Under a five-year, $50 million investment from the NSF, human centered design and engineering Professor Mark Haselkorn will lead SECURE, a national consortium to bolster research security.
With $21 million from ARPA-H, mechanical engineering Professor Jon Liu will lead a multi-university project to help surgeons remove cancer tumors more completely during a single procedure.
UW engineering and medicine researchers are leading groundbreaking research enabling some people with paralysis to regain hand strength and function via electrical stimulation to the spine.
UW researchers found that ChatGPT is biased against resumes with credentials that imply a disability — but it can improve.
RESEARCH & AWARDS
US News' best graduate schools In U.S. News & Report's recently updated rankings, the UW College of Engineering ranks No. 21 overall and nine engineering subdisciplines rank in the top 35.
Shwetak Patel inducted into SIGCHI Academy The Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering and electrical and computer engineering professor was recognized for advancing health, sustainability and interaction research.
Enhancing disaster response The Natural Hazard and Disaster Reconnaissance Facility (RAPID) has received an NIH grant of $1.5 million annually to enhance research on the intersection of engineering and public health.
Beckman Young Investigator Award Ayokunle Olanrewaju, an assistant professor of bioengineering and mechanical engineering, was honored by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation.
Understanding TikTok Allen School Associate Professor Franziska Roesner discusses how TikTok’s ‘black box’ algorithm and design shape user behavior.
Training AI without enough data Jeng-Neng Hwang, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, discusses his team's method to train AI when there are limited datasets.
Elisabeth Nance named CRS fellow The associate professor of chemical engineering was named among the 2024 Controlled Release Society (CRS) College of Fellows.
NSF CAREER awards Assistant professors Amy Orsborn (bioengineering and electrical and computer engineering) and Vikram Iyer and Adriana Schulz (both computer science and engineering) have received 2024 National Science Foundation CAREER awards.
Curbing misinformation on YouTube UW researchers have developed a prototype browser extension called Viblio, which lets viewers and creators add citations to the timelines of YouTube videos.
Community-driven design Civil and environmental engineering Assistant Professor Bethany Gordon integrates social sciences with engineering, aiming for more inclusive designs that consider human behavior.
Julie Rorrer awarded IGNIITE grant The chemical engineering assistant professor was selected as one of 23 early-career scientists and engineers for funding from a new program by the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E).
Reducing teen stress with VR UW researchers find that a virtual reality environment for teens may offer an accessible, affordable way to reduce stress.
