This year’s Annual CEE Alumni Advisory Board Ceremony/ Banquet 2024
Photos Courtesy from CEE AAB Members It is with great pleasure that we announce the recent achievements of two distinguished alumni from the UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. Their dedication and contributions to the field have not only brought them...
UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineer Heads LA County’s Chief Sustainability Office
Photo Courtesy from Rita Kampalath Article From UCLA Samueli Newsroom For Rita Kampalath M.S. ’05, Ph.D. ’10, every day is Earth Day as the Los Angeles County’s chief sustainability officer. But when she first came to UCLA as a graduate student, Kampalath said she...
Alumni Paul Lee featured in upcoming film “Cities of the Future”
Photograph courtesy of Paul Lee Paul Lee, UCLA Alumni (B.S. CEE), is featured in the film "Cities of the Future". The film is scheduled to come out in February 2024 and provides valuable insights in the evolving role of civil engineers. As an alumni, Lee...
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...