SE Spotlight
![Carlos Franco Mayorga Gallegos](/sites/default/files/awards/Untitled%20design%20-%202024-03-11T104410.676.png)
Carlos Franco Mayorga Gallegos Awarded the 2023-2024 Nicolas F. Maloof Jr. GA Chapter Fellowship from ACI
UC San Diego Structural Engineering Ph.D. student Carlos Franco Mayorga Gallegos was recently honored with the 2023-2024 Nicolas F. Maloof Jr. GA Chapter Fellowship from the American Concrete Institute (ACI) Foundation.
![SME Building](/sites/default/files/awards/Untitled%20design%20-%202023-11-15T130357.623.png)
Newly Released Data Reveals 15 Structural Engineering Faculty as Top-Cited Scientists
Newly released data from the Elsevier Data Repository includes 15 members of the UC San Diego Structural Engineering faculty.
![Ingrid Tomac](/sites/default/files/awards/Untitled%20design%20-%202023-10-27T215732.947.png)
CAREER Award Targets Post-Wildfire Debris Flow Impact on Infrastructure and Communities
Associate Professor Ingrid Tomac has been honored with the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for her groundbreaking research on the devastating impacts of post-wildfire debris flows on civil infrastructures.
![Sergio Godinez](/sites/default/files/Untitled%20design%20-%202023-10-12T124354.814.png)
UC San Diego Structural Engineering Ph.D. Student Sergio Godinez Awarded 2023-2024 Darrell F. Elliott Louisiana Fellowship from ACI
Sergio Godinez, a Structural Engineering Ph.D. student at UC San Diego, recently won the prestigious Darrell F. Elliott Louisiana Fellowship from the ACI (American Concrete Institute) Foundation.
![Eric Flynn](/sites/default/files/Untitled%20design%20-%202023-10-11T141859.557.png)
2010 Structural Engineering Ph.D. Alumnus Eric Flynn Wins 2022 Distinguished Performance Award at the Los Alamos National Laboratory
2010 UC San Diego Structural Engineering Ph.D. alumnus Eric Flynn, who worked under the guidance of Distinguished Professor Mike Todd, has been honored with the 2022 Distinguished Performance Award at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
![Liana Wong](/sites/default/files/Untitled%20design%20-%202023-10-10T151102.319.png)
Liana Wong Wins the 2023 American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Scholarship
Liana Wong, a dedicated fourth-year student majoring in Structural Engineering with a specialization in Civil Structures, has been honored with the prestigious 2023 American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) Scholarship.
![Jessica Chan](/sites/default/files/Untitled%20design%20-%202023-10-09T160006.045.png)
Interview with an Alumna- Jessica Chan (B.S. and M.S. in Structural Engineering)
In my freshman year of undergrad, I made the decision to transfer to the SE program, having been introduced to it through my involvement with Triton UAS, an autonomous airplane project team led by SE students.
![Saul Chaplin](/sites/default/files/Untitled%20design%20-%202023-10-09T151025.471.png)
Interview with an Alumnus- Saul Chaplin (B.S. Structural Engineering)
I chose UC San Diego because I wanted exposure to subjects including aerospace structures, structural health monitoring, and model correlation, all of which fall outside the typical scope of a civil engineering undergraduate program.
![Professor Chia-Ming Uang](/sites/default/files/Chia.jpg)
Distinguished Professor Chia-Ming Uang Won “Best Paper” Award in Analysis and Computation in the 2022 ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering
Structural Engineering Distinguished Professor Chia-Ming Uang recently won the “Best Paper” award in Analysis and Computation in the 2022 ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering for his paper titled “A Procedure for Assessing Low-Cycle Fatigue Life of Buckling-Restrained Braces”.
![Photo of Diptojit Datta EWSHM](/sites/default/files/EWSHM%20Award.jpg)
Diptojit Datta Awarded Best Student Paper Award at the European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring (EWSHM)
Congratulations to Diptojit Datta for Winning First Place in the Best Student Paper Award at EWSHM 2022! His paper titled, "High-speed 3D railroad tie deflection mapping in real-time using an array of air-coupled non-contact transducers," impressed the international committee with its innovation and significant findings aimed at making the railroad industry safer.