Tue, 05/10/2022

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

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

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

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

Researchers seek to make digital wayfinding more equitable and accessible to broader populations of people.

Tue, 03/01/2022

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

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

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

CEE 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

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

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

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

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

Congratulations 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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Mon, 09/27/2021 | UW News

UW CEE and UW Tacoma researchers have found that eating contaminated fish or snails from some South Puget Sound lakes could lead to health risks because of the high arsenic levels.

Fri, 09/17/2021

For his work to spearhead the development and ongoing improvement of hydrologic models used by researchers around the world, CEE professor Bart Nijssen is the recipient of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Edward Flinn III Award.

Thu, 09/09/2021 | UW News

CEE faculty are involved in an NSF-funded $19 million multi-institution team that will work on increasing resiliency among Pacific Northwest coastal communities.

Thu, 09/09/2021

In recognition of an innovative approach to transportation education, the UW CEE Online Master of Supply Chain Transportation & Logistics program has been honored with the 2021 ITE Transportation Education Council Innovation in Education Award. 

Fri, 09/03/2021 | UW News

CEE faculty member Mike Motley explains how the redesigned levee system in New Orleans helped mitigate the impact of Hurricane Ida.