C.E.E. LECTURER SOFIA GAVRIDOU AWARDED FELLOWSHIP TO WORK WITH ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY IN THESSALONIKI, GREECE
C.E.E. Lecturer Dr. Sofia Gavridou was awarded fellowship by Greek Diaspora Fellowship Program (GDFP) to travel to Greece to work with Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh) and Professor Evangelos Efthymiou on introducing concepts of TAll BUilding Structural Design in Greece (the “TABU” project).
C.E.E. Alum Chelsea Covate ’11 named one of the Outstanding Women in Construction & Design
UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineering alumna Chelsea Covate ’11, Project Manager, W.E. O’Neil, was named one of the Outstanding Women in Construction & Design by the LA Business Journal.
C.E.E. Prof. Gaurav Sant and his Carbon Capture team featured in L.A. Times
Turning carbon into concrete could win UCLA team a climate victory — and $7.5 million.
C.E.E. Professor Eric Hoek appointed as the new Faculty Director of the UCLA Sustainable LA Grand Challenge
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Civil & Environmental Engineering Professor Eric Hoek as the new Faculty Director of the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge, the UCLA-wide initiative to make Los Angeles the first sustainable megacity by 2050.
California Energy Commission awards $3.5 million research grant on seismic risks to natural gas infrastructure to UCLA
The California Energy Commission has just awarded $3.5 million research contract to UCLA to study seismic risk to the state’s natural gas infrastructure.
Shaily Mahendra Wins 2019 ASCE Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize
Shaily Mahendra, UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor and Samueli Fellow, receives the 2019 Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize from American Society of Civil Engineers. She is recognized for pioneering the application of enzyme-nanoparticle...
Professor Xiaoyu (Rayne) Zheng receives early career award from DARPA
Xiaoyu (Rayne) Zheng, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has received the 2019 Young Faculty Award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of the U.S. Department of Defense.
C.E.E. PhD Student Desheng Yao wins 1st Place Poster Award
CEE Ph.D. student Desheng Yao won 1st Place at the Graduate Student Poster Competition at the MS&T Conference October 1, 2019 in Portland, Oregon.
C&EE 200 Section 1 Seminar: Mobile Ground Robotics for Infrastructure Condition Assessment
There is a pressing need to introduce automation into the process of infrastructure condition assessment, while producing quantifiable results, reduce subjectivity in the assessment outcomes, and to minimize overall time taken for routine inspections and assessment cost.








