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Richard Rhodes headshot

Apr 07, 2026

The last apprentice

Sculptor and master stonemason Richard Rhodes brings 5,000 years of stone knowledge to CEE.
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Bronze W

Dec 08, 2025

Giving, simplified

Alumni voices and clear answers to common giving questions this season.
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Group of people in a lab examining concrete samples

Oct 27, 2025

A day in CEE’s construction materials lab

Undergrads mix, test and break concrete to learn how materials behave in the real world.
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thor konradsson headshot

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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