding individuals and remarkable projects that have earned recognition in this year's Sacramento Section ASCE Awards. These awards celebrate the dedication and hard work of those who are driving positive change in our city through civil engineering. Congratulations Michele!

Professor Ross Boulanger was named the 9th Ishihara Lecturer by the International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering's (ISSMGE) Technical Committee on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (TC203). This is a distinguished group of lecturers who have been instrumental in the geotechnical earthquake engineering field. Professor Boulanger will receive the award and give an award lecture at the 8th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering in Osaka, Japan in March 2024.

Professor Michele Barbato was selected as the UC Davis Innovator of the Year Award for his continued work with adobe as a nature-based solution for sustainable, climate-resilient earthen construction. For more information about Professor Barbato's award, read this article: Engineering Faculty Receive UC Davis Innovation Awards at 2023 Ceremony | College of Engineering. Congratulations Michele!

Professor Sabbie Miller's continued research into the environmental impacts of concrete was featured in the most recent issue of Engineering Progress Magazine. The article is available online here: Sabbie Miller Paves the Way for Making Concrete Environmentally Safe | College of Engineering (ucdavis.edu). Congratulations Sabbie!

Gandhar Abhay Pandit is a Ph.D. student at UC Davis. 

Read on to learn about Gandhar's love for Yosemite and his passion for managing organic waste in California..

On May 23rd the Civil & Environmental Engineering Undergraduate Awards and Scholarships for 2023-2024 held place on Ghausi Hall.

The department chair Chris Cappa, the vice chair for undergraduate studies Colleen Bronner, and Professor Jason DeJong gave the awards to the graduating seniors in recognition of their outstanding academic achievement.

For more information visit: Student Awards | Civil and Environmental Engineering (ucdavis.edu)