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Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Groundbreaking “Meta-bot” Created by UCLA Team Led by Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Xiaoyu (Rayne) Zheng
Photo courtesy of UCLA Samueli School of Engineering A group of UCLA engineers, led by associate professor Xiaoyu (Rayne) Zheng, developed a new process that uses 3D printing to engineer robots in one step. The resulting metamaterials, or active materials with...
UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineering Ph.D. Student Published in Leading Journal
Photo courtesy of J. Stewart Timothy O'Donnell, a Ph.D. student advised by professor Jonathan Stewart, was part of a Lebanon-US team that investigated the impacts of the 2020 Beirut explosion on infrastructure within Beirut. Working with collaborators at the...
Study Led by UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineering Student Featured by NASA
In their article “California Fire Led to Spike in Bacteria, Cloudiness in Coastal Waters,” the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory highlights a new study led by a UCLA civil and environmental engineering student. The “eye-opening” study is led by Marisol Cira, a Ph.D....
Department Announcements
UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineering Student Awarded 2022 Life Member Forum Scholarship by ASCE
First-year civil and environmental engineering student Akshyae Singh was presented with a $1,500 scholarship by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Life Member Forum. The honor was awarded at the Life Member Induction Ceremony & Brunch last May 2022. ...
UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineering 2022 Commencement Awardees
Screenshot from the UCLA Samueli website The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science announced the award winners for the 2022 Commencement Ceremony. Civil and environmental engineering graduates who will receive awards are as follows: Harry M....
2021-2022 Outstanding Student Awards
The department of Civil and Environmental Engineering would like to congratulate the following recipients of the 2021-2022 Civil and Environmental Engineering Outstanding Student Awards: Bryant Yang - B.S. Eric Estrada - M.S. Kayden Haleakala - Ph.D. Recipients are...
Alumni News
Civil and Environmental Engineering Student Receives UCLA Outstanding Master’s Student Award
Camille H. Le, previously advised by civil and environmental engineering assistant professor Sanjay Mohanty, was recognized by the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering. Le was awarded the 2021 Edward K. Rice Outstanding Master’s Student award for her many achievements...
UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineering Alumni to Receive Awards from American Society of Civil Engineers
Photos courtesy of M. Armenta and S. Barua Seema Barua, BS ‘14, MS ‘15 and Maxwell Armenta, BS ‘17 will be receiving awards at the annual Region 9 California Infrastructure Symposium of the ASCE. The symposium will be held this coming April 22nd in San Francisco,...
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...
In the News
Incoming UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Regan Patterson Featured on Resources Radio
Assistant professor Regan Patterson was recently featured on Resources for the Future's (RFF) Resources Radio, in the episode entitled, "Driving Toward Justice: Transportation and Equity." From the podcast: Patterson asks, "Transit is essential for those who keep our...
UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineering Student and Professor Featured on Spectrum News 1
Photo courtesy of O. Raoelison Ph.D. candidate Onja Davidson Raoelison and assistant professor Sanjay Mohanty were featured in a video and an article on Spectrum News 1 titled, “Researchers look at how biofilters can protect waterways” From the news story: Raoelison...
UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Jennifer Jay Featured on Spectrum News 1
Professor and vice chair Jennifer Jay was featured in a video news story by Spectrum News titled, “Fight climate change through how and what you eat” From the news story: “Pretty small changes can do, when you add it up across the population. It doesn’t have to be...