Autumn 2023 Edition
Elevating engineering careers
CEE’s professional master’s programs offer flexible options for many different fields.
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Drones n’ Lasers
First-year students get hands-on with LiDAR drones, transforming campus landscapes into detailed 3D models.
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Chair’s message
CEE Chair Bart Nijssen outlines his goals for the coming year, including increasing enrollment and implementing a new strategic plan.
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New faculty Christie Hegermiller joins the department
Hegermiller comes to the department with a passion for waves & coastal change, ready to enhance research and community collaboration in geosciences.
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TRAC Director Mark Hallenbeck retires
The director of the Washington State Transportation Center influenced roadway systems and transportation engineering locally and nationally.
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Honors and awards
Congratulations to students and faculty who have received awards, scholarships and other honors.
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Center news
PacTrans hosts a high school summer camp to inspire the next generation of engineers, NW TTAP appoints a new director, and RAPID Center technology maps flood resilience in East Africa.
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Snowpack prediction research
A team led by UW researchers has found that in some western states, the amount of snow already on the ground by the end of December is a good predictor of how much total snow that area will get.
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Engineers Without Borders
Since 2016, the UW chapter has been partnering with the Nicaraguan community of Tortuga to improve infrastructure.
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Student successes
Steel Bridge and Concrete Canoe teams compete in national competitions.
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Enjoy the video: Burges lecture
Professor Julian Marshall discusses how people of color face higher air pollution exposure than white Americans and emphasizes the need for research and modeling to address these systemic disparities.
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