News
Wed, 12/17/2025
Torre Piloti project wins international design prize with help from CEE’s Paolo Calvi
CEE’s Paolo Calvi helped stabilize Genoa’s new port control tower with an active mass damper system; the project won an international design award.
Tue, 06/24/2025 | Miami Herald
CEE professor weighs in on Surfside collapse
Professor Dawn Lehman is featured in a Miami Herald article discussing the structural flaws that may have led to the Surfside condo collapse.
Tue, 06/03/2025
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.
Wed, 01/15/2025
How a CEE professor used new technology to stabilize a tower that couldn’t stop swaying
CEE’s Paolo Calvi implemented a cutting-edge technological solution to stabilize a new Italian control tower in the Port of Genoa, ensuring safety from high winds.
Wed, 12/11/2024
Research highlights
CEE teams collaborate with Seattle and Tacoma partners to tackle toxic runoff and enhance bridge safety.
Mon, 05/08/2023
A timber triumph: Seismically resilient and sustainable
CEE researchers including Professor Jeffrey Berman and Ph.D. student Sarah Wichman test a sustainable and seismically resilient 10-story mass timber building designed to withstand Seattle earthquakes.
Tue, 04/04/2023 | College of Engineering
Capstone collaborationsLearn about capstone projects, including one undertaken by CEE students in partnership with the City of Fife to design an evacuation structure for lahar and tsunami events.
Tue, 03/21/2023 | Seattle Times
Op-ed advises “preparing wisely” to avert earthquake disaster
Co-authors and professors Jeffrey Berman and Marc Eberhard point out that Seattle area faults are not unlike those in Turkey — and thousands of older buildings are still vulnerable.
Thu, 02/09/2023 | UW News
Experts discuss earthquake in Turkey and Syria
Three UW experts, including CEE Professor Dawn Lehman, have provided quotes in response to the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on February 6.
Tue, 11/22/2022
Bridging the gap: Assessing the impact of a M9 earthquake on bridges
It may be impossible to predict when a M9 earthquake may strike the region, but researchers have succeeded in predicting a crucial detail: the likelihood that bridges will be passable following such an event.