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Bart Nijssen

Tue, 06/03/2025

Message from the chair

Chair Bart Nijssen shares his thoughts on the first half of 2025, focusing on ways to partner with the department.

A concrete bridge going over a river.

Tue, 06/03/2025

Stronger together

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

Students walking on top of Cedar Falls dam

Fri, 05/30/2025 | Seattle City Light

Cedar Falls field trip

CEE students explored hydropower, watershed management and future career paths during a visit to Seattle’s first hydroelectric plant.

A red coho salmon jumps up out of a river

Fri, 05/30/2025 | KNKX Public Radio

Threats to salmon research

Professor Ed Kolodziej discusses how proposed USGS cuts could stall research on tire chemicals harming Puget Sound salmon.

Women in Iran waiting at a bus stop while drinking cool drinks during a heat wave.

Tue, 05/27/2025 | The Washington Post

Heat, pollution and cancer risk

Professor Julian Marshall explains how hotter temperatures can worsen air pollution, in a study linking rising heat to cancer rates among women in MENA.

Concrete Canoe team members raise their paddles in celebration after winning the Pacific Northwest ASCE Student Symposium, where they placed first in every race and earned a spot at nationals.

Wed, 05/21/2025

Concrete Canoe team paddles to victory at regionals and advances to nationals

Concrete Canoe team takes first place at regionals, earning a spot at nationals with their 1970s-inspired canoe, Anni.

An aerial view of an intersection

Mon, 05/05/2025 | University of Washington

Sensing safer roads

Professor Yinhai Wang's STAR Lab built a traffic sensor now keeping 24/7 watch over one of Washington's most dangerous intersections.

An aerial view of Seattle's West Point Treatment Plant

Mon, 04/28/2025

Winkler Lab pilots pave the way for cleaner water — without building new tanks

The Winkler Lab is testing ways to retrofit wastewater plants for better nitrogen removal without building new tanks.

Snow hydrology course students sit in a snow pit they dug at Snoqualmie Pass.

Mon, 04/21/2025

Into the snowpack

Snow hydrology class visits Snoqualmie Pass to dig snow pits, take measurements and learn in the field.

Stuart Strand

Wed, 04/02/2025

Remembering Professor Emeritus Stuart Strand

A longtime UW faculty member, Professor Emeritus Stuart Strand was known for developing sustainable, bio-based solutions to environmental pollution.