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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....
C&EE Professor Scott Brandenberg Featured in Article on Levee Risk Assessment in the Delta
C&EE Professor Scott Brandenberg is featured in Robin Meadow's piece, Feature: First Field-based Assessment of Levee Risk in the Delta. In the article, Professor Brandenberg offers knowledge about the levee that surrounds Bacon Island in the central Sacramento-San...
Department Announcements
UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Yousef Bozorgnia Receives Watanabe Award
Photo courtesy of Y. Bozorgnia Yousef Bozorgnia, professor and director of the multidisciplinary and multi-institutional Natural Hazards Risk and Resiliency Research Center (NHR3), received the V. M. Watanabe Excellence in Research Award from the UCLA Samueli School...
UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Jonathan Stewart Appointed to Committees that Impact Seismic Risk Policy in the US
Professor Jonathan Stewart has been appointed or re-appointed to several committees that set or impact policy related to the identification or mitigation of earthquake risk. He was recently reappointed as a member of the University of California Seismic Advisory...
UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineering Ph.D. Student Receives Scholarship from AWWA
Onja Davidson Raoelison, a Ph.D. student advised by assistant professor Sanjay Mohanty, is one of the recipients of the 2022 American Water Works Association (AWWA) Academic Scholarships for Water Studies. Raoelison receives the Arcadis Scholarship, a $5,000 award...
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
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...
UCLA Professor and Institute of Carbon Management Director Gaurav Sant Featured on ABC 7
Civil and environmental engineering professor and ICM director Gaurav Sant is featured on a television segment on ABC 7. An accompanying article entitled "UCLA research project proposes removal of carbon dioxide from the ocean to help fight climate change" is also...