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Winter 2025

Chair's Message

Welcome! 

 

Thank you for checking out the CEE@UCI Newsletter. Here you can keep up to date with what is happening on campus, from faculty research to both graduate and undergraduate student life.



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Sincerely,

Jean-Daniel Saphores

Professor and Chair


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Navigating Water Management: Eric Akiyoshi's Journey at IRWD

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Maya El-Ajouz first heard about the Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate Association as an undergraduate student at UC IrvineAt the time, El-Ajouz, was involved with another club — Reframing Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEER). 


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