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Build back wiser
CEE Associate Professor, Meagan Mauter, calls for wiser spending on infrastructure.
September 28, 2021
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Stanford lab builds a water-resilient future, gallons of sewage at a time
As the American West faces unprecedented drought, one promising solution is the expansion of water recycling programs and technology.
September 22, 2021
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September 03, 2021
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Senior research engineer Derek Fong and CEE Students help CAL FIRE rethink wildfire response
Fighting fire after fire in ever-growing wildfire seasons, CAL FIRE is in search of innovative prevention and response strategies. Stanford students address this need by successful
September 03, 2021
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Professor Emeritus Leonard Ortolano co-authors study on sea-level rise and inequalities in the Bay Area
Researchers examined the number of households unable to pay for damages from coastal flooding to reveal how sea-level rise could threaten the fabric of Bay Area communities over th
July 12, 2021
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Stanford opens a research center in Korea’s ‘smart city’ of Songdo
The new center will provide a testbed to help researchers develop and deploy new structures and technologies as prototypes for the urban environments of the 21st Century.
June 04, 2021
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Stanford researchers will use the Korean ‘smart city’ of Songdo as a living laboratory
The new center will provide a testbed to help academic and corporate researchers develop and deploy a new generation of physical structures and electronic technologies as prototype
June 03, 2021
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July 17, 2020
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Why self-driving cars shouldn’t be too autonomous
Two researchers explain why designers should focus on developing systems that make it easy and natural for passengers to take control in an emergency.
May 28, 2020
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Less water could sustain more Californians if we make every drop count
As climate change and population growth make drinking water costlier, here are six strategies to quench the state’s thirst without busting its budget.
May 11, 2020
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Footstep Sensors Identify People by Gait
A supersensitive detector system can also glean clues about health
April 30, 2020
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New approach to managing risk of earthquakes triggered by fracking
Earthquakes caused by hydraulic fracturing can damage property and endanger lives. Stanford researchers have developed guidelines to slow fracking operations based on local risks.
April 27, 2020
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A more holistic way to measure the economic fallout from earthquakes
A new study describes the first way to estimate the greater financial fallout that the earthquake would have, especially on the poor.
April 20, 2020
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Stanford CEE Researchers track COVID-19 with Sewage Surveillance
How many people have been infected with the new coronavirus? A group of Bay Area researchers aims to find out—by tracking what's in the local wastewater.
April 07, 2020
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What are the factors that affect COVID-19 transmission?
Two environmental engineers discuss knowledge gaps, promising research pathways and other issues related to the control of viruses such as SARS-CoV-2.
March 27, 2020
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Nick Ouellette: What flocks of birds can tell us about engineering
A civil engineer explains how new insights gleaned from the flight of birds may one day be applied to fields as far-ranging as autonomous cars and crowd control.
March 06, 2020
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A study shows how the humble mealworm can help solve some big problems
“This is definitely not what we expected to see,” said one of the researchers.
January 08, 2020
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Are the buildings you live and work in making you feel stressed?
Researchers point the way to buildings that aim to improve human well-being.
December 09, 2019
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Q&A: How do we develop new sources of usable water?
An ambitious research project looks to develop affordable devices to recycle most of the water we currently throw away.
October 29, 2019
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October 14, 2019
