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Dawn Lehman's headshot

Tue, 05/10/2022

2022 Pulitzer Prize-winning collaboration

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.

RAPID researchers survey damage to structures located on the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas

Tue, 04/05/2022

A RAPID transformation

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.

A building under construction

Tue, 03/01/2022

Earthquake engineering certificate program

A new certificate program in earthquake engineering will be offered by the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department starting in spring quarter 2022.

Aftermath of the partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South building

Wed, 01/05/2022 | Miami Herald

Collapse reconstructed: Champlain Towers South

The Miami Herald worked with CEE professor Dawn Lehman to analyze building plans and test theories about what went wrong using computer models.

A graphic showing Hurricane Ida superimposed on top of a map

Fri, 09/03/2021 | UW News

Redesigned levees during Hurricane Ida

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

CEE award winners

Mon, 08/23/2021

Faculty, alumna receive PCI award

Assistant professor Paolo Calvi, professor John Stanton and alumna Otgonchimeg “Audrey” Davaadorj received the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute’s 2021 Charles C. Zollman Award. 

Pieces of consistently-sized debris in a random configuration

Fri, 08/13/2021 | DesignSafe-CI

Predicting tsunami debris flow

CEE researchers are developing a numerical approach to understand and predict the chaotic nature of tsunami debris flow.

Dawn Lehman's headshot

Fri, 07/09/2021 | UW News

‘We need to be patient’ — UW’s Dawn Lehman on the collapse of the Champlain Towers South

Following the Champlain Towers South building collapse, CEE professor Dawn Lehman has been studying photographs, videos, drawings, reports and permits to investigate why the structure failed.

The new Mukilteo Ferry Terminal

Tue, 06/15/2021

From research to reality

A bumpy journey turned to smoother sailing after engineers decided to utilize research from CEE’s Structural Research Laboratory when designing the wharf for the new Mukilteo Ferry Terminal.