CEE news

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CEE Graduate Student Spotlight - Alexis Slade

Wednesday, March 19, 2025
PhD candidate Alexis chose the University of Iowa for its research opportunities and she has excelled in its supportive and collaborative environment that allows her to tailor her education and research to her career aspirations.
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CEE U2G Student Spotlight - Miranda Basart

Tuesday, March 18, 2025
The sense of community brought senior Miranda Basart to Iowa, where she has become a leader in marching band and rugby on her journey to undergraduate and graduate degrees in environmental engineering.
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New wastewater solution poised to meet federal regulations

Tuesday, January 28, 2025
University of Iowa Civil Engineering Professor Craig Just has worked with wastewater and treatment solutions for over 30 years. His most recent project, a small-scale wastewater treatment solution, is currently being evaluated against federal regulations.
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Dare to Discover campaign highlights engineering students, post docs

Monday, January 27, 2025
Kaleb Young, a University of Iowa PhD student in civil and environmental engineering, working to improve flood forecasting for the state of Iowa, is among 10 engineering students and postdocs highlighted in the Dare to Discover campaign.
Vanessa Robledo poses by the Iowa River

Weather and water: Improving flash flood predictions

Thursday, January 23, 2025
Vanessa Robledo, a second-year PhD student in civil and environmental engineering (CEE), is helping improve the Iowa Flood Center’s abilities to better forecast flash flood events. Building on her master's studies in meteorology from Medellin, Colombia, her research focuses on improving methods for predicting weather patterns to enhance flood forecasting.
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Iowa Engineering, CLAS promote education and sustainable practices in Iowa watersheds

Wednesday, January 22, 2025
University of Iowa students from various humanities backgrounds collaborated with researchers in engineering and environmental studies to promote education and sustainable practices around nitrogen runoff in Iowa’s watersheds as part of the NSF BlueGAP project.
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Helping small towns meet wastewater needs, affordably

Monday, January 6, 2025
Craig Just at the University of Iowa has sought an affordable wastewater solution for small towns. Now, through Just’s research, partnerships, and persistence, a pilot system in Dow City appears poised to meet federal wastewater treatment regulations. The technology would then be available for hundreds of small towns in Iowa.
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Going with the flow

Monday, December 16, 2024
Studying water led CEE alum Riley Post from the rivers of Iowa to the Pacific Ocean and back.
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CEE Undergraduate Student Spotlight - Sydney Parks

Monday, November 18, 2024
Civil engineering senior Sydney Parks, who has built corn monuments and concrete canoes as an ASCE leader, values the opportunities and support at Iowa and is giving back as a peer advisor for CEE.
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Corn monument: Hawks by a million

Thursday, October 24, 2024
Civil engineering students pay homage to Kinnick Stadium and America Needs Farmers (ANF) in this year's corn monument Homecoming tradition.
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Schnoor inducted into National Academy of Construction

Thursday, October 17, 2024
Jerald “Jerry” L. Schnoor, a renowned University of Iowa professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been inducted into the National Academy of Construction for contributions to environmental design.
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Engineering alum William D. Ashton, known for service and philanthropy, has died at 84

Thursday, October 10, 2024
William “Bill” David Ashton, a cherished member of the University of Iowa College of Engineering community who was among 30 members and four generations of the Ashton family to attend Iowa over a 90-year span, died on Sunday following injuries sustained in a car crash.