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.E.E. engineers received $1.5 million grant to make environmentally friendly concrete
A team of UCLA engineers, including C.E.E. professors Mathieu Bauchy and Gaurav Sant, has received a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop 3D-printed concrete that incorporates carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, as part of a binder.
Prof. Jenny Jay receives Chancellor’s Award for Community-Engaged Research
Jenny Jay, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, was one of six professors to receive the Chancellor’s Award for community-engaged research.
C.E.E. Engineers in the Field After Major California Earthquakes
Q & A with Prof. Jonathan Stewart about what his team learned in the aftermath of the Ridgecrest earthquakes. A day after a magnitude 6.4 earthquake on July 4 rattled Southern California, a small team of UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineering earthquake engineers and scientists was already near its epicenter, in Ridgecrest, California, gathering time-sensitive data. The team is part of the Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance Association, which is supported by the National Science Foundation. The initial seven-member team was organized by Jonathan Stewart, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UCLA.
Supporting Sustainability: Clean Water by wiping out gnarly bacteria in oceans
Professor Jennifer Jay, doctoral student Megyn Rugh, and the Jay Research Group are wiping out gnarly bacteria in oceans with the help of local surfers.
Here’s What Will Happen After a Huge Earthquake Inevitably Hits California
Jonathan P. Stewart, professor and chair of UCLA’s Civil and Environmental Engineering department, was interviewed by Vice for an article about the potential consequences of a large earthquake hitting Southern California. Read the article:...
Reimagining CO2: UCLA team advances to Carbon XPRIZE finals
Working to upend one of the most stalwart of construction materials, a team of UCLA engineers, scientists and policy experts has advanced to the finals of the $20 million NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE by successfully creating a version of concrete that is nearly...