UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate Student Announcements

The Civil and Environmental Engineering department is proud of the accomplishments of our students, faculty and alumni.  We created an online form for you to easily communicate your achievements or the achievements of other CEE constituents to the department so that we may provide recognition. Where is the form located? CEE Department Website > Resources Tab > Achievements http://www.cee.ucla.edu/achievements/ Who should use this form? Students, Student Organizations, Alumni, Faculty, Post-Docs, Visiting Scholars, and other CEE constituents How long does it take to fill out the form? Less than 3 minutes! How will the submitted information be shared? The CEE SAO may share the submitted information on the CEE Department Website, on CEE Graduate Student Social Media, in various CEE publications, and more! May I submit a form on behalf of someone else? YES! Should I submit past achievements? This form is meant to share current achievements, bu...

The Civil and Environmental Engineering department is proud of the accomplishments of our students, faculty and alumni. We created an online form for you to easily communicate your achievements or the achievements of other CEE constituents to the department so that we may provide recognition. Where is the form located? CEE Department Website > Resources Tab > Achievements http://www.cee.ucla.edu/resources/achievements Who should use this form? Alumni, Faculty, Post-Docs, Students, Student Organizations, Visiting Scholars, and other CEE constituents How long does it take to fill out the form? Less than 3 minutes! How will the submitted information be shared? The CEE SAO may share the submitted information on the CEE Department Website, on the CEE Graduate Student Blog, with CEE faculty, in various CEE publications, and more! May I submit a form on behalf of someone else? YES! Should I submit past achievements? This form is meant to share current achiev...

The Civil and Environmental Engineering department is proud of the accomplishments of our students, faculty and alumni. We created an online form for you to easily communicate your achievements or the achievements of other CEE constituents to the department so that we may provide recognition. Where is the form located? CEE Department Website > Resources Tab > Achievements http://www.cee.ucla.edu/resources/achievements Who should use this form? Alumni, Faculty, Post-Docs, Students, Student Organizations, Visiting Scholars, and other CEE constituents How long does it take to fill out the form? Less than 3 minutes! How will the submitted information be shared? The CEE SAO may share the submitted information on the CEE Department Website, on the CEE Graduate Student Blog, with CEE faculty, in various CEE publications, and more! May I submit a form on behalf of someone else? YES! Should I submit past achievements? This form is meant to share current achiev...

The Civil and Environmental Engineering department is proud of the accomplishments of our students, faculty and alumni. We created an online form for you to easily communicate your achievements or the achievements of other CEE constituents to the department so that we may provide recognition. Where is the form located? CEE Department Website > Resources Tab > Achievements http://www.cee.ucla.edu/resources/achievements Who should use this form? Alumni, Faculty, Post-Docs, Students, Student Organizations, Visiting Scholars, and other CEE constituents How long does it take to fill out the form? Less than 3 minutes! How will the submitted information be shared? The CEE SAO may share the submitted information on the CEE Department Website, on the CEE Graduate Student Blog, with CEE faculty, in various CEE publications, and more! May I submit a form on behalf of someone else? YES! Should I submit past achievements? This form is meant to share current achiev...

The Civil and Environmental Engineering department is proud of the accomplishments of our students, faculty and alumni. We created an online form for you to easily communicate your achievements or the achievements of other CEE constituents to the department so that we may provide recognition. Where is the form located? CEE Department Website > Resources Tab > Achievements http://www.cee.ucla.edu/resources/achievements Who should use this form? Alumni, Faculty, Post-Docs, Students, Student Organizations, Visiting Scholars, and other CEE constituents How long does it take to fill out the form? Less than 3 minutes! How will the submitted information be shared? The CEE SAO may share the submitted information on the CEE Department Website, on the CEE Graduate Student Blog, with CEE faculty, in various CEE publications, and more! May I submit a form on behalf of someone else? YES! Should I submit past achievements? This form is meant to share current achie...

The Civil and Environmental Engineering department is proud of the accomplishments of our students, faculty and alumni. We created an ONLINE FORM for you to easily communicate your achievements or the achievements of other CEE constituents to the department so that we may provide recognition. Where is the form located? CEE Department Website > Resources Tab > Achievements http://www.cee.ucla.edu/resources/achievements Who should use this form? Alumni, Faculty, Post-Docs, Students, Student Organizations, Visiting Scholars, and other CEE constituents How long does it take to fill out the form? Less than 3 minutes! How will the submitted information be shared? The CEE SAO may share the submitted information on the CEE Department Website, on the CEE Graduate Student Blog, with CEE faculty, in various CEE publications, and more! May I submit a form on behalf of someone else? YES! Should I submit past achievements? This form is meant to share current ac...

Congratulations Yazhou Xie on receiving the 2014-2015 Civil and Environmental Engineering Martin Rubin Scholarship! Mr. Xie is a Doctoral Candidate in the Structures group with faculty advisor Professor Zhang.  The Martin Rubin Scholarship is awarded to a high achieving Civil and Environmental Engineering graduate student. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _    Congratulations Yinghui Zhu on receiving the 2014-2015 Civil and Environmental Engineering T.H. Lin Scholarship! Mr. Zhu is a Doctoral Candidate in the Structures group with faculty advisor Professor Ju. The T.H. Lin Scholarship is awarded to a high achieving Civil and Environmental Engineering international student in the Structural Mechanics program.

Fall 2014 Civil and Environmental Engineering Newsletter now available on the CEE Department Website !

Water Planet Engineering Awarded 2014 Water Management Company of the Year Congratulations to UCLA Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Eric Hoek , CEO of Water Planet Engineering , and the Water Planet Engineering team on receiving the 2014 Water Management Company of the Year ! The Water Management Company of the Year Award recognizes organizations involved in safe, clean and efficient water handling, treatment and disposal. Water Planet Engineering is a global water treatment solutions provider focused on the world’s most challenging desalination and water reuse problems. WPE delivers the science, technology, and innovation needed to achieve water and energy sustainability in the 21st century. The Oil & Gas Awards Judge comments may be found HERE .

One of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department's newest faculty, Dr. Henry Burton , was awarded the National Science Foundation, Next Generation of Hazards and Disasters Researchers Fellowship! Next Generation of Hazards and Disasters Researchers Fellows are faculty who have an interest in developing a research agenda in all aspects of natural and human-made hazards, risk, and disasters across from any disciplinary core. Ultimately, the program will foster the development of hazards scholars who will expand and strengthen the interdisciplinary research community.  Congratulations Dr. Burton!

PhD Candidate, Ben Turner, wins 2014 DFI Student Paper Competition Benjamin Turner was selected as the winner of the 2014 Student Paper Competition of the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) . He presented his paper on the topic of bridge-soil-bridge interaction during liquefaction-induced lateral spreading at the DFI annual conference in Atlanta in October 2014. Along with Mr. Turner, former UCLA Civil Engineering student Joseph Coe (B.S. 2005, M.S. 2006, Ph.D. 2010) was selected as the winner of the 2014 Young Professor Paper Competition. Dr. Coe, currently a professor at Temple University, presented his work on geophysical sensing via ultrasound to identify unknown foundations, which he began during his Ph.D. studies at UCLA.

The Civil and Environmental Engineering department is proud of the accomplishments of our students, faculty and alumni. We created an ONLINE FORM for you to easily communicate your achievements or the achievements of other CEE constituents to the department so that we may provide recognition. Where is the form located? CEE Department Website > Resources Tab > Achievements http://www.cee.ucla.edu/resources/achievements Who should use this form? Alumni, Faculty, Post-Docs, Students, Student Organizations, Visiting Scholars, and other CEE constituents How long does it take to fill out the form? Less than 3 minutes! How will the submitted information be shared? The CEE SAO may share the submitted information on the CEE Department Website, on the CEE Graduate Student Blog, with CEE faculty, in various CEE publications, and more! May I submit a form on behalf of someone else? YES! Should I submit past achievements? This form is meant to share current achie...

DOCTORAL CANDIDATE, MARCIA FERREIRA , IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING GROUP RECEIVED THE 2014 EDDY WASTEWATER PRINCIPLES/PROCESSES MEDAL! The Eddy Medal honors Harrison Prescott Eddy, a prominent engineer and a pioneer in the field of wastewater treatment. The medal is awarded for research that makes a vital contribution to the existing knowledge of the fundamental principles or process of wastewater treatment, as comprehensively described and published in a federation periodical. The full list of the 2014 Water Environment Federation Award recipients may be found HERE . 

   Doctoral candidate, Gabe Falzone , working with the Civil Engineering Materials group was featured on NPR and Marketplace.    The interview focused on how to reduce CO2 emissions due to cement production.    The interview is available HERE !