Seattle University College of Science & Engineering

06/15/2026

Congratulations to all the College of Science and Engineering’s Class of 2026 graduate degree recipients. We're proud to celebrate this milestone with you.

Big cheers to the next chapter! 🎉🎓

06/15/2026

Congratulations, CSE graduates! 🎓

We're proud to celebrate the Class of 2026 and all you've accomplished. Scroll through for a few favorite moments from today's undergrad commencement ceremony. ❤️

06/13/2026

Summer has arrived, Redhawks! We're proud of everything you've accomplished this year. Have a great summer, you deserve it!

06/12/2026

The Mathematics Department held its fourth annual Integration Bee on May 14—it’s like a spelling bee, except it uses integrals. ➗🐝

Organized by Max Burger and Emery Crellin, this year's event featured 16 student participants.

Congratulations to second-place finisher Alejandra “Ale” Espinosa Pena Corona, a physics major, and first-place winner Toby Hammond, a math major (Toby is pictured center with organizers Emery, left, and Max, right).

Congratulations to all who participated!

06/10/2026

Congratulations to Seattle University's American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Steel Bridge Team on an outstanding performance at the Pacific Northwest Regional Competition, held at the University of Alaska Anchorage this spring as part of the ASCE Student Symposium!

The team assembled its steel bridge in just 19 minutes with only four builders and achieved an impressive maximum deflection of just 0.2 inches during vertical load testing.

Their efforts earned:

1st Place: Structural Efficiency
1st Place: Stiffness
3rd Place: Cost Estimating

Back on campus, the team celebrated their success with a gathering in the quad, where they rebuilt the award-winning bridge and gave prospective members a chance to see the team in action.

Congratulations to captains Matthew Costello and Eric Lillo, team members Adenike Adejumobi, Chris Beven, Sowmya Shalmali Jagadeesh, Eric Godfrey, Blue Moo, Katie Zheng and Mitchell Rosema, and thank you to faculty advisor Katie Kuder and industry mentor Philip Yu for supporting the team throughout the season.

Way to go, team!

06/09/2026

06/08/2026

One last push before summer. Seniors, it’s almost commencement, wow! We’re proud of you—good luck on finals this week, Redhawks!

06/04/2026

Seattle University College of Science and Engineering's student entrepreneurship team, BioLegacy, recently achieved national and regional recognition through outstanding performances in two highly competitive business plan competitions.

The team, consisting of Steven Hong (Mechanical Engineering), Bea Hoyme (Mechanical Engineering), and Michi Tawara (Biology), competed in the Rice University Business Plan Competition (RBPC) and the Washington State University Business Plan Competition. Widely regarded as the most competitive student business competition in the United States, RBPC received more than 550 applications in 2026, with only the top 7% of teams selected to compete in Houston, Texas, from April 9-11. Following their strong showing at RBPC, BioLegacy continued their momentum by earning 2nd place in Open League at the WSU Business Plan Competition in Pullman on April 30.

BioLegacy is a spinoff venture originating from research led by Dr. Shen Ren (Mechanical Engineering) in organ preservation and biomedical engineering. Since 2023, the team has competed in eight additional national and regional competitions, earning five Grand Prizes and three 2nd-place finishes.

These accomplishments highlight the strength of Seattle University’s interdisciplinary approach to innovation and entrepreneurship, empowering students to translate cutting-edge research into real-world impact.

06/04/2026

Please join us in congratulating these outstanding College of Science and Engineering faculty members, honored with 2025–2026 Provost’s Faculty Awards for excellence in teaching and scholarship.

Stephen Luckey, Associate Professor (Biology)
Excellence in Teaching

Kristin Hultgren, Professor (Biology)
Excellence in Scholarly Activity

Se-Yeun Lee, Associate Teaching Professor (Civil & Environmental Engineering)
Excellence in Teaching in the Core

These awards recognize exceptional contributions to student learning, scholarly achievement and the Seattle University community. Thank you for the meaningful ways you support and inspire our students.

06/02/2026

Biology faculty members Drs. Becky Hartley and Mark Jordan attended the Seas to Summits joint meeting of the local chapters of the American Fisheries Society and The Wildlife Society in Wenatchee earlier this quarter along with several student researchers.

Hartley attended the conference with student researchers Tarini Rapelly, Kayli Williams, Ava Lauer and Ash Stinnett, who presented two posters focused on Bushtit vocalizations. For their research project, they recorded, classified and quantified vocalizations associated with parental incubation swaps and adult feeding visits to audible nestlings.

Jordan attended the conference with student researchers Rebecca Mulvihill and Kai Aiona-Agra. Jordan presented a poster comparing methods for modeling urban wildlife habitat using data from camera traps and community reporting. Mulvihill presented research examining the effects of urban forest restoration on mammal biodiversity, while Aiona-Agra shared work on the impact of flyers at libraries and community centers on engagement with an urban wildlife reporting website. The project was originally initiated by Carissa Caulton (CEEGR ’25).

The conference also offered opportunities to reconnect with Seattle University Biology alumni working across the region in wildlife conservation, natural resources and environmental research.