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A canal in Thailand

Wed, 09/30/2026 | UW News

Satellites can track irrigation canals

CEE’s Faisal Hossain finds a NASA ocean satellite can track irrigation canals worldwide.

Faisal Hossain headshot

Fri, 09/25/2026

Faisal Hossain receives AGU Ambassador Award

The CEE professor turns satellite data into tools that help agencies manage water around the world.

Abdolmajid Erfani headshot

Tue, 09/15/2026

New faculty member Abdolmajid Erfani brings AI to construction and infrastructure planning

The assistant professor applies AI to construction and transportation planning and will launch a new course on AI for civil engineers this spring.

An illustration of the bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis.

Thu, 09/10/2026 | UW News

Tracking STIs through wastewater

A study co-led by CEE Assistant Professor Erica Fuhrmeister shows wastewater testing can detect the bacteria that causes chlamydia.

An graphic of mountains in Nepal with a blue labeled glacier.

Tue, 09/01/2026 | The New York Times

CEE postdoc’s work featured in The New York Times

George Brencher found the slope had moved more than a foot in the month before it collapsed.

Aerial view of an agricultural test field with rows of young crops, irrigation lines, and researchers examining plants.

Mon, 08/31/2026 | UW College of Engineering

Sowing the beads of life

CEE researchers are adapting hydrogels to grow food, treat wastewater, improve human health and produce sustainable fuels.

A shot of the light rail on a bridge over Lake Washington.

Sun, 08/30/2026 | The Seattle Times

The engineering behind floating light rail

CEE's Travis Thonstad is featured in a Seattle Times deep dive on the world's first light rail on a floating bridge.

A home standing atop a collapsing river bluff in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene.

Thu, 08/27/2026 | Science News

Landslide risk and who bears it

Science News covers CEE Professor Joe Wartman's research showing landslide risk concentrates among people least able to afford to move or mitigate.

Faisal Hossain headshot

Tue, 08/25/2026 | College of Engineering

Faisal Hossain named assistant dean

CEE Professor Faisal Hossain will serve as the College of Engineering's inaugural assistant dean for professional and executive programs.

Headshots of Nikolla Qafoku on left and Nathalie Voisin on right

Mon, 08/24/2026

Two CEE affiliate professors elected to Washington State Academy of Sciences

Nikolla Qafoku and Nathalie Voisin, both scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, are among 30 new members statewide.