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UCLA Institute for Carbon Management and Equatic to Build the World’s Largest Ocean-Based Carbon Removal Plant in Singapore
UCLA Samueli Newsroom Following the successful launch and operation of two pilots in Los Angeles and Singapore last spring, UCLA and its startup Equatic are scaling up for the next phase: a $20 million full-scale demonstration plant (“Equatic-1”) supported by...
Team led by UCLA CEE Professor Yousef Bozorgnia Awarded $3 Million Research Grant By CEC
UCLA civil and environmental engineering professor and Natural Hazards Risk and Resiliency Research Center (NHR3) director Yousef Bozorgnia heads a research project that was just awarded a $3 million contract by the California Energy Commission (CEC). The...
UCLA Graduate Student-Led Study Featured by JPL/NASA
Photo courtesy of I. Callejas A study entitled, “A GEE toolkit for water quality monitoring from 2002 to 2022 in support of SDG 14 and coral health in marine protected areas in Belize,” was featured on the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)/ National Aeronautics and...
Department Announcements
UCLA’s Online Engineering Master’s Program Again Ranked No. 1 in the U.S.
By UCLA Samueli Newsroom The UCLA Samueli School of Engineering’s online master’s degree program has earned the No. 1 ranking in U.S. News & World Report’s 2024 survey of the nation’s best online graduate engineering programs. This is the second year in a row —...
Yifan Graduate Student named 2024 Graduate Student Awardee in Environmental Chemistry by ACS
Photo Courtesy of Yifan Gao Yifan Gao, Ph.D. Candidate, was named 2024 Graduate Student Awardee in Environmental Chemistry by the American Chemical Society (ACS), Division of Environmental Chemistry. This award recognizes graduate students globally who are working in...
Professor Jonathan Stewart elected to National Academy of Engineering
Photo provided by UCLA Samueli Newsroom Stewart, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at UCLA Samueli and co-director of UCLA’s Natural Hazards Risk and Resiliency Research Center, was elected by the academy for developing “improved understanding...
Alumni News
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...
In the News
USBE News:Science Leads in Addressing Climate Crisis
by US Black Engineer Regan Patterson, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, shares her expertise on several scientific issues related to climate change on a panel convened by Career Communications Group (CCG), the publisher of US Black...
Newsnation Prime: Northeast Earthquake: Millions Feel Effects
by NewsNation Prime NewsNation brought in Scott Brandenberg, professor of civil and environmental engineering to discuss the April 5, 2024 New Jersey quake. “The region doesn’t get earthquakes very often. Are structures up to code? Can they handle shaking? It turns...
Yahoo! NEWS: Are Buildings in Major Northeast Cities Able to Withstand Earthquakes?
By Yahoo! News Scott Brandenberg, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, told Yahoo News that Friday’s earthquake is probably not indicative that longer-term earthquake activity is on the rise in the region. Also...