News
Mon, 12/13/2021
Harris Hydraulics Lab remodel
Things are flowing much better in the Civil & Environmental Engineering fluids lab, located in the 100-year-old Harris Hydraulics Laboratory, following a substantial renovation project. The project enhances the student experience through more hands-on workstations and flexible teaching space.
Mon, 12/13/2021
Three CEE faculty promotedCongratulations to the following three UW CEE faculty members who were promoted in September in recognition of their hard work and achievements: Associate Professors Paolo Calvi, Richard Wiebe and Mari Winkler.
Mon, 12/13/2021
Remembering Demetrios ‘Dimitri’ Spyridakis
Professor Emeritus Demetrios “Dimitri” Spyridakis dedicated his life’s work to keeping waterways pristine. A longtime CEE faculty member who taught courses in water and soil chemistry and conducted research on water pollution, Spyridakis passed away in October 2021.
Mon, 12/13/2021
Satellite system success
Five years ago, when Professor Faisal Hossain helped implement a new satellite-based irrigation advisory system in Pakistan, it was uncharted territory. But that territory now includes three countries and more than 100,000 farmers.
Wed, 12/01/2021
Student profile: Nathalie Thelemaque
CEE Ph.D. student from Coral Springs, FL, focuses on sustainable infrastructure and community resilience, addressing climate change impacts through research and advocacy.
Wed, 12/01/2021
Student profile: Dan McCabe
CEE Ph.D. student from Orange, CT, designs sustainable and efficient transportation systems, focusing on electric bus transitions.
Wed, 12/01/2021
Student profile: Adi Stein
CEE master’s student from Vancouver, WA, explores socio-hydrology and climate change impacts, blending engineering with community-driven narratives.
Wed, 12/01/2021
Student profile: Adam Bogh
CEE undergrad from Tustin, CA, combines his passion for structural engineering and hands-on experiences to shape a career in marine engineering.
Wed, 12/01/2021
Student profile: Nancy Le
CEE undergrad from Olympia, WA, combines her passion for construction, sustainability and collaboration to pursue a career in civil engineering.
Wed, 12/01/2021
Student profile: Peter Yu
CEE undergrad merges transportation passion, research and leadership to innovate highway design and roadway safety.
Mon, 11/29/2021
Meet ‘Hip Hop M.D.’ Maynard Okereke
CEE alumnus Maynard Okereke has made a name for himself, quite literally. Known as the Hip Hop M.D., Okereke is a science communicator working to make STEM education accessible to underrepresented youth.
Mon, 11/22/2021 | UW News
Students build purifiers that can remove virus particles
Air pollution expert Professor Julian Marshall leads his class in building low-cost air purifiers that can remove common pollutants from the air, plus virus particles.
Mon, 11/01/2021 | UW News
$2M from NSF to design an ‘adaptable society’
A team led by professor Cynthia Chen has received a nearly $2 million grant from NSF to further research into how urban societal systems can be organized to be both efficient and resilient.
Fri, 10/22/2021 | UW News
UW students designed a rover to inspect culvert conditions to help fish
As part of an industry capstone project, students create a rover that can inspect sewer pipes and culverts for damage that may prevent fish migration.
Mon, 09/27/2021 | UW News
Arsenic makes some Puget Sound fish unsafe to eat
UW CEE and UW Tacoma researchers have found that eating contaminated fish or snails from some South Puget Sound lakes could lead to health risks because of the high arsenic levels.
Fri, 09/17/2021
Bart Nijssen receives AGU Union Edward Flinn III Award
For his work to spearhead the development and ongoing improvement of hydrologic models used by researchers around the world, CEE professor Bart Nijssen is the recipient of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Edward Flinn III Award.
Thu, 09/09/2021 | UW News
Research, education hub on ‘coastal resiliency’ will focus on earthquakes, coastal erosion and climate change
CEE faculty are involved in an NSF-funded $19 million multi-institution team that will work on increasing resiliency among Pacific Northwest coastal communities.
Thu, 09/09/2021
ITE Innovations in Education Award
In recognition of an innovative approach to transportation education, the UW CEE Online Master of Supply Chain Transportation & Logistics program has been honored with the 2021 ITE Transportation Education Council Innovation in Education Award.
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.
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.
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.
Mon, 08/09/2021
Pritchard Award winners
Professor Alexander Horner-Devine and alumna Margaret McKeon (Ph.D. ‘20) are the recipients of the Pritchard Award, which recognizes the authors of the best physical oceanography paper published in the journal Estuaries and Coasts in a two-year interval.
Fri, 08/06/2021 | Alumni Association
Adventure and generosity
Longtime CEE supporters Marilyn and Tom, ’68, Draeger share how they worked together to build a family and construction projects around the world.
Wed, 08/04/2021 | IEEE Spectrum
RAPID team deployed to Surfside condo collapse
CEE's RAPID team conducts reconnaissance work at the site of the Miami condo collapse, gathering data to help understand why the structure failed.
Mon, 07/26/2021
Faisal Hossain named AMS fellow
In recognition of his work to improve lives around the world by utilizing atmospheric science, CEE professor Faisal Hossain has been selected as a fellow of the American Meteorological Society.