This year UW Engineering attracted a new dean—Michael B. Bragg, a professor of aeronautics and astronautics—and an additional nineteen outstanding new faculty members. We are excited to have these distinguished professors join our community of innovators.
Dwayne Arola »-
Department: Materials Science & Engineering
Research focus: The mechanical behavior of engineering materials to better understand their performance and durability
Nicholas Boechler »-
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Research focus: Macro- and nano- scale structures and their effect on sound wave transmission
Maya Cakmak »Department: Computer Science & Engineering
Research focus: Developing sophisticated robots that can learn and perform personal tasks
Cole DeForest »Department: Chemical Engineering
Research focus: Novel biomaterials that self-adapt to their environment to create functional human tissue
Eliot Fried »Department: Mechanical Engineering
Research focus: The mechanics and thermodynamics of novel materials, including liquid crystals, surfactant solutions, nematic elastomers, hydrogels, biomembranes, and nanocrystalline alloys
Shayan Oveis Gharan »Department: Computer Science & Engineering
Research focus: Efficient algorithms for complex and difficult problems, such as the classic theoretical computer science "Traveling Salesman" problem
Gary Hsieh »Department: Human Centered Design & Engineering
Research focus: Prosocial computing and human motivation in the development of technologies that benefit individual users and society at large
Jessica Kaminsky »Department: Civil & Environmental Engineering
Research focus: Sustainability of heavy civil infrastructure in developing countries at the intersection of technology, innovation and social networks
Amy Kim »Department: Civil & Environmental Engineering
Research focus: Reducing energy consumption of buildings with emerging materials, tools, approaches, and technologies
Shan Liu »Department: Industrial & Systems Engineering
Research focus: New medical technologies and health interventions to achieve better health systems and provide more efficient health services
Donald W. MacKenzie »Department: Civil & Environmental Engineering
Research focus: Transportation sustainability, especially fuel regulation and technology to improve vehicle efficiency for plug-in electric vehicles and autonomous vehicles
Arka Majumdar »Departments: Electrical Engineering, Physics
Research focus: Nanophotonic devices, nanometallics, quantum optoelectronics, and photonics in information processing
Anshu Narang »Department: Aeronautics & Astronautics
Research focus: Control systems for manned and unmanned aerospace systems, transportation, and energy-efficient infrastructure
Matt Reynolds »Departments: Electrical Engineering, Computer Sci. & Engineering
Research focus: Ultra-low power sensing and computation, radio frequency identification (RFID), wireless power transfer, and smart materials and surfaces
Daniela Rosner »Department: Human Centered Design & Engineering
Research focus: The relationship between sociocultural practices and engineering
Visvesh Sathe »Department: Electrical Engineering
Research focus: Low-energy circuit design with an emphasis on resonant-clocked digital design
Katherine Steele »Department: Mechanical Engineering
Research focus: Modeling muscular systems in areas such as biomedical computation, muscle physiology and device design
Zachary Tatlock »Department: Computer Science & Engineering
Research focus: Improving software reliability through new tools and improvements to existing technologies that correct program errors and protect against security risks
Jinkyu "JK" Yang »Department: Aeronautics & Astronautics
Research focus: Advanced structures and sensing systems for aerospace, mechanical, and biomedical applications