Congratulations to Professor Henry Koffman for receiving the CMAA Southern California Chapter Scholarship Award. Professor Koffman will receive this award on May 15 during the CMAA Socal’s 27th Annual Awards Gala at the Hyatt Regency in Long Beach. Congratulations!
Congratulations to Dr. Kelly Sanders who was recently awarded an NSF CAREER Award for her proposal entitled, “Coordinating climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies across the energy-water nexus: An integrated research and education framework”.
Ezgi Cinar is a first year Civil Engineering Ph.D. student advised by Prof. Patrick Lynett. Her research focuses on understanding the behavior of debris motion and its effects under extreme events like tsunamis and storm surges. Ezgi was born and raised in Ankara, Turkey. She joined the Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in Fall 2018 upon receiving … Read More
Hosted by USC’s AEC Construction Alumni Group, the Distinguished Industry Leader Speaker Series will be held on February 26, 2019. USC AEC Construction Alumni Group SIGN UP TODAY! Distinguished Industry Leader Speaker Series February 26, 2019 Click here to purchase tickets via Eventbrite Leadership from the front lines Doug Mouton will share how his experiences during Hurricane Katrina and while serving in Afghanistan shaped his … Read More
Congratulations to Dr. George Ban- Weiss who will receive the Global Environmental Change Early Career Award at AGU’s Fall Meeting 2018, to be held 10–14 December in Washington, D. C. For more details on the award and a short commentary from Dr. Ban-Weiss, please click here.
Assistant Professor Adam Smith was interviewed by Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology blog. He spoke about his work in biotechnologies for resource recovery from waste streams and his research group’s recent article for the Emerging Investigator Series.
Tranice’ Warner, a USC Viterbi Ph.D. student, receives National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship to pursue her research in wastewater treatment. To read the full article, please click here.
Fearful of what type of devastation an earthquake can cause in the South Bay, Dr. Synolakis, a tsunami expert, is quoted in the Los Angeles Times. To read the full article, please click on the following link. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-tsunami-warning-20181002-story.html
Dr. Subhayan De, a recent PhD. graduate who is currently a postdoc in the Aerospace Engineering Department at The University of Colorado, Boulder, has had his two most recent papers published in the ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics. Amazingly, both papers were chosen as “Editor’s Choice“. * Editor’s choice for Sept 2018: S. De, P.T. Brewick, E.A. Johnson and S.F. Wojtkiewicz (2018). … Read More
Professor George Ban-Weiss’ research was mentioned in the Washington Post where he suggests an inventive way for Californians to keep their homes cool in midst of the rising temperatures in the Los Angeles region. He also emphasizes the effect of air temperature on human comfort. If you would like to read the article in its entirety, please click here.