Maria

Garlock

Daniel Tsui Professor of Environmental Engineering, Co-Director of the Program in Architecture and Engineering

Research interests: Innovative design approaches and fundamental behavior of large-scale structures subject to extreme loading scenarios such as earthquakes, fires, and storm surges.

A person (face not visible) wearing a white lab coat and blue disposable gloves holds a square lab plate in their left hand. Their right hand holds a pair of tweezers which they are using to pick up one of several small green plants on the plate. — Jonathan Conway, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering, received an innovation grant for the project “Engineering symbiotic plant-microbe interactions for sustainable agriculture.” Photo by Sameer A. Khan/Fotobuddy

Since 2008, innovation funds have fostered research in AI fairness, sustainable agriculture, drug discovery and more

Award recipients in a group — Class of 2024 award winners and Distinguished Teaching Award recipient Maria Garlock. Photos by Frank Wojciechowski

Class Day marks achievement, determination and optimism

Two women hold an award plaque at the ceremony — Teagan Mathur, left, a graduate student in mechanical and aerospace engineering, receives her award from Leena Memon ’25, vice president of the Engineering Council. Photos by Tori Repp/Fotobuddy

Engineering students recognize exceptional teachers and mentors

Graphic with text "Commendation for Outstanding Teaching".

Faculty commended for outstanding teaching

Episode 6: Dance Me to the End

Before-and-after images of computer vision technology showing a city street in heavy snow — One of this year’s Metropolis Project grants is supporting work led by Felix Heide, an assistant professor of computer science, to improve the imaging and computer vision capabilities of sensors for autonomous vehicles. The left panel shows a street scene in heavy snow using a standard vehicle imaging system, while the right panel shows the output of ZeroScatter, a technique developed by Heide’s team that improves image quality and reveals objects at long distances, such as the house at the end of the road.

Metropolis Project backs solutions for safer, more resilient cities

Three students look closely at a model of an architectural structure.

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Fundamental insights into the built and natural environments, and interactions between the two

Maria Garlock