UCLA Associate Professor Jiaqi Ma Named Editor-in-Chief of IEEE-ITS Journal
The professional group Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) named UCLA Samueli civil and environmental engineering associate professor Jiaqi Ma as the 2023 editor-in-chief of the IEEE Open Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems. The IEEE...
Professor Eric Hoek Receives 2023 UCLA Samueli University Service Award
University Service Award Eric Hoek M.S. ’96 Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering With decades of leadership in developing advanced water, energy and environmental technologies, civil and environmental engineering professor Eric Hoek was a natural choice to...
PhD Student Onja Davidson Raoelison Receives 2023 Distinguished Teaching Award for Teaching Assistants
Photo courtesy of O. Davidson Raoelison UCLA civil and environmental engineering graduate student Onja Davidson Raoelison will be awarded the Distinguished Teaching Award for Teaching Assistants this coming fall quarter by the UCLA Center for the Advancement of...
UCLA Transportation Scholar Tierra Bills Receives 2023 Zephyr Rising Star Award
Photo courtesy of T. Bills Tierra Bills, an assistant professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been selected for the 2023 Zephyr Rising Star Award for her “rigorous, equity-driven travel demand modeling.” The distinction is given to up-and-coming...
UCLA CEE Student Awarded ASCE Scholarship
Photo courtesy of W. Goodin Cassidi Harada, a student of the Civil and Environmental Engineering department at UCLA Samueli, received a scholarship from the professional group American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) last March 11. Harada was awarded the 2023 Life...
UCLA CEE Students Awarded Scholarships by ASCE
Photo courtesy of W. Goodin Several civil and environmental engineering students were awarded scholarships by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Younger Member Forum (YMF) last February 10th. The scholarships were awarded during the group's annual Student...
Professor and Department Chair Ertugrul Taciroglu Named Inaugural Editor-In-Chief of New ASCE Journal
UCLA Samueli civil and environmental engineering professor and department chair Ertugrul Taciroglu was named inaugural editor-in-chief of the newly launched American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) open access journal: ASCE OPEN: Multidisciplinary Journal of Civil...
Civil and Environmental Engineering Postdoctoral Scholar Yu (Rain) Miao Earns Multiple Achievements
Photo courtesy of S. Mahendra Yu (Rain) Miao, a postdoctoral scholar in the Mahendra Lab, received the Chancellor’s Award for Postdoctoral Research last November 9th. This award recognizes Miao’s research and its impact, while also highlighting Miao as a valuable...
UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineering Ph.D. Student Receives Prestigious Scholarships
Photo courtesy of I. Kwok Ivy Kwok is a third-year Ph.D. student advised by professor Shaily Mahendra. This past year, she received the Boeing Scholarship through the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) at UCLA. This scholarship is awarded to students who have...