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CE Department has launched two new minors in Construction Management and Urban Sustainability. 
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The Geotech group advissed by Dr. Welson Kwan had an outstanding showing at the 2025 Geotechnical Frontiers Conference in Louisville, KY! The team showcased its cutting-edge research through three research posters, two podium presentations, and a remarkable 3rd-place finish in the GeoWall competition.

Featured Research: Partially Drained Responses of Dense Sand under Monotonic Simple Shear; Laboratory Investigations into Effects of Heating on Clay’s Mechanical and Hydraulic Changes Using Geophysical Methods; Bi-Directional Cyclic Shear Testing of Soils: From Earthquake Designs to Marine Monopiles; Numerical Simulations of Sand Elements Based on True-Undrained vs. Constant-Volume Data from Cyclic Simple Shear Tests; Comparison of Dynamic Properties Between Treated and Untreated Bauxite Residue

Congratulations to the entire team for their hard work and impactful contributions to geotechnical research! 

"Algae here, alien life out there"
Dr. Khodayari's research partnership with NASA JPL has been featured in a LA Times article. The article portrays a unique partnership between engineering  and science that is creating transformative opportunities for CE students.
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Assistant professor of Engineering Education Dr. Corin (Corey) Bowen was a member of the Organizing Committee of the Engineering, Social Justice and Peace (ESJP) 2024 Conference. The conference took place both in-person at Chalmers University in Gothenburg, Sweden and online. This year's conference theme was "Another University is Possible", and a special issue of the International Journal of Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace is being published from contributions from the conference. 
ESJP is an informal network of critical scholars and practitioners from around the world, and it is open to anyone interested in joining the community. More information can be found at the ESJP website.

Cesar Leal, presents his research with Dr. Kwan at the World Conference on Earthquake Engineering (WCEE2024)in Milan!
Congratulations to Cesar Leal and Dr. Kwan doing great work and showcasing it on the international stage.

CE Environmental team won 3^rd place in the ASCE PSWS 2024 Competition. Congratulations, team!

Top row from left to right: Hector Vazquez, Nyan Hein, Leslie Perez, Dr. Arezoo Khodayari (team’s advisor)
Bottom row from left to right: Jessie Levano and Amy Romo

We are excited to announce that the shake table facility at Cal State LA is now fully operational!
Witness the first test, where a scaled special steel concentrically braced frame was subjected to earthquakes of varying intensities and directions.
Thanks to generous funding from the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), led by Dr. Maryam Nazari (Principal Investigator), this pioneering experiment represents the very first utilization of our shake table, opening doors to innovative advancements in earthquake resilience.
The shake table has been funded by the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program of the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant No. 1531582 (Principal Investigator: Dr. Tonatiuh Rodriguez-Nikl).
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Construction Management Association of America, in partnership with the CE Department, hosted the Emerging Leader Mixer on Campus on April 29, 2024.

CE Department hosted an Alumni Celebration event on April 10, 2024.

2023-2024 Sikand Faculty Endowment for Research in Urban Sustainability Grant Awarded to Dr. Nazari.  The project explores innovative structures, specifically rocking walls, which have shown promise in efficiently withstanding seismic events.