News
Mon, 05/23/2022
Enjoy the video: 2022 Burges Lecture
Enjoy the video of Professor Emeritus Steve Kramer's talk titled “Big, Small, Fast, Slow: Geohazards I Have Known,” during which he examined a variety of geohazards and discussed examples from his 44-year career.
Mon, 05/23/2022
Twice the expertise: Visiting Burges Professors join the department
Visiting Burges Professors from Germany and Colorado joined the department for spring quarter. They shared their knowledge and outside perspectives by teaching classes, meeting with researchers and giving lectures.
Mon, 05/23/2022
New faculty, new appointment
Incoming DEOHS faculty member Erica Fuhrmeister will work closely with the environmental engineering group.
Thu, 05/19/2022
Professor Cynthia Chen named as interim chair of the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering
"Cynthia’s dedication to leadership and service makes her exceptionally qualified to serve as interim chair of ISE."
Mon, 05/16/2022
A mountain of learning
UW students visit one of Mount Baker's most prominent glaciers to learn how to gather highly precise data that can be used to track glacier change.
Tue, 05/10/2022
2022 Pulitzer Prize-winning collaboration
The team at the Miami Herald has received the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News Reporting. The award honors the media team’s investigation into the partial collapse of Champlain Towers South, for which CEE Professor Dawn Lehman was a key technical contributor.
Tue, 04/26/2022
A student-focused send-off
In honor of Professor Joe Mahoney's upcoming retirement, a newly established scholarship fund will support underrepresented students who are the first in their family to attend college.
Tue, 04/05/2022
A RAPID transformation
CEE's RAPID facility continues to advance data gathering protocols and procedures in the aftermath of natural disasters, thanks to a $6 million NSF renewal grant.
Wed, 03/09/2022 | UW News
Housing discrimination and air pollution
A team of researchers, including Professor Julian Marshall, has found that housing discrimination practices dating from the 1930s still drive air pollution disparities in many American cities today.
Mon, 03/07/2022
Sidewalk equity
Researchers seek to make digital wayfinding more equitable and accessible to broader populations of people.
Tue, 03/01/2022
Earthquake engineering certificate program
A new certificate program in earthquake engineering will be offered by the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department starting in spring quarter 2022.
Thu, 01/27/2022
Brett Maurer receives 2022 Arthur Casagrande Professional Development Award
Assistant Professor Brett Maurer has received the 2022 Arthur Casagrande Professional Development Award from ASCE, which honors outstanding geotechnical engineers.
Wed, 01/05/2022 | Miami Herald
Collapse reconstructed: Champlain Towers South
The Miami Herald worked with CEE professor Dawn Lehman to analyze building plans and test theories about what went wrong using computer models.
Wed, 12/15/2021 | UW News
Pollution disparities for people of colorCEE researchers uncover how people of color are more likely to be exposed to six major air pollutants, regardless of income level, across the continental United States.
Mon, 12/13/2021
New wave of research
With an elevated risk of a tsunami event in the Pacific Northwest, CEE researchers work to understand the chaotic nature of tsunami debris.
Mon, 12/13/2021
PacTrans: A driving force in transportation research
Headquartering transportation research and initiatives for the Pacific Northwest, PacTrans reflects on what a $14.35 million USDOT grant has helped make possible.
Mon, 12/13/2021
Real-time parking availability? There’s an app for that
Delivery drivers spend a significant amount of time searching for parking. But that may change one day soon, thanks to a real-time parking availability app.
Mon, 12/13/2021
Harris Hydraulics Lab remodel
Things are flowing much better in the Civil & Environmental Engineering fluids lab, located in the 100-year-old Harris Hydraulics Laboratory, following a substantial renovation project. The project enhances the student experience through more hands-on workstations and flexible teaching space.
Mon, 12/13/2021
Three CEE faculty promotedCongratulations to the following three UW CEE faculty members who were promoted in September in recognition of their hard work and achievements: Associate Professors Paolo Calvi, Richard Wiebe and Mari Winkler.
Mon, 12/13/2021
Remembering Demetrios ‘Dimitri’ Spyridakis
Professor Emeritus Demetrios “Dimitri” Spyridakis dedicated his life’s work to keeping waterways pristine. A longtime CEE faculty member who taught courses in water and soil chemistry and conducted research on water pollution, Spyridakis passed away in October 2021.
Mon, 12/13/2021
Satellite system success
Five years ago, when Professor Faisal Hossain helped implement a new satellite-based irrigation advisory system in Pakistan, it was uncharted territory. But that territory now includes three countries and more than 100,000 farmers.
Mon, 11/29/2021
Meet ‘Hip Hop M.D.’ Maynard Okereke
CEE alumnus Maynard Okereke has made a name for himself, quite literally. Known as the Hip Hop M.D., Okereke is a science communicator working to make STEM education accessible to underrepresented youth.
Mon, 11/22/2021 | UW News
Students build purifiers that can remove virus particles
Air pollution expert Professor Julian Marshall leads his class in building low-cost air purifiers that can remove common pollutants from the air, plus virus particles.
Mon, 11/01/2021 | UW News
$2M from NSF to design an ‘adaptable society’
A team led by professor Cynthia Chen has received a nearly $2 million grant from NSF to further research into how urban societal systems can be organized to be both efficient and resilient.
Fri, 10/22/2021 | UW News
UW students designed a rover to inspect culvert conditions to help fish
As part of an industry capstone project, students create a rover that can inspect sewer pipes and culverts for damage that may prevent fish migration.