Research

UW Civil and Environmental Engineering conducts innovative, relevant research at the forefront of our field, while still integrating both basic and applied research into our department's instructional mission.

The department works with three affiliated research centers—The Water Center, Washington State Transportation Center, and Transportation Northwest—that act as focal points for research funding and play an important role in the department's overall strength. UW Civil and Environmental Engineering also maintains active labs in environmental science, limnology, air resources research, hydraulics research, structural research, structures computing, geotechnical engineering, concrete, soils, microbiology, transportation, and computational mechanics.