CE 105 – Spring 2025

During Spring 2025, 7 teams of UC Berkeley undergraduate engineering students took part in a community-engaged design course entitled CE 105 Design for Global Transformation. Student teams were challenged to research, imagine, and design strategies to help the Stockton AB 617 community reduce air pollution and tackle climate change.

Please explore the student projects linked below! A big thank you to all the community members who contributed so much to this work, especially from Catholic Charities of Stockton, Central California Asthma Collaborative, Little Manila Rising, and Valley Improvement Projects! We welcome questions, comments, and feedback! Please email tinakc@berkeley.edu.

Course instructors: Prof. Tina Katopodes Chow and Courtney Turkatte

Explore the projects

Click the links to see the StoryMaps, websites, and one pagers. Further details can be found in the final reports and presentation slides (videos by request) linked for each project below. Please note that these are student projects, and content may need further review for accuracy.

EV charging station at the Port of Stockton

Electrification at the Port of Stockton

Tracking ships and progress toward electrification at the Port

StoryMap | Report | Slides | One Pager


Plume from a smoke stack

Wood pellets project at the Port of Stockton

Environmental impacts of the proposed wood pellet project at the Port

StoryMap | Report | Slides | One Pager


Almond orchard

Pesticides in Stanislaus County

Improving pesticide exposure notifications for schools

StoryMap | Report | Slides | One Pager


Simulated plume from restaurant emissions

New tools for community air monitoring

Leveraging HRRR-Smoke, HYSPLIT, and TROPOMI satellite data, and school alerts

Website | Report | Slides | One Pager


Cartoon illustrating health impacts from Stockton's truck traffic and the Crosstown Freeway

Alternatives for the Crosstown Freeway

Reconnecting Stockton with alternatives for Highway 4

Website | Report | Slides | One Pager


Screenshot of SJVair website showing air pollution measurements from PurpleAir and BAM sensors in Stockton

Air quality trends and patterns

Data analysis for Purple Air and AB 617 data from Stockton

StoryMap | Report | Slides | One Pager


Close up of a box fan air purifier built at the SUSD Earth Day event

Indoor air quality

Air filtration for daycare facilities and public housing, and range hoods

Storymap | Report | Slides | One Pager


[Note: there are a lot of images in the StoryMaps – if they don’t load, try scrolling up and down again to give the browser a chance to load, or check your browser settings and try again. If you get a pop-up asking you to login to ArcGIS, just hit ‘cancel’.]