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Sep 08, 2025

Leadership on and off the jobsite

Thorvaldur Konradsson (MSCE’10) helped lead Seattle’s recent light rail expansion and remains deeply involved in mentoring young engineers.
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George Darkwah portrait

Aug 18, 2025

Predicting river temperatures

Doctoral student George Darkwah is harnessing satellite data to help Pacific Northwest tribes restore fishing stocks.
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Top view of a slab after a punching shear test, showing cracks radiating outward from the center, where the column supported the slab from below.

Jun 03, 2025

CEE partners with NIST on national building safety investigation

CEE engineers tested full-scale slabs for NIST’s Surfside collapse investigation, helping improve national building safety standards.
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An aerial view of a neighborhood where some homes have been completely destroyed by wildfires while other homes are left untouched.

Jun 03, 2025

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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Bart Nijssen

Jun 03, 2025

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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A concrete bridge going over a river.

Jun 03, 2025

Stronger together

Five concrete ways to partner with CEE to advance engineering research and education.
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