UCLA Civil Engineering Alumnus Receives Editor’s Choice Award by Leading Geophysical Journal
Water Resources Research, a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Geophysical Union, awarded Sarfaraz Alam, Ph.D. ’21, the 2020 Editor’s Choice Award. Alam, who is the lead author of the paper, has been featured by the publication previously. The...
UCLA Civil Engineering Alumnus Featured in Leading Geophysical Journal on Groundwater Storage Recovery
Sarfaraz Alam, Ph.D. '21 was recently featured in the Water Resources Research journal published by the American Geophysical Union (AGU). Entitled “Estimating Post-Drought Groundwater Storage Recovery in California’s Central Valley,” the piece highlighted a new study...
UCLA CEE Alumni Awarded by ASCE San Francisco Section
Two UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineering alumni were recognized by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) San Francisco Section for their outstanding contributions to the community. Maxwell Armenta (BS '17) received the Outstanding Civil Engineer in...
UCLA PhD Student awarded NASA Fellowship
A little over half of the total runoff per year has its origins in snowpack from regional mountain ranges in the western United States. Seasonal snowpack, also referred to as a natural water tower as it stores winter precipitation and releases it as snowmelt, provides...
C&EE Professor Bauchy and Research Group Show New Path to Make Glass as Tough as Metal
A research group, led by Professor Mathieu Bauchy, has used atomic-level computer simulations to suggest a path toward developing stronger, more ductile glass. The study was published in Materials Horizon in February 2021. About the findings, Professor Bauchy said,...
Issam Najm Honored With 2021 A.P. Black Research Award, Featured in AWWA Issue
The A.P. Black Research Award is given on an as-deserved basis to recognize a researcher for outstanding research contributions to water science and water supply rendered over an appreciable period of time. The 2021 recipient of the A.P. Black Research Award is Issam...
UCLA research suggests biosolids used as fertilizer could contain more plastic than previously thought
A UCLA study, published in the journal ACS ES&T Water and coauthored by C&EE Professors Sanjay Mohanty and Erik Hoek, suggests that fertilizer could contain far more plastic particles — as much as 25 times more — than was previously suspected. In the UCLA...
C&EE Professor Jennifer Jay quoted in the New York Times
Professor Jennifer Jay was quoted in a recent New York Times article titled "The Rise of the Climatarian". From the article: Climatarians can actually make a big difference, said Jennifer Jay, a professor in the department of civil and environmental engineering at...
UCLA engineering students receive scholarships from statewide engineering association
Two UCLA Civil Engineering students, Brigid Ahern (BS) and Honor Fisher (MS) have received scholarships from the American Council of Engineering Companies, California. The Press Release can be read below! For Immediate Release May 13, 2021 ACEC California Announces...