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.
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Department: Materials Science & Engineering
Research focus: The mechanical behavior of engineering materials to better understand their performance and durability
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Department: Mechanical Engineering
Research focus: Macro- and nano- scale structures and their effect on sound wave transmission
![CSE's Maya Cakmak Maya Cakmak photo](/files/facresearch/newfaculty/2013/imgs/mayacakmak_100w.jpg)
Department: Computer Science & Engineering
Research focus: Developing sophisticated robots that can learn and perform personal tasks
![ChemE's Cole DeForest Cole DeForest photo](/files/facresearch/newfaculty/2013/imgs/coledeforest_100w.jpg)
Department: Chemical Engineering
Research focus: Novel biomaterials that self-adapt to their environment to create functional human tissue
![ME's Eliot Fried Eliot Fried photo](/files/facresearch/newfaculty/2013/imgs/eliotfried_100w.jpg)
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Research focus: The mechanics and thermodynamics of novel materials, including liquid crystals, surfactant solutions, nematic elastomers, hydrogels, biomembranes, and nanocrystalline alloys
![CSE's Shayan Oveis Gharan Shayan Oveis Gharan photo](/files/facresearch/newfaculty/2013/imgs/shayanoveisgharan_100w.jpg)
Department: Computer Science & Engineering
Research focus: Efficient algorithms for complex and difficult problems, such as the classic theoretical computer science "Traveling Salesman" problem
![HCDE's Gary Hsieh Gary Hsieh photo](/files/facresearch/newfaculty/2013/imgs/garyhsieh_100w.jpg)
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
![CEE's Jessica Kaminsky Jessica Kaminsky photo](/files/facresearch/newfaculty/2013/imgs/jessicakaminsky_100w.jpg)
Department: Civil & Environmental Engineering
Research focus: Sustainability of heavy civil infrastructure in developing countries at the intersection of technology, innovation and social networks
![CEE's Amy Kim Amy Kim photo](/files/facresearch/newfaculty/2013/imgs/amykim_100w.jpg)
Department: Civil & Environmental Engineering
Research focus: Reducing energy consumption of buildings with emerging materials, tools, approaches, and technologies
![ISE's Shan Liu Shan Liu photo](/files/facresearch/newfaculty/2013/imgs/shanliu_100w.jpg)
Department: Industrial & Systems Engineering
Research focus: New medical technologies and health interventions to achieve better health systems and provide more efficient health services
![CEE's Donald W. MacKenzie Donald W. MacKenzie photo](/files/facresearch/newfaculty/2013/imgs/donaldmackenzie_100w.jpg)
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
![EE's Arka Majumdar Arka Majumdar photo](/files/facresearch/newfaculty/2013/imgs/arkamajumdar_100w.jpg)
Departments: Electrical Engineering, Physics
Research focus: Nanophotonic devices, nanometallics, quantum optoelectronics, and photonics in information processing
![A&A's Anshu Naran Anshu Naran photo](/files/facresearch/newfaculty/2013/imgs/anshunarang_100w.jpg)
Department: Aeronautics & Astronautics
Research focus: Control systems for manned and unmanned aerospace systems, transportation, and energy-efficient infrastructure
![EE/CSE's Matt Reynolds Matt Reynolds photo](/files/facresearch/newfaculty/2013/imgs/mattreynolds_100w.jpg)
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
![HCDE's Daniela Rosner Daniela Rosner photo](/files/facresearch/newfaculty/2013/imgs/danielarosner_100w.jpg)
Department: Human Centered Design & Engineering
Research focus: The relationship between sociocultural practices and engineering
![EE's Visvesh Sathe< Visvesh Sathe< photo](/files/facresearch/newfaculty/2013/imgs/visveshsathe_100w.jpg)
Department: Electrical Engineering
Research focus: Low-energy circuit design with an emphasis on resonant-clocked digital design
![ME's Katherine Steele Katherine Steele photo](/files/facresearch/newfaculty/2013/imgs/katherinesteele_100w.jpg)
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Research focus: Modeling muscular systems in areas such as biomedical computation, muscle physiology and device design
![CSE's Zachary Tatlock Zachary Tatlock photo](/files/facresearch/newfaculty/2013/imgs/zacharytatlock_100w.jpg)
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
![A&A's Jinkyu 'JK' Yang Jinkyu 'JK' Yang photo](/files/facresearch/newfaculty/2013/imgs/jinkyuyang_100w.jpg)
Department: Aeronautics & Astronautics
Research focus: Advanced structures and sensing systems for aerospace, mechanical, and biomedical applications