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UW Civil & Environmental Engineering students and faculty have an important goal: to solve critical challenges of the 21st century. Learn more about their work!
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📈 CEE Sees Strong Enrollment Gains!

CEE welcomes 223 juniors, up from 146, as outreach and industry demand draw more students to the department.

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CEE sees strong enrollment gains
CEE welcomes 223 juniors, up from 146, as outreach and industry demand draw more students to the department.
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December 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Washington’s landslide risk maps have improved since Oso, but key pieces are still incomplete. UW CEE’s Joe Wartman spoke with @seattletimes.com about what’s missing, and why better risk info matters.
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A decade after Oso landslide, WA has mapped a third of the state for landslide risks
Landslide hazard mapping has made big strides, but the public still must rely on piecemeal mapping and incomplete data to know if they're at risk.
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December 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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We love hearing from our alumni about how they stay connected to CEE!

In our autumn newsletter, we shared alumni voices and answered common questions about giving — from supporting students to creating a lasting impact through endowed funds.

Learn more: www.ce.washington.edu/news/article...
Giving, simplified
Answers to frequently asked questions about supporting CEE
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December 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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The Autumn 2025 edition of The Bridge is here!

Catch the latest updates from UW CEE: predicting river temperatures to restore fishing stocks, hands-on learning in the construction materials lab and record enrollment gains.

Check out the full edition here! www.ce.washington.edu/news/bridge/...
| UW Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
bridge Archive
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December 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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We are hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor with a focus in Sustainable Infrastructure!

Civil & Environmental Engineering – University of Washington
📍 Location: Seattle, WA
⏰ Deadline: January 15, 2026

Learn more & apply: apply.interfolio.com/177209
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December 5, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Why doesn't healthy winter snowpack always become spring streamflow? A CEE team measured “missing snow” and found that about 10% of snowpack vanished directly to vapor, and sensors that capture this loss were more accurate when placed higher off the ground.
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From field to film, measuring “missing snow”
UW hydrology team quantifies snow lost to the air and shows the work behind the numbers in a short film.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Join us for the 2025 Wenk Endowed Lecture as Professor Carlos Genatios explains how engineering and policy work together to lower disaster risk in vulnerable communities.

🗓 Thursday, November 20
⏰ 3:30 PM PST
📍 Alder Hall Auditorium, UW Seattle

Learn more: www.ce.washington.edu/news/lecture...
Edward Wenk Jr. Endowed Lectureship
This lectureship was founded in 2007 by Professor Emeritus Edward Wenk. The endowment supports an annual public lecture by distinguished practitioners in the fields of civil and environmental…
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November 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Happening tomorrow! Join our CEE Virtual Info Session to hear from faculty about Structural Engineering and Mechanics.

📅 Thu, Nov 13 | ⏰ 4:00 PM PST

Learn more: www.ce.washington.edu/future-stude...
November 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Check out a day in CEE’s Construction Materials Lab!

Students get hands-on experience mixing, testing, and breaking concrete while learning how materials and standards shape performance.

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A day in CEE’s construction materials lab
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November 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Happening tonight! Hear from CEE faculty and graduate advisers about our Transportation research area and get your questions answered.

Join us for a CEE Virtual Information Session – Transportation
🗓 Monday, November 10
⏰ 5:30 PM PST

Learn more: www.ce.washington.edu/future-stude...
Information sessions
Civil and Environmental Engineering hosts virtual information sessions for prospective graduate students interested in our six research areas. During each session, CEE faculty and graduate advisers…
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November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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California’s decades-long effort to strengthen earthquake safety offers valuable lessons for tackling today’s wildfire crisis, says CEE Professor Joseph Wartman in an op-ed for @sfchronicle.com.
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California mastered earthquake safety. Will it do the same for wildfires?
OPINION: California’s earthquake preparedness achievements were born from disaster. It now needs to do the same to counter the growing risk from wildfires, Joseph Wartman writes.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Tonight! CEE alum Brent Nakagawa (BSCE ’16) shares his experience helping Lahaina recover after last year’s wildfire.

Join us at 5:30 p.m. in the Bill & Melinda Gates Center, Room G20, to hear how engineers make a difference when disaster strikes.

Details: www.ce.washington.edu/calendar?tru...
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November 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Join us on MONDAY at 5:30 p.m. to hear UW CEE alum Brent Nakagawa (BSCE ’16) share his firsthand experience working on the Lahaina wildfire recovery as a construction engineer with Goodfellow Bros.

All are welcome.
📅 November 3, 5:30–7 p.m.
📍 Bill & Melinda Gates Center (CSE2), Room G20
October 31, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Hospitals can kill bacteria, but resistant genes may survive. 🦠

UW researchers tested 9 common disinfectants and found DNA carrying antibiotic resistance often stays intact, potentially spreading to new bacteria.

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UW researchers test common disinfectants’ abilities to fight antibiotic resistance at the genetic level
Antimicrobial resistance is a lurking threat in hospitals around the world. As more strains of bacteria and other microbes evolve defenses against available drugs, more patients run the risk of...
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October 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Join us TOMORROW for the CEE Career Fair!
📅 Oct 22 | 🕜 1:30–4:30 PM | 📍 HUB Ballroom

Meet employers hiring for job and internship opportunities in structural, geotech, transportation, construction, water and environmental engineering.

Open to all UW students & recent alumni — all majors welcome!
October 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Join us next Wednesday for the CEE Career Fair.
📅 October 22 • 1:30–4:30 p.m.
📍 HUB Ballroom

Open to all UW students and recent alumni—all majors welcome.
Register: www.ce.washington.edu/current/care...
October 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Can disinfectants go beyond killing bacteria to stop antibiotic resistance?

CEE researchers tested nine common disinfectants to see how well they could kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria and break down the DNA that helps resistance spread.

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UW researchers test common disinfectants’ abilities to fight antibiotic resistance at the genetic level
Antimicrobial resistance is a lurking threat in hospitals around the world. As more strains of bacteria and other microbes evolve defenses against available drugs, more patients run the risk of...
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August 18, 2025 at 10:53 PM