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UW CREATE - Center for Research and Education on Accessible Technology and Experiences, University of Washington

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.

One person is sitting in a hammock chair, while another person holds part of the frame structure

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.

an aerial shot of a landscape with a river going through the lefthand side of the photo

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.

Seattle pink street car riding by a building

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.

Juming Tang

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.

Laptop darkened by red screen colors

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.

Person wearing protective gear working in lab

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.

Nathalie Thelemaque headshot

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.

Glowing hologram of a brain emerges from a circuit board

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.

the URDFormer system transforms an internet photo of a kitchen into a functioning kitchen simulation of the kitchen.

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.

Jonathan Liu headshot

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.

Person pointing at writing on whiteboard while two individuals watch

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.

Time 100 graphic featuring Jenna Forsyth

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.

Headshots of: Valerie Daggett, Paul Kinahan, Daniel Kirschen and Ruikang Wang

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.

A baseball player's lower legs stepping on a white base.

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.

W sculpture against a sunny background

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.

Two-lane road with yellow lines flanked by plowed and grassy fields under a blue sky with scattered clouds.

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.

Space station orbiting Earth with multiple cylindrical modules against a backdrop of Earth and space.

Thu, 07/18/2024 | UW Aeronautics and Astronautics

Revolutionizing space rendezvous

 Aeronautics and astronautics researchers test a groundbreaking precision tool with Blue Origin.

Students at the 50th anniversary gala

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.

Series of microscope slides with purple-stained specimens on a light wooden surface.

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. 

Zoom-in of sunflower

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.

Graphic: research experience for undergraduates SITE

Mon, 07/15/2024 | UW Human Centered Design & Engineering

Expanding undergraduate opportunities

 UW to establish NSF REU Site for human-centered computing research.

A group photo of the students and Kiewit workers who participated in the field trip. Photo courtesy of Steve Muench.

Tue, 07/09/2024 | UW Civil & Environmental Engineering

Beyond the blueprint

Kiewit shows students around the Federal Way Link Extension construction site.

In a bioengineering lab, Kelly Stevens (left), Colleen O'Connor and Eileen Brady (right) talk about biomaterials research.

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.

A smartphone with the Chapt GPT app in a person's hand

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.