This RSS news feed maintained by uwnews.org, the University of Washington Office of News and Information, includes the last 20 UW news releases about Civil and Environmental Engineering. http://uwnews.org/apps/uwnews/public/rss.aspx?q=uwnByAuthorId&departmentID=143&numToShow=20 http://uwnews.org/images/uwnewslogo_small.jpg http://uwnews.org/ uwnews.org, the University of Washington Office of News and Information (c)2009 University of Washington News and Information | http://uwnews.org | uwnews@u.washington.edu | 206-543-2580 Bob Roseth | roseth@u.washington.edu Ken Fine | kenfine@u.washington.edu Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:49:21 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Tiny organisms known as archaea play a central role in the planet's nitrogen cycle, according to new research. Experiments suggest archaea play a key ecological role in upper- and deep-ocean ecosystems. This could affect global climate model calculations. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=52221 Science Environment Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=52221 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:00:00 GMT There has been recent disagreement about the snowpack decline in the Cascade Mountains of the Pacific Northwest, but new research leaves little doubt that a warmer climate has a significant effect on the snowpack, even if other factors keep year-to-year measurements close to normal for a period of years. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=49664 Science Environment Stephanie Kenitzer (kenitzer@dc.ametsoc.org) and Vince Stricherz (vinces@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=49664 Tue, 12 May 2009 17:55:37 GMT The most detailed report ever on how climate change could affect Washington paints a stark picture, but it should help the state avoid being surprised by climate-related changes coming down the road. The assessment is being released today, Feb. 11, to the state's Department of Ecology and the Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=47174 Environment Science Sandra Hines (shines@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=47174 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:43:00 GMT Two UW graduate students have created a free tool, OneBusAway, that lets Seattle bus-riders use a cell phone, iPhone or computer to see if their bus is running late. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=47120 Technology Science Environment Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=47120 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:35:00 GMT A study of top-selling laundry products and air fresheners found they emitted dozens of different chemicals, some of which are toxic or hazardous. None of the chemicals was listed on the product labels. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=42872 Science Environment Health and Medicine Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=42872 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:00:00 GMT More than 600 members of Engineers Without Borders-USA will gather for an annual conference Thursday through Sunday on the University of Washington's Seattle campus. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=40607 Community Environment Health and Medicine Education Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=40607 Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:11:10 GMT The past is no longer a reliable base on which to plan the future of water management. So says a Science article written by a prominent group of hydrologists and climatologists that calls for fundamental changes to the science behind water planning and policy. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=39491 Environment Technology Science Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=39491 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:28:20 GMT While Puget Sound voters were rejecting an $18 billion roads and transit package earlier this month, a smaller group of citizens was putting together a different $11.8 package in an experimental project in online participatory democracy. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=38203 Joel Schwarz (joels@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=38203 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:16:34 GMT The most common contaminant at Superfund sites is the industrial solvent trichloroethylene. Experimental poplar plants, several inches tall and growing in a solution laced with trichloroethylene, were able break down, or metabolize, the pollutant into harmless byproducts at rates 100 times that of the control plants. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=37313 Science Environment Sandra Hines (shines@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=37313 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 21:49:59 GMT The Structural Research Laboratory opened its doors soon afer the infamous collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in 1940. A new grant will allow the lab to expand its program researching structural collapse. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=36646 Science Technology Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=36646 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:14:45 GMT An assessment of the impact of climate change on the state, being launched this week by the University of Washington's Climate Impacts Group for the Washington Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development, is the most comprehensive ever. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=36047 Science Environment Sandra Hines (shines@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=36047 Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:59:14 GMT http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=35891 Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=35891 Mon, 06 Aug 2007 22:19:47 GMT The 20th annual American Society of Civil Engineers National Concrete Canoe Competition takes place this week at the University of Washington Seattle campus and on Lake Sammamish. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=34145 Campus Community Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=34145 Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:10:21 GMT Ports could use their cranes to move goods more quickly without investing in any new equipment. A system called double cycling would minimize empty return trips - what taxi drivers and long-haul truckers call "deadheading" - by the massive cranes. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=33967 Science Technology Business Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=33967 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:29:00 GMT Even at the best of times, the West's water supplies are fraught with political, economic and environmental wrangling. Yet the ability to predict drought at seasonal lead times -- months or longer -- has scarcely improved since the 1960s. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=30674 Science Environment Technology Hannah Hickey (hickeyh@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=30674 Fri, 16 Feb 2007 15:30:00 GMT James R. Karr, who helped define the characteristics of healthy waterways and developed a system for documenting aquatic well being, has received the top fishery conservation award from the American Fisheries Society, the nation's oldest and largest professional organization representing fisheries scientists. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=6454 Science Sandra Hines (shines@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=6454 Mon, 15 Nov 2004 07:00:00 GMT When a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck western Washington in 2001, hundreds of brick chimneys in two neighborhoods were seriously damaged or toppled. New research suggests the shaking in these areas might have been intensified by the Seattle fault, even though it was not the source of the earthquake. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=4790 Science Vince Stricherz (vinces@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=4790 Tue, 22 Jun 2004 07:00:00 GMT New research shows the tectonic stresses that have left dips and folds deep in the Earth's crust in an area called the Seattle uplift have done the same thing at the surface. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=4476 Science Vince Stricherz (vinces@u.washington.edu) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=4476 Tue, 01 Jun 2004 07:00:00 GMT