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Engineering and... Community Service: How Senior Isabella Perusse Blends Service with Her Major
March 5, 2026
From stormwater projects in India to large-scale GW Days of Service in D.C., Isabella Perusse has made civic engagement central to her engineering education.
New Study Reveals How Some Viruses Escape Wastewater Treatment
March 2, 2026
CEE Professor Yun Shen led a study in Nature Water revealing how cloaked virus clusters escape wastewater treatment and presented a new method for detecting and isolating them.
Badie Discusses Critical Bridge Vulnerabilities and Funding Challenges in Politico
February 22, 2026
Professor Sameh Badie is featured in Politico explaining why funding gaps and technical hurdles are delaying safety upgrades for 12 at-risk bridges across the U.S.