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November 14, 2024

Digital Twins Book coverCongratulations to Smart Cities Research Center Director Jane Macfarlane and recent Civil and Environmental Engineering alum Ismaeel Barbur (MS , ’24) on publishing the chapter, “Mobiliti: A Digital Twin for Regional Transportation Network Design and Evaluation, in the book “Digital

November 8, 2024

report coverThe UC Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy and the Environment (CLEE) and the UCLA Law Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment  recently published a new report: Fueling & Financing: Addressing the Urgent Challenges Facing Electric Heavy-Duty Ve

November 7, 2024

UC ITS LogoThe University of California Institute of Transportation Studies has awarded a four-campus proposal “Restorative and Racial Justice in Reconnecting Communities" in the amount of $400,000. 

November 4, 2024

Marta GonzalezCongratulations to ITS affiliate Marta Gonzalez, professor of Civil and Envrionmental Engineering and City and Regional Planning, on receiving the Lagrange Prize - CRT Foundation, the highest international award for Complex Systems and Data Science!

Dawson DoCongratulatons to Civil and Environmental Engineering doctoral candidate Dawson Do and City and Regional PLanning doctoral candidate Michael Montilla were recently selected as recipients of the Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program, provided by 

November 1, 2024

Grace Miller and Julia WallsCongratulations to Urbans Studies students Grace Miller and Julia Walls, who have been accepted to the Annual California Transportation Fund (CTF) Transportation Education Symposium on November 7-8, 2024 in Fresno.

Justin HosebyCongratulations to ITS affiliate Justin Hosbey, assistant professor of City and Regional Planning, who received a seed grant from a new program sponsored by UC Berkeley’s Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research.

ITS Berkeley faculty, students, staff, and research are set to present at over 40 workshops, lecterns, posters, and committee sessions at TRB 2025. The ITS coalition of experts will be attending the 104th TRB Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. from January 5–9, 2025. The ITS presentation schedule is as follows:

Sunday, January 5, 2025

Thank you to Kate Gordon, CEO, California Forward, who presented Transportation Planning in a Time of Transition at the Transportation Seminar Nov. 1, 2024.

October 29, 2024

On Friday Oct. 25, 2024, Civil and Environmental Engineering hosted their inaugural CEE Highlights Event, which attracted over 250 attendees from the CEE  community and provided an opportunity to celebrate the department's achievements and ongoing research.

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