News archive for 2019
Wed, 12/11/2019 | UW News
Communities around Sea-Tac Airport exposed to a unique mix of air pollution associated with aircraftCommunities underneath and downwind of jets landing at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport are exposed to a type of ultrafine particle pollution that is distinctly associated with aircraft.
Fri, 12/06/2019 | UW News
Astronomy fellowship demonstrates effective measures to dismantle bias, increase diversity in STEM
An astronomy fellowship now has greater gender diversity among its awardees, thanks to a collaboration with UW's ADVANCE Center.
Wed, 12/04/2019 | UW News
Warmer temperatures will increase arsenic levels in rice, study showsUW researchers found that warmer temperatures, at levels expected under most climate change projections, can lead to higher concentrations of arsenic in rice grains.
Mon, 12/02/2019 | UW News
Carpentry Compiler helps woodworkers design objects that they can actually makeUW researchers have created Carpentry Compiler, a digital tool that allows users to design woodworking projects and create optimized fabrication instructions based on the materials and equipment a user has available.
Wed, 11/27/2019 | UW News
Researchers get ‘glimpse into a human mind’ as it makes choices in groups, social mediaUsing a mathematical framework with roots in artificial intelligence and robotics, UW researchers were able to uncover the process for how a person makes choices in groups.
Wed, 11/20/2019 | UW News
Emissions from electricity generation lead to disproportionate number of premature deaths for some racial groupsUniversity of Washington researchers have found that air pollution from electricity generation emissions in 2014 led to about 16,000 premature deaths in the continental U.S. In many states, the majority of the health impacts came from emissions originating in other states. The team also found that exposures were higher for black and white non-Latino Americans than for other groups, and that this disparity held even after accounting for differences in income.
Fri, 11/15/2019 | UW News
UW aerospace engineer part of $1.7M grant to study coralsA&A associate professor Jinkyu Yang and a team of researchers have received a two-year, $1.7 million National Science Foundation grant to study coral growth.
Thu, 11/07/2019 | UW News
Fall storms, coastal erosion focus of northern Alaska research cruiseA University of Washington team is leaving to study how fall storms, dwindling sea ice and vulnerable coastlines might combine in a changing Arctic.
Mon, 11/04/2019 | UW News
Light-based ‘tractor beam’ assembles materials at the nanoscaleCollege of Engineering researchers have developed a method that could make reproducible manufacturing at the nanoscale possible.
Mon, 11/04/2019 | UW News
Single discrimination events alter college students’ daily behaviorA UW team compared students’ reports of unfair treatment to changes in daily activities to understand how single discrimination events alter students’ daily behavior.
Thu, 10/31/2019 | UW News
New technique lets researchers map strain in next-gen solar cells
UW researchers have developed a way to illuminate strain in lead halide perovskite solar cells without harming them.
Tue, 10/29/2019 | College of Engineering
Popular third-party genetic genealogy site is vulnerable to compromised data, impersonationsResearchers at the University of Washington have found that GEDmatch, a popular third-party genetic genealogy site, is vulnerable to multiple kinds of security risks.
Mon, 10/21/2019 | College of Engineering
Making medicine accessibleThrough the student project-turned-startup MedsForAll, materials science and engineering alum Shawn Swanson (BS ’15, MS ’16) is developing an affordable alternative to the EpiPen.
Tue, 10/15/2019 | UW News
First smart speaker system that uses white noise to monitor infants’ breathingUW researchers developed the first smart speaker system that lets a device use white noise to both soothe sleeping babies and monitor their breathing and movement.
Mon, 10/07/2019 | UW News
How bike sharing in Seattle rose from the ashes of Pronto's failureUW researchers, led by CEE professor Don MacKenzie, have published a study on why docked bike sharing in Seattle failed while dockless bike sharing succeeded.
Fri, 10/04/2019 | UW News
New metasurface design can control optical fields in three dimensionsUW scientists have designed and tested a 3D-printed metamaterial that can manipulate light with nanoscale precision. As they report in a paper published Oct. 4 in the journal Science Advances, their designed optical element focuses light to discrete points in a 3D helical pattern.
Wed, 09/25/2019 | Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics
COE remembers Fred Ribe, Professor EmeritusDr. Fred Ribe, Professor Emeritus at UW and a leading pioneer in U.S. fusion energy research, died on June 19, 2019 in Santa Fe, New Mexico at age 94. Professor Ribe was a pioneer in fusion energy research in the UW nuclear engineering department.
Thu, 09/19/2019 | UW News
Plasma flow near sun’s surface explains sunspots, other solar phenomenaA University of Washington study published this month in the journal Physics of Plasmas proposes a model of plasma motion that would explain the 11-year sunspot cycle and several other previously mysterious properties of the sun.
Mon, 09/16/2019 | UW News
Americans would rather drive themselves to work than have an autonomous vehicle drive them, study saysResearchers at the University of Washington studied how Americans' perceived cost of commute time changes depending on who's driving. The study suggests that at least for now, people would rather drive themselves than have an autonomous vehicle drive them.
Mon, 08/26/2019 | College of Engineering
An eye for innovationBy reducing the size of eye drops, the team behind Nanodropper wants to make your eye medications last longer and help you save money.
Fri, 08/23/2019 | UW News
Semiconductor and Solar Industry Veteran named UW Washington Nanofabrication Facility Director
Dr. Maria Huffman is the new director of the University of Washington’s Washington Nanofabrication Facility (WNF), the largest publicly accessible nanofabrication facility in the Pacific Northwest. Huffman joins WNF from Lund University in southern Sweden.
Thu, 08/22/2019 | UW News
3 UW graduate students earn NASA fellowships, continue legacy of successCEE graduate student Shashank Bhushan is one of three UW recipients of a prestigious NASA fellowship that funds student research projects in the fields of Earth and planetary sciences and astrophysics.
Tue, 08/20/2019 | UW News
New tools to minimize risks in shared, augmented-reality environmentsUniversity of Washington security researchers have developed ShareAR, a toolkit that lets app developers build in collaborative and interactive features without sacrificing their users’ privacy and security. The researchers presented their findings Aug. 14 at the USENIX Security Symposium in Santa Clara, California.
Mon, 08/19/2019 | UW News
How ergonomic is your warehouse job? Soon, an app might be able to tell youEngineering researchers have developed a system to monitor workers and tell them how risky their behaviors are.
Tue, 08/13/2019 | UW News
Dr. Nancy Allbritton named dean of UW’s College of Engineering
Dr. Nancy Allbritton has been named the next Frank & Julie Jungers Dean of the College of Engineering, University of Washington Provost Mark Richards announced today.