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Fri, 11/17/2023 | UW Materials Science and Engineering
Batteries and baklava
A passion for nanomaterials can take you places. For two materials science and engineering students this past summer, that meant Greece.
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Wed, 11/15/2023 | UW News
Can AI help boost accessibility?
UW researchers tested AI tools’ utility for accessibility. Though they found cases in which the tools were helpful, they also found significant problems.
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Wed, 11/08/2023 | UW Mechanical Engineering
Mechanical engineering veterans spotlight
Two mechanical engineering alums and military veterans share their experiences and insights.
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Mon, 11/06/2023 | UW Civil & Environmental Engineering
From uniforms to Huskies
Military leaders forge new paths pursuing graduate degrees in civil and environmental engineering.
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Mon, 11/06/2023
Addressing the climate crisis
Learn how the UW Engineering community is taking action through research, teaching and collaboration.
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Thu, 11/02/2023 | UW News
How can social media be better?
Four UW researchers, who are exploring different approaches to improve people’s experiences, share their strategies.
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Wed, 11/01/2023
Tadayoshi Kohno to serve as new Associate Dean for Faculty Success
Kohno, who is a professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, will begin his new appointment in January 2024.
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Tue, 10/31/2023 | UW News
Improving accessibility with augmented reality
Allen School researchers Xia Su and Jae Lee discuss three apps they're developing that use augmented reality technology to improve accessibility.
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Thu, 10/26/2023 | UW Aeronautics and Astronautics
Engineering "spidey senses"
Spiders can inform how we engineer sensing structures without sensors.
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Tue, 10/24/2023
A foundation for the future
The new academic home for all undergraduate engineering students, the Interdisciplinary Engineering Building is taking shape quite literally.
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Thu, 10/19/2023 | UW Mechanical Engineering
A passion for research
Studying electrical flow—and the Husky Promise—sparked ME student Ben Price’s decision to pursue graduate education.
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Tue, 10/17/2023 | UW Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
A new chip for quantum technology
A UW research team has demonstrated a new kind of photonic chip that could work as a solid foundation for building a quantum simulator.
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Mon, 10/16/2023
Showcasing student research
Four engineering undergraduate students share their summer research experiences.
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Thu, 10/12/2023 | UW NEWS
Meet MilliMobile
Developed by UW researchers, the tiny, self-driving robot is powered by light and radio waves.
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Tue, 10/10/2023 | UW College of Engineering
Spotlight on inclusive excellence
Karen Thomas-Brown, the College of Engineering’s associate dean of diversity, equity and inclusion, shares what the College’s Office of Inclusive Excellence has been up to in its first two years.
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Thu, 10/05/2023 | UW Materials Science and Engineering
Scaffolds for stem cell growth
Chitosan, a material found in the outer skeletons for shellfish, may help increase the supply of clinical-grade stem cells used in regenerative medicine.
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Tue, 10/03/2023 | UW News
Smart speakers that change shape
A UW-led team has developed a shape-changing smart speaker, which uses self-deploying microphones to create speech zones and track the positions of individual speakers.
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Thu, 09/28/2023 | UW Chemical Engineering
Illuminating new depths of biomedical treatment
By using colored light, UW researchers can now manipulate biomaterials deeper inside native tissue than ever before.
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Tue, 09/26/2023 | UW News
Yejin Choi named to TIME100 AI list
The Allen School professor is one of two UW professors on the list, which highlights individuals who are advancing conversations about how AI is reshaping the world.
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Fri, 09/22/2023 | UW Electrical & Computer Engineering
Emerging wireless technologies
Akshay Gadre, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, is developing long-range wireless networks for earth, space and underwater.
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Tue, 09/19/2023 | UW News
Using origami to shapeshift mid-air
Developed by UW researchers, small battery-free robots can change how they move through the air by “snapping” into a folded position during their descent.
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Thu, 09/14/2023 | UW News
Predicting snowpack
Fall snow levels can predict a season’s total snowpack in some western states, giving scientists a better idea of how much water will be available later in the year.
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Wed, 09/13/2023 | UW Chemical Engineering
Illuminating new depths of biomedical treatments
By using colored light, UW researchers can now manipulate biomaterials deeper inside native tissue than ever before.
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Tue, 09/12/2023 | UW Bioengineering
Researchers are developing an implantable device that could prevent pregnancy and HIV for two years
Researchers at the University of Washington and Houston Methodist Hospital Research Institute are collaborating to develop a new type of product called multipurpose prevention technologies (MPTs).
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Mon, 09/11/2023 | UW Magazine
Happiness is just "One Bus Away"
Two UW graduate students—one in computer science and one in civil engineering—seeking a better transit experience invented an app that is used by millions across the U.S.