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Dan Kammen Named US Science Envoy

March 4, 2016

The US State Department announced the appointment of Professor Dan Kammen as US science envoy. The program showcases science and technology as engines of progress and economic growth, and as tools of diplomacy.

Full article: https://gspp.berkeley.edu/news/news-center/dan-...

https://gspp.berkeley.edu/news/news-center/dan-kammen-names-us-science-envoy

William L. Garrison Remembered at TRB

September 14, 2017
Friends, colleagues, students and family of William L. Garrison gathered for a memorial celebration at the Transportation Research Board in January. Garrison, UC Berkeley professor emeritus in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, former director of Berkeley's Institute of Transportation Studies and former TRB Chair, died on Feb. 1,...

Soga Joins CEE, ITS Berkeley

September 14, 2017
Newly arrived from his appointment at the University of Cambridge in the UK, Kenichi Soga is excited to return to hisalma mater, get down to business in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department and join research endeavors with the Institute of Transportation Studies. Soga, with his PhD students Gerard Casey and Bingyu Zhao and research...

William L. Garrison TRB Memorial

September 14, 2017

oin ITS Berkeley at the Transportation Research Board 95th Annual Meeting for a memorial session in honor of Professor William L. Garrison. The session, JBU16-0001, will take place on Monday Jan. 11, from 5-6 pm in room 151B of the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. https://www.facebook.com/events/950325588382646/

MIT selects Yi Liu as a CEE Rising Star

September 21, 2015

Yi Liu, a Transportation Engineering PhD candidate, is among 20 outstanding early career women in CEE selected to participate in MIT's first ever CEE Rising Stars Workshop.

Full article: https://www.ce.berkeley.edu/news/1052

https://www.ce.berkeley.edu/news/1052

Former ITS Director Madanat Becomes Dean of Engineering at NYUAD

September 14, 2017
Built on a firm University of California Berkeley foundation, former Institute of Transportation Studies Director Samer Madanat is taking his career to the next level. He was recently named Dean of Engineering at New York University Abu Dhabi. He will be moving to the Middle East for his new post in July 2015. Madanat, the Xenel Distinguished Professor of Engineering and Chair of the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, stepped...

Barajas, Saade Named Eno Fellows

September 14, 2017
ITS Berkeley doctoral students Nathalie Saade and Jesus Barajas are amongst the top 20 transportation graduate students across the country who will come together at the Eno Future Leaders Development Conference May 31 to June 4, 2015 in Washington DC.

The Eno Center for Transportation is a neutral, non-partisan think-tank that promotes policy innovation and provides professional development opportunities across the career span of transportation professionals. Each year, Eno’s student conference gives 20 Eno...

Trevor Darrell Tapped to Co-Lead PATH

September 14, 2017
Trevor Darrell has been appointed as the new faculty director for Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology (PATH). The computer science professor will begin his appointment at the end of spring.

“I’m looking forward to joining PATH, and I am excited to focus computer vision research in the transportation field,” says Darrell. “This is a great opportunity to co-lead a top research center and take fundamental research and add a new...

William L. Garrison Passed Away

February 26, 2015

William Louis Garrison, CEE professor emeritus and former ITS director, died on Feb. 1. He was 90.

Full article: https://www.ce.berkeley.edu/news/964

https://www.ce.berkeley.edu/news/964

Raja Sengupta in The first of its kind drone expo held in US [video]

December 22, 2014

CEE Systems Engineering Professor Raja Sengupta is featured in a video news clip on the first ever drone expo that was held on Dec. 13 in Los Angeles. The expo demonstrated the many conversations currently going on about aerial vehicles.

Full article: https://www.ce.berkeley.edu/news/943

https://www.ce.berkeley.edu/news/943