Dear CEE community,

Please join us this Thursday, October 3 at 3:30 in More Hall room 220 for the environment and water program seminar. This week CEE PhD candidate Jacob Davis will talk about how hurricanes drive waves . 

You can find the fall program here: https://depts.washington.edu/watersem/

Air-deployed wave buoys for hurricane forecast improvements

Jacob Davis

UW CEE

Abstract:

Ocean surface waves are a source of drag between the atmosphere and ocean. This is crucial in hurricanes, where wave-dependent drag is a considerable driver of a storm’s intensity and thus contributes to downstream coastal impacts. Our group measures waves in hurricanes using arrays of free-drifting wave buoys which are deployed from airplanes ahead of a storm. Data from buoys deployed in Hurricanes Ian (2022), Fiona (2022), and Idalia (2023) are used to study wave slope, or the ratio of wave height to wavelength, which has been widely used as Continue reading →

Students,

There’ll be shop tool training (Tool Training 1, Class B) one session on Saturday

October 26^st, at 11:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m., another one on Sunday October 27th  at 11:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. Please check the signup sheet to find out which session you should attend.  Only twenty five people in each session.  Please note that there will be no tool training until spring 2025.

This tool training is required for the students and persons who will be or think that they might need to use power hand tools for their research projects.  The tools training covers the use of circular saw, table saw, drill motor etc. in and around structures lab.  Be sure to sign up before October, 18^th.  Renewing is required every eight months. The signup sheet will be posted on the door room 33 (machine shop), across from the material lab, More Hall basement.

Research students should check with your faculties or PIs, whether or not you should take this training.  Undergrads who will participate in canoe, steel bridge, Concrete Beam, as well as people who went through nine months ago are also required to attend this training.  Please check to see if your past tool training is still valid. Other undergrads and grads can take this training as well. There is no fee involved for this event. No student is allowed to use the power tool in/around the CEE Structures Lab without this training.    Continue reading →

Hi all,

Please join us for an exciting panel discussion on Patent Careers for Engineers on Monday, October 7th at 2:30 p.m. in ECE 269! Are you an engineering student curious about the world of patents and intellectual property? This event is your chance to explore the dynamic field of patent careers. 

Did you know that with just a degree in engineering, you’re eligible to take the Patent Office’s Registration Exam to become a Patent Agent? Our panel of experienced IP attorneys and a representative from the Practising Law Institute (PLI) will share their insights on patent career opportunities for engineers, preparation for the Patent Office’s Registration Exam, and the unique challenges and rewards of working in this field.

Our panelists include: 

• Mark Dighton, Administrative Director, Patent Office Exam Course, Practising Law Institute (PLI)
• Scott Adams, Partner, Patent Prosecution and Chair of the Patent Hiring Committee at Davis Wright Tremaine 
• Joseph Probst, Managing Principal, Dority & Manning 

We hope you’ll join us for this opportunity to learn from the experts and network with professionals in the industry!

Dear Engineering Students,

Here are some upcoming events that you may be interested in:

1. Sustainable Aviation Innovation Workshop

Friday, October 11 // 9 am – 2:30 pm

Husky Union Building, 334

Register here: https://washington.startuptree.co/event/s/PBZBrmxqz3BdeLEEZ6PjpQ/Sustainable-Aviation-Innovation-Workshop

Join us for the Sustainable Aviation Innovation Workshop! This event brings UW students together for an interdisciplinary workshop with corporate leaders ideate on sustainable aviation ideas for the future.

Hear about problem spaces related to sustainable aviation from corporate leaders, then participate in ideation sessions on solutions. Students will also have the chance to participate in a Pitch Challenge at the end of the workshop with the chance to win a prize for Best Pitch! 

Solutions include hardware, software, and AI; think inside the plane (design, optimization, materials, fuel) and outside the plane (infrastructure, supply chain, and more).

Register now to get the full workshop schedule. Continue reading →

Hello All!

Back for our second year, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is again building our team for Student Chapter of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)’s undergraduate and graduate student group and the undergraduate Seismic Design Competition (SDC). Come join this info session to learn about EERI and the seismic design competition and join the team! 

This undergraduate and graduate student group will offer technical seminars, networking and leadership opportunities, a national seismic design competition, social events, K-12 outreach, membership to a key professional organization, and more – there is something for everyone! Official rules for the competition will be released soon, marking the start of the design competition. 

So, if you are interested in earthquakes, structural or geotechnical engineering, want to participate in a student organization, and/or want to see our SDC building from last year, join us for our kickoff meeting next Thursday, October 3rd at 1 PM in More Hall, Room 110 to learn more and see if you would like to be involved.

(If you can’t make it but want to be involved feel free to email me and I will add you to our MS Teams channel.)

Hope to see you all next Thursday!

Dear CEE community,

Please join us this Thursday, September 26 at 3:30 in More Hall room 220 for the environment and water program seminar. To kick-off the series, I will do a short introduction of the seminar course and give the first seminar that covers some work I and CEE PhD student Hunter Jimenez did during my sabbatical in Turkey. Abstract for our talk is below. 

You can find the fall program here: https://depts.washington.edu/watersem/

Compound impact of extremes: The 2023 Türkiye-Syria cascading earthquake hazards exacerbated by an atmospheric river (AR) precipitation event

Erkan Istanbulluoglu, Hunter Jimenez 

Cascading earthquake hazards refer to a chain of secondary hazards triggered by an initial earthquake, including co-seismic and post-seismic rainfall-driven landslides, mudflows, and floods enhanced by sedimentation in channels. Two main earthquakes, Mw 7.7 and Mw 7.6 occurred on Feb. 6, 2023 within the East Anatolian fault system nine hours apart. This earthquake triggered more than 3,600 coseismic landslides. A rare AR event swept through the central part of the Continue reading →

CEE Students, Faculty and Staff –

You are invited to the 2024 CEE Kick-Off event at the HUB Games Area on Wed, Oct 2nd from 4:30-6:30pm.

Please RSVP HERE so we know how much food to order!

***We know there will be some classes that are scheduled to conflict with this event. If you have a time conflict, please come when you can!***

We look forward to celebrating the start of an amazing academic year!

Hello Students,

The Forensic Engineering Division (FED) of ASCE has developed a student competition for the upcoming Forensic Congress in November. 

More information can be found here.

Hi everyone,

Please see below and attached for information on an event being planned in partnership with Blue Origin’s Indigenous employee organization (New Herrington) featuring Nicole Mann, NASA Astronaut and the first Indigenous woman from NASA to go to space. Note that registration is required for attendance and space is limited.

Big thanks to Kam Yee of Washington NASA Space Grant and the A&A department for their active partnership on this event.

New Herrington Nicole Mann Flyer