David Baker, head of the Institute for Protein Design at the UW and adjunct professor of bioengineering, chemical engineering, and computer science and engineering, was honored for his work in computational protein design.
When it comes to developing next-generation fracture-resistant materials, UW materials science and engineering researchers are using insight gleaned from the hardest tissue in all mammals: tooth enamel.
A new open-access battery lab at the Washington Clean Energy Testbeds aims to boost U.S. manufacturing and workforce development for electric vehicles and beyond.
UW and SUNY-Buffalo researchers are developing structural designs for noise reduction, inspired by the Fibonacci spiral arrangement of sunflower seeds.
RESEARCH & AWARDS
American Physical Society fellows Professors Kai-Mei Fu (electrical and computer engineering and physics) and Steve Brunton (mechanical engineering) have been elected to the APS.
AI, math and reasoning Niloofar Mireshghallah, a postdoctoral scholar in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, discusses the new version of ChatGPT’s advances in math and reasoning.
Understanding women's sports injuries Jenny Robinson, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, is interested in designing methods to help women athletes train, prevent and recover from common injuries.
ACL 2024 awards Allen School researchers including Yulia Tsvetkov, Hanna Hajishirzi and Noah Smith were recognized by the Association for Computational Linguistics for expanding the capabilities of language models.
Snowpack and rainfall Why isn’t Colorado’s snowpack ending up in the Colorado River? UW research suggests the problem might be the lack of spring rainfall.
Global Innovation Exchange With a focus on technology innovation, the UW's Global Innovation Exchange fuses engineering and business.
Advancing microelectronics atom by atom Chemical engineering researchers have created a new multi-chamber device that allows them to run multiple experiments at once to develop advanced materials used in microelectronics.
VizCare for child welfare UW researchers are advancing access to visualizations of foster care data with VizCare, a new tool to increase the use of research in child welfare decision-making.
Jessica Lundquist recognized by the American Geophysical Union The civil and environmental engineering professor received an Ambassador Award and was inducted into the AGU College of Fellows. She was also honored by the American Meteorological Society.
Bots and language models Allen School researchers find that large language models can help detect social media bots — but can also make the problem worse.
Interdisciplinary Energy Analytics for Society Through the IDEAS research group, electrical and computer engineering Assistant Professor June Lukuyu is pushing engineering boundaries to improve energy systems in underserved communities.
Training robots with visuals and AI Two new studies introduce AI systems that use either video or photos to create simulations that can train robots to function in the real world.
