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Tue, 07/02/2024 | UW News
Bias and ChatGPT
UW researchers found that ChatGPT is biased against resumes with credentials that imply a disability — but it can improve.
Mon, 07/01/2024 | UW Stories of Impact
Energized for change
After living through the devastation of hurricanes in Puerto Rico, grad student Miguel González-Montijo is working on clean energy innovations for the future.
Fri, 06/28/2024 | UW Aeronautics and Astronautics
Design Build Fly team places 3rd
UW's Design Build Fly team placed third at the 2024 AIAA competition in Wichita, KS. It's the team's best finish to date.
Wed, 06/26/2024
Pushing learning to the breaking point
Members of the UW Society for Advancement of Material and Process Engineering gain hands-on experience designing, building — and even breaking — materials.
Mon, 06/24/2024 | UW News
US News's Best Graduate Engineering Programs
In U.S. News & Report's recently updated rankings, the College of Engineering ranks No. 21 overall and nine engineering subdisciplines rank in the top 35.
Thu, 06/20/2024 | UW Civil & Environmental Engineering
Enhancing disaster response & public health research
The Natural Hazard and Disaster Reconnaissance Facility (RAPID) has received an NIH grant to enhance research on the intersection of engineering and public health.
Mon, 06/17/2024 | UW Medicine
Restoring hand function
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.
Fri, 06/14/2024 | UW Mechanical Engineering
An electrifying experience
New this year, the student club Electric Truck (E-Truck) is converting a medium-duty diesel truck into a battery electric vehicle.
Tue, 06/11/2024 | UW Human Centered Design & Engineering
Designing for 21st century challenges
Microsoft support drives human centered design and engineering innovation in design education.
Fri, 06/07/2024 | UW News
In the field
Civil and environmental engineering doctoral student Joel Eklof is in Alaska studying factors that lead to permafrost thaw and educating foster care youth.
Wed, 06/05/2024 | UW News
Isolating one voice with a glance
UW researchers have developed AI headphones that let the wearer listen to a single person in a crowd, by looking at them just once.
Mon, 06/03/2024 | UW Mechanical Engineering
From clubs to careers
Mechanical engineering students, alumni and faculty share how student clubs and organizations can lead to successful careers.
Thu, 05/30/2024 | UW Foster School of Business
Dempsey Startup Competition recap
Congrats to the engineering students and alums on the winning teams from this year's Dempsey Startup Competition! Alumnus Paul Mikesell, '96, was also honored at the event.
Tue, 05/28/2024 | UW Materials Science and Engineering
A breadth of knowledge
Materials science and engineering students displayed a wide range of research topics to peers, faculty and industry professionals at the 2024 Research & Industry Showcase in April.
Thu, 05/23/2024 | UW News
Older adults, tech and COVID
UW researchers interviewed 16 adults, ages 65 to 80, about how their technology use with their social support networks changed during the pandemic.
Wed, 05/22/2024 | UW Aeronautics and Astronautics
Origami breakthrough
Ph.D. student Jimmy O’Neil proves origami tubes deliver softer impacts and breaks a manufacturing barrier with broad applications.
Wed, 05/22/2024 | UW Electrical & Computer Engineering
A call for AI data transparency
Electrical and computer engineering alumnus and affiliate professor Jai Jaisimha is the co-founder of the Transparency Coalition.ai, a nonprofit that advocates for transparency and regulation of the data used to train artificial intelligence.
Fri, 05/17/2024 | UW News
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.
Wed, 05/15/2024 | UW Electrical and Computer Engineering
Why animals can outrun robots
Researchers investigate why walking, running, and jumping are challenging tasks for robots while the same activities appear to be relatively easy for humans and other animals.
Mon, 05/13/2024 | UW News
Reducing teen stress with VR
UW researchers find that a virtual reality environment for teens may offer an accessible, affordable way to reduce stress.
Thu, 05/09/2024 | UW News
Recyclable circuit boards
A UW-led team has developed a printed circuit board that can be recycled repeatedly with negligible material loss.
Tue, 05/07/2024 | UW News
Discovery Days 2024
Elementary and middle school students from across Washington visited the UW to learn about engineering at Discovery Days this month.
Thu, 05/02/2024 | UW Civil & Environmental Engineering
A biochar solution for urban runoff
Civil and environmental engineering researchers test biologically derived charcoal filters and fungi as tools in purifying city waters, a step towards eco-friendly solutions.
Mon, 04/29/2024 | UW News
Understanding TikTok
Allen School Associate Professor Franziska Roesner discusses how TikTok’s ‘black box’ algorithm and design shape user behavior.
Thu, 04/25/2024 | UW Medicine
AI to help speed protein engineering
Study findings promise to shift the field away from trial-and-error approach and toward computational approaches.