Tracy Becker

Research Bio

Tracy Becker is the Ed & Diane Wilson Presidential Chair in Structural Engineering and an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley. Her research group is working to increase the reliability of communities by developing, better understanding, and facilitating the adoption of advanced structural systems that protect structures in natural or man-made disasters, resulting in the smallest possible losses.

Research Expertise and Interest

advanced structural systems, structural dynamics, structural design, earthquake engineering, isolation and other high performance systems, use of novel materials in design

Teaching

Courses taught during the three most recent terms
2026 Spring
  • Field Studies in Civil Engineering  [CIVENG 197]  

  • Earthquake-Resistant Design  [CIVENG 227]  

  • Design of Steel and Composite Structures  [CIVENG 247]  

  • Individual Research  [CIVENG 299]  

2025 Fall
  • Design of Steel Structures  [CIVENG 122]  

  • Design of Steel Structures  [CIVENG 122]  

  • Field Studies in Civil Engineering  [CIVENG 197]  

  • Individual Research  [CIVENG 299]  

2025 Spring