Charting New Horizons: Civil and Environmental Engineering Alumni Huachen CUI’s Path from UCLA to a Faculty Role in Guangzhou’s
Photo from the The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) website Having completed his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at UCLA and subsequently serving as a postdoctoral researcher, Prof. Cui has recently achieved a significant milestone by securing a...
Alumnus Christine Goulet Named Director of the USGS Earthquake Science Center
Photo courtesy of J. Stewart UCLA civil and environmental engineering alumnus Dr. Christine Goulet has been named Director of the USGS Earthquake Science Center. In this position, Goulet will lead wide-ranging research and implementation teams in the general area of...
UCLA Alumnus Leads New Sixth Street Bridge Project in LA
Photo from the UCLA Samueli website Civil and environmental engineering alumnus Julie Allen, B.S. ‘92 headed the conception and construction of the newly opened Sixth Street Bridge in Los Angeles. The bridge connects the Arts District with LA’s Eastside. Allen served...
ASCE Awards UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineering Alumni
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Los Angeles Branch recognized two UCLA alumni during their annual awards night on July 28. Paul Lee, BS '15 was awarded the Outstanding Civil Engineer in Legislative Activities award. Lee is an Energy Policy Analyst at...
Civil and Environmental Engineering Alumnus Now a Full Professor at CSULB
Photo from the CSULB website Dr. Yu-Fu (Paul) Ko, who graduated from UCLA in 2006 under professor Jiann-Wen Woody Ju, has been promoted to full professor at the California State University, Long Beach (CSULB). Ko’s appointment in the Civil Engineering &...
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...
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...