Students and Alumni

The CEE program has been extremely successful at recruiting students from diverse backgrounds and at placing them in top universities or top companies. The page below give a few mini bios of our current students and alumni.

Current Students:

Leah Anderson
  • Ph.D. Candidate, UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems
  • M.S., UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems
  • B.S., Harvey Mudd College, CEE Systems

Eric Burger                                    
  • Ph.D. Candidate, UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems
  • M.S., UC Berkeley, CEE ECIC, 2013
  • B.S., Swarthmore College, General Engineering, 2012

Fabien Chraim
  • Ph.D Candidate, UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems
  • M.S., UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems, 2010
  • B.S., American University of Beirut, Lebanon, Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2009

Cathal Coffey                                    
  • Ph.D. Candidate, UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems
  • M.S., National Centre for Geocomputation, Ireland, Geocomputation, 2013
  • B.S., National University of Ireland Maynooth, Ireland, Computer Science, 2010

Mario Magliocco                                    
  • Ph.D. Candidate, UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems
  • M.S., UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems
  • B.S., UC Berkeley, CEE

Sami Malek                                                    
  • Ph.D. Candidate, UC Berkeley, CEE, Civil Systems
  • B.S., American University of Beirut, Lebanon, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Rory McGrath   
  • Ph.D. Candidate, UC Berkleey, CEE Civil Systems
  • M.S., University of Edinburgh, Scotland, Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Robotics
  • B.Eng., National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland, Electronic and Computer Engineering

Hector Perez                                    
  • Ph.D. Candidate, UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems
  • Propulsion Engineer, The Boeing Company
  • M.S.E., University of Michigan, Mechanical Engineering
  • B.S., California State University - Northridge, Mechanical Engineering

Jack Reilly
  • Ph.D. Candidate, UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems
  • M.S., UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems
  • B.S., UCLA, CEE Structural Engineering

Samitha Samaranayake
  • Ph.D. Candidate, UC Berkeley, CEE Systems Engineering
  • M.S., Stanford University, Management Science and Engineering
  • M.Eng., MIT, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • B.S., MIT, Computer Science

Paul Selvadurai                                    
  • Ph.D. Candidate, UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems
  • M.S., McGill University, Canada, Mechanical Engineering
  • B.S., McGill University, Canada, Mechanical Engineering

Chris Sherman                                    
  • Ph.D. Candidate, UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems
  • M.S., UC Berkeley, Geoengineering
  • B.S., Montana Tech, University of Montana, Mining Engineering

Iris Tien
  • Ph.D. Candidate, UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems
  • M.S., UC Berkeley, CEECivil Systems
  • B.S., UC Berkeley, CEE

M.S. Students (class of 2013):

Maxime Baez                                       
  • M.S., UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems
  • B.S., École Speciale des Travaux Publics, du Bâtiment et de l'Industrie, France, Building Department

Michaella Chung
  • M.S., UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems
  • B.S., Columbia University, Civil Engineering

Paul Gabet
  • M.S., UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems
  • B.S., École Polytechnique, France, CEE

Caroline Le Floch
  • M.S., UC Berkeley, EECS
  • B.S., École Polytechnique, France, Applied Mathematics, 2013

Ziheng Lin
  • M.Eng., UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems
  • B.S., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Civil Engineering

Julien Nachef
  • M.S., UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems
  • M.S., Arts et Métiers ParisTech, France, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
  • B.S., Arts et Métiers ParisTech, France, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Hoang Si Nguyen
  • M.S., UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems
  • B.S., UC Berkeley, CEE Computer Science

Zeshi Zheng
  • M.S., UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems
  • B.S.E., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Civil Engineering
  • B.S.E., Shanghai Jiaotong University, China, Mechanical Engineering

Alumni Ph.D. Students in Industry:

Dr. Sebastien Blandin
   
Ph.D. Thesis
  • Research Engineer, IBM
  • Ph.D., UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems, 2012
  • M.S., UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems
  • M.S., École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, France, Engineering
  • B.S., École Polytechnique, France, Applied Mathematics

Dr. Ching-Ling Huang                
  • Researcher, GE Global Research
  • Ph.D., UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems, 2011
  • M.S., National Taiwan University, Taiwan, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science
  • B.S., National Taiwan University, Taiwan, Electrical Engineering

Dr. Jerry Jariyasunant
  • Co-founder, Automatic
  • Ph.D., UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems
  • M.S., UC Berkeley,CEE Transportation Engineering
  • B.S., UC San Diego, Computer Engineering

Dr. Greg McLaskey              
  • Mendenhall Fellow, US Geological Survey
  • Ph.D., UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems, 2011
  • M.S., UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems
  • B.S., Cornell University, CEE

Dr. Nakul Sathaye  
  • Infrastructure Planning and Analysis Engineer, Ecotality labs
  • Ph.D., UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems, 2009
  • M.S., UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems
  • B.S., UC Berkeley, CEE

Dr. Timmy Siauw
  • Ph.D., UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems, 2013
  • M.S., UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems
  • B.S., UC Berkeley, CEE Systems, 2006

Dr. Issam Strub

Ph.D. Thesis
  • Research Scientist, The Cambridge Strategy
  • Ph.D., UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems, 2009
  • M.S., UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems, 2007
  • DEA., École Normale Superieure, France, Mathematics, 2003
  • B.S., École Normale Superieure, France, Mathematics, 2003

Dr. Andrew Tinka     
  • Research Engineer, Kiva Systems
  • Ph.D., UC Berkleey, EECS, 2012
  • M.S., UC Berkeley, CEE Systems Engineering
  • B.S., University of British Columbia, Canada, Engineering Physics

Dr. Qingfang Wu
  • Ph.D., UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems, 2013
  • M.S., UC Berkeley, CEE Environmental Engineering
  • M.S., University of Wisconsin Madison, CEE

Dr. Marco Zennaro
  • Senior Software Engineer, Google
  • Ph.D., UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems, 2008
  • M.S., UC Berkeley, CEE Environmental Engineering
  • Research Engineer, California PATH
  • Consultant, Accenture
  • Laurea, Ca' Foscari University, Italy, Computer Science

Alumni Ph.D. Students in Academia:

Dr. Saurabh Amin                         
Ph.D. Thesis
  • Assistant Professor, CEE, MIT
  • Ph.D., UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems,2011
  • M.S., UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems
  • M.S., UT Austin, CEE Systems

Dr. Laurie Baise
  • Professor, CEE, Tufts University
  • Ph.D., UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems, 2001
  • M.S., UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems
  • M.S., UC Berkeley, Earth and Planetary Science
  • B.S., Princeton University

Dr. Jianye Ching
  • Professor, Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University
  • Ph.D., UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems, 2002
  • M.S., UC Berkeley, EECS
  • M.S., UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems
  • B.S., National Taiwan University, Taiwan, Civil Engineering

Dr. Juan-Carlos Herrera

Ph.D. Thesis
  • Assistant Professor, La Catolica Pontificad University, Santiago, Chile, Civil Engineering
  • Ph.D., UC Berkeley, CEE Transportation Engineering, 2009
  • M.S., UC Berkeley, CEE Transportation Engineering
  • B.S., La Catolica Pontificad University, Santiago, Chile

Dr. Branko Kerkez
  • Assistant Professor, CEE, University of Michigan
  • Ph.D., UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems, 2013
  • M.S., UC Berkeley, EECS
  • M.S., UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems
  • B.S., University of Florida, CEE

Dr. Jeffery Moore
  • Assistant Professor, Earth Science, University of Utah
  • Ph.D., UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems, 2004
  • M.S., UC Berkeley, CEE
  • M.S., UC Berkeley, Earth and Planetary Science
  • B.S., University of Arizona

Dr. Dengfeng Sun

Ph.D. Thesis
  • Assistant Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University
  • Ph.D., UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems, 2008
  • M.S., UC Berkeley, CEE Civil Systems, 2006
  • M.S., Ohio State University, IEOR, 2004
  • B.S., Tsinghua University, China, Mechanical Engineering, 2003

Dr. Albert To
  • Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh
  • Post Doctoral Researcher, Northwestern University, Engineering Mechanics
  • M.S., MIT
  • B.S., UC Berkeley, CEE

Dr. Ying Zhang
  • Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Ph.D., UC Berkeley, CEE, 2007
  • M.S., University of Illinois at Chicago
  • B.S., Tongji University, China, CEE