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Tue, 09/10/2024 | UW CREATE
AI risks, opportunities for people with disabilities
UW CREATE has been awarded $4.6 million for research on AI risks and opportunities for people with disabilities.
Mon, 09/09/2024 | UW Mechanical Engineering
Testing an in-home mobility system
Through innovative capstone projects, engineering students worked with community members on an adaptable mobility system.
Thu, 09/05/2024 | UW News
Snowpack and rainfall
Why isn’t Colorado’s snowpack ending up in the Colorado River? New UW research suggests the problem might be the lack of spring rainfall.
Tue, 09/03/2024 | Allen School News
Pushing beyond the silos
Allen School’s Jon Froehlich aims to build a unified approach to urban science as part of new NSF-funded project.
Tue, 09/03/2024 | College of Engineering
Juming Tang appointed ISE chair
Tang, who holds a joint professorship in industrial and systems engineering (ISE) and mechanical engineering, begins his tenure this fall.
Fri, 08/30/2024 | UW News
Public views on synthetic media
According to a recent survey by UW and Georgetown researchers, respondents rated seeking out sexually explicit "deepfakes" as more acceptable than creating or sharing them.
Wed, 08/28/2024 | UW Chemical Engineering
Advancing microelectronics atom by atom
Researchers in the Bergsman Research Group have created a new multi-chamber device that allows them to run multiple experiments at once to develop advanced materials used in microelectronics.
Thu, 08/22/2024 | UW Civil & Environmental Engineering
Nathalie Thelemaque receives Graduate School Medal
The award recognizes one UW graduate student annually whose academic expertise and social awareness demonstrate an exemplary commitment to the UW community.
Mon, 08/19/2024 | Allen School News
Mind over model
Allen School’s Rajesh Rao proposes brain-inspired AI architecture to make complex problems simpler to solve.
Mon, 08/19/2024 | College of Engineering
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.
Tue, 08/13/2024 | UW Mechanical Engineering
Improving cancer surgeries with 3D imaging and AI
With $21 million from ARPA-H, a multi-university project led by mechanical engineering Professor Jonathan Liu aims to help surgeons remove cancer tumors more completely during a single procedure.
Mon, 08/12/2024 | IT Connect
What's going on with your heart?
A bioengineering team is using machine learning, artificial intelligence and the UW’s supercomputer Hyak to spot electrical abnormalities in the heart before they turn into strokes.
Thu, 08/08/2024 | UW Civil & Environmental Engineering
Alumna named to TIME100 Health list
Jenna Forsyth, who received her master's degree in civil engineering in 2012, has been named to TIME's 100 Most Influential People in Health list for 2024.
Mon, 08/05/2024 | UW News
Washington State Academy of Sciences
Engineering faculty members Valerie Daggett, Paul Kinahan, Daniel Kirschen and Ruikang Wang are among the fifteen UW researchers elected to the 2024 Washington State Academy of Sciences. Kristi Morgansen, elected in 2021, will join the board.
Wed, 07/31/2024 | UW News
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.
Wed, 07/24/2024 | UW Human Centered Design and Engineering
UW awarded $50M to lead U.S. research security center
Under a five-year, $67 million investment from the National Science Foundation, Human Centered Design & Engineering Professor Mark Haselkorn is leading a national consortium of research institutions to bolster U.S. research security. The Safeguarding the Entire Community of the U.S. Research Ecosystem (SECURE) Center will empower the U.S. research community to address critical issues of research security and integrity.
Mon, 07/22/2024 | UW News
The climate change toll on roads
Two UW researchers are investigating how to mitigate the effects of climate change on common road pavements, such as asphalt and concrete.
Thu, 07/18/2024 | UW Aeronautics and Astronautics
Revolutionizing space rendezvous
Aeronautics and astronautics researchers test a groundbreaking precision tool with Blue Origin.
Wed, 07/17/2024
50 years of uplifting voices
Celebrating 50 years at the UW, the National Society of Black Engineers student organization continues to provide resources to support Black engineers who excel academically and succeed professionally.
Tue, 07/16/2024 | UW Allen School News
'Sliding' into the future of cancer diagnosis
Researchers have developed an AI model for digital pathology that combines whole-slide data with individual image tiles at an unprecedented scale.
Mon, 07/15/2024 | UW Aeronautics & Astronautics
Sunflowers architecting sound
UW and SUNY-Buffalo researchers are developing structural designs for noise reduction, inspired by the Fibonacci spiral arrangement of sunflower seeds.
Mon, 07/15/2024 | UW Human Centered Design & Engineering
Expanding undergraduate opportunities
UW to establish NSF REU Site for human-centered computing research.
Tue, 07/09/2024 | UW Civil & Environmental Engineering
Beyond the blueprint
Kiewit shows students around the Federal Way Link Extension construction site.
Mon, 07/08/2024 | UW Medicine
Biomaterials center funds ideas, fights inequity
Building on a researcher network and grants to reduce disparities, the University of Michigan and UW lead a new NIH-funded center.
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.