(MSE) Matthew Yankowitz receives U.S. Army Early Career Program Award for superconductivity research
12/23/2024
Matthew Yankowitz, an associate professor of MSE and physics, has received an Early Career Program Award from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory. The five-year award will provide $1 million to support Yankowitz’s investigation into strong correlations and superconductivity in graphene flat bands.
(CSE) Shyam Gollakota wins InfoSys Prize for 'game-changing' research on AI and audio
12/17/2024
Allen School professor Shyam Gollakota, who leads the Mobile Intelligence Lab, received this year’s Infosys Prize in Engineering and Computer Science for his research that uses artificial intelligence to change the way we think about speech and audio.
(ME) Corie L. Cobb elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
12/10/2024
NAI Fellowship is the highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors.
(BioE, ECE) Amy Orsborn and Elizabeth Wayne selected to the Inaugural AIMBE Emerging Leaders Cohort
12/3/2024
Their inclusion highlights their groundbreaking research, commitment to advancing medical and biological engineering and potential to lead innovation in the field.
(CEE) Jessica Lundquist receives AGU Ambassador Award
10/11/2024
Anyone who has worked with Professor Jessica Lundquist knows her passion for understanding how snow and water interact in the natural world. Recently, she was honored with three major awards recognizing her contributions to hydrology and scientific mentorship.
(ECE/Physics) Kai-Mei Fu elected American Physical Society Fellow
10/10/2024
Kai-Mei Fu, the Virginia and Prentice Bloedel Professor of Physics and Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Washington, has been elected an American Physical Society Fellow.
(BioE) Kelly Stevens receives the BMES 2024 Mid-Career Award
10/10/2024
The Award honors a member in good standing who has shown notable leadership and accomplishments in biomedical engineering. These accomplishments can be in the areas of scholarship, education, mentorship, leadership or the practice of biomedical engineering.
(ME) Steve Brunton elected American Physical Society Fellow
10/4/2024
Steve Brunton, the James B. Morrison Endowed Career Development Professor in Mechanical Engineering, has been elected an American Physical Society (APS) Fellow.
(CEE) Julian Marshall awarded Boeing International Professorship for air pollution research
9/12/2024
Professor Julian Marshall has been appointed the UW’s Boeing International Endowed Professorship in recognition of his work in air pollution and environmental justice.
Washington State Academy of Sciences
8/1/2024
Engineering faculty members Valerie Daggett, Paul Kinahan, Daniel Kirschen and Ruikang Wang are among the fifteen UW researchers elected to the 2024 Washington State Academy of Sciences. Kristi Morgansen, elected in 2021, will join the board.
(ChemE) Elizabeth Nance named CRS fellow
7/8/2024
Elizabeth Nance, Jagjeet and Janice Bindra Endowed Career Development Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, was named among the 2024 Controlled Release Society College of Fellows.
(ChemE) Julie Rorrer receives IGNIITE award for energy research
7/8/2024
ChemE assistant professor Julie Rorrer was selected as one of 23 early-career scientists and engineers to receive $500,000 in funding from a new program by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E).
(ECE/BioE) Amy Orsborn receives NSF CAREER award to study how the brain responds to using neural interfaces
6/18/2024
Amy Orsborn, a Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor in Electrical & Computer Engineering and Bioengineering at the UW, was recently named a recipient of a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award, one of the most prestigious awards in the nation for early-career faculty.
(BioE/ME) Ayokunle Olanrewaju receives Beckman Young Investigator Award
6/12/2024
The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation awarded UW Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering Assistant Professor Ayokunle (Ayo) Olanrewaju with the Beckman Young Investigator Award.
(CSE/ECE) Shwetak Patel inducted to SIGCHI Academy for advancing health, sustainability and interaction research
5/24/2024
The Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Computer Human Interaction inducted Patel into the SIGCHI Academy in honor of his trailblazing contributions in health, sustainability and interaction research.
(ME) Nathan Sniadecki receives Tietze Research Award
2024
The award will enable the researchers to, we will examine the maturation of stem cell-derived tenocytes in a mechanobiological 3D environment and recapitulate the bone-tendon interface (enthesis) using a suspended open microfluidics-based tissue engineering approach.
(ME) Lucas Meza receives NSF CAREER Award
4/19/2024
ME Assistant Professor Lucas Meza received an NSF CAREER Award to study how to create tough, sustainable materials using nanoengineering.
(CSE) Su-In Lee earns trio of honors, including the “Korean Nobel Prize” in engineering, for advancing AI for biomedicine
4/3/2024
“This is an incredible honor for me, and I’m deeply grateful for the recognition,” said Lee, who holds the Paul G. Allen Professorship in Computer Science & Engineering and directs the AI for bioMedical Sciences (AIMS) Lab at the University of Washington.
(ISE) Chaoyue Zhao receives NSF CAREER Award
3/29/2024
ISE associate professor Chaoyue Zhao, a recipient of the prestigious NSF CAREER Award, is revolutionizing the field of energy infrastructure control.
(ChemE) Princess Imoukhuede honored with the Professional Impact Award for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
3/25/2024
The award recognizes an AIMBE fellow who has made significant contributions to the progress of underrepresented minorities in medical and biological engineering.
(OIE) Associate Dean Karen Thomas-Brown is honored with the 2024 "Rising Star" Inclusive Excellence Award
3/18/2024
The National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE) celebrates individuals and institutions for their exemplary achievements and contributions to lead higher education toward inclusive excellence.
(HCDE) Nadya Peek receives NSF CAREER Award
3/1/2024
Nadya Peek, an assistant professor in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering, has received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program Award from the National Science Foundation.
(MSE) Ting Cao receives NSF Early CAREER Award
3/1/2024
MSE Assistant Professor Ting Cao has been awarded a prestigious NSF Early CAREER Award. The grant, totaling nearly $600,000 over five years, will support Cao’s desire to better understand the quantum behaviors of van der Waals magnets.
(HCDE) Julie Kientz & Kate Starbird receive 2024 SIGCHI Awards
2/29/2024
Human Centered Design & Engineering Professor and Chair Julie Kientz is joining the esteemed ranks of the SIGCHI Academy, and Associate Professor Kate Starbird receives the prestigious 2024 SIGCHI Social Impact Award.
(ECE) Sara Mouradian receives grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research
2/21/2024
The grant will support work in Mouradian’s Scalable Quantum Research Lab, which aims to build, understand and control trapped ion quantum systems in order to develop useful and practical quantum technologies.
(CSE) Simon S. Du and Adriana Schulz named 2024 Sloan Fellows
2/20/2024
This year’s fellows come from 57 institutions across the United States and Canada, spanning fields from evolutionary biology to data science.
(A&A) Mehran Mesbahi’s elected American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Fellow
2/14/2024
A&A is excited to announce Professor Mehran Mesbahi’s election to American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Fellow. AIAA reports that they will induct this 2024 class of four new Honorary Fellows and 28 new Fellows at a ceremony later this year.
(CSE) Anat Caspi receives Seattle Human Rights Educator Award
1/25/2024
“This recognition is not just a testament to my efforts but a celebration of the collective dedication to promoting disability human rights and inclusivity by the Taskar Center,” Caspi said.