News
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.
Tue, 06/03/2025
Stronger together
Five concrete ways to partner with CEE to advance engineering research and education.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Mon, 04/21/2025
Into the snowpack
Snow hydrology class visits Snoqualmie Pass to dig snow pits, take measurements and learn in the field.
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.