Spring 2025 Edition
Reinforcing the ground beneath our feet
CEE’s Mike Gomez and his team are using bacteria to strengthen soil and prevent liquefaction, offering a sustainable alternative to traditional methods.
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Stronger together
Five concrete ways to partner with CEE to advance engineering research and education.
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UW supports NIST testing
CEE engineers tested full-scale slabs for NIST’s Surfside collapse investigation, helping improve national building safety standards.
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Message from the chair
Chair Bart Nijssen shares his thoughts on the first half of 2025, focusing on ways to partner with the department.
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Remembering Professor Emeritus Stuart Strand
A longtime UW faculty member, Professor Emeritus Stuart Strand was known for developing sustainable, bio-based solutions to environmental pollution.
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Piloting smarter wastewater solutions
The Winkler Lab is testing ways to retrofit wastewater plants for better nitrogen removal without building new tanks.
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Tracking recovery after the Los Angeles wildfires
RAPID Facility collects baseline data documenting the damage caused by wildfires in Los Angeles earlier this year.
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Concrete Canoe wins regionals
Concrete Canoe team takes first place at regionals, earning a spot at nationals with their 1970s-inspired canoe, Anni.
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