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Civil and environmental engineering graduate student Rubina Singh stands next to an EV charging station.

Mon, 03/11/2024 | College of Engineering

Advancing electric vehicle technology

How UW engineers are helping Washington lead the way in electric vehicle technology and the infrastructure required to advance it.

Two students stand on either side of a canoe and fasten foam insulation to the sides

Mon, 03/04/2024 | College of Engineering

Making a big splash

Members of the UW Concrete Canoe Team gain hands-on experience designing and constructing a canoe almost entirely from concrete.

Paul and Mei-Yea Liao

Fri, 03/01/2024 | College of Engineering

CEE alum Paul Liao and wife Mei-Yea honored with Diamond Award

CEE alum Paul Liao and his wife Mei-Yea's legacy spans from humble beginnings in Taiwan to transformative impacts in education, community and aquaculture globally.

Headshot of Morteza Derakhti

Fri, 03/01/2024

Morteza Derakhti joins the department

Derakhti brings his expertise in ocean wave modeling and coastal engineering from his work in the Applied Physics Lab.

Headshot of Professor Cynthia Chen

Fri, 02/23/2024 | Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering

Building community resilience: A $2 million NSF grant will transform disaster response

Cynthia Chen leads an NSF grant project aimed at using technology to enhance emergency response and community resilience.

Illustration of a yellow submarine with a black pole and a black cable

Fri, 02/16/2024 | UW Applied Physics Laboratory

Using a wave energy converter to recharge a UUV

A collaborative team from the UW and Oregon State University have integrated several technologies to test a prototype system that harnesses the power of ocean waves to send electricity to an ocean observing vehicle.

Brett Maurer and Morgan Sanger

Fri, 02/16/2024 | Earthquake Engineering Research Institute

Brett Maurer and Morgan Sanger Receive 2023 Outstanding Paper Award

Professor Brett Maurer and Ph.D. student Morgan Sanger win an EERI Outstanding Paper Award for their research on AI use in earthquake hazard mitigation.

Microbial cells imaged via NanoSIMS, showing nitrogen uptake: red for ammonia preference, blue for urea, against a scale for isotope intensity.

Mon, 02/12/2024

Unraveling a nitrogen cycle mystery

Research about ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms reshapes our perspective on their physiology and ecological niche.

Professor Faisal Hossain on a boat overlooking a Bangladeshi river at sunset

Tue, 01/30/2024

Advancing surface water tracking in Bangladesh

Professor Faisal Hossain helps lead NASA's SWOT satellite mission to aid in Bangladesh's water management.

Kolodziej Ed and Mackenzie Don

Mon, 01/29/2024

CEE announces new professorships

Edward Kolodziej and Don MacKenzie have both been named Allan & Inger Osberg Endowed Professors.