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Wed, 10/28/2020 | College of Engineering

Tueng Shen announced as Associate Dean for Medical Technology Innovation

From Vice Dean of College of Engineering Jihui Yang and Vice Dean of School of Medicine John Slattery: It is with great enthusiasm that we write to announce a partnership between the School of Medicine (SOM) and the College of Engineering (COE) through the appointment of Professor Tueng Shen to a new joint position, Associate Dean for Medical Technology Innovation, effective November 1, 2020.

aerial view of mud and trees with building remains

Thu, 10/22/2020 | UW News

Simple actions can help people survive landslides, UW analysis shows

A new study by CEE researchers shows that behavioral changes can save lives.

illustration of the human brain

Wed, 10/21/2020 | Department of Electrical & Computing Engineering

Researchers design an implantable brain chip

ECE associate professors Chris Rudell and Visvesh Sathe have developed an implantable chip that will help neuroscientists deepen understanding of the brain and enable better treatments for a wide range of medical conditions and disorders.

Illustration of two mobile phones

Mon, 10/19/2020

Putting health care in your hands

UW faculty and students are developing smartphone apps to improve health and save lives.

Mount Ranier

Tue, 10/13/2020 | UW Population Health Initiative

Healthy planet, healthy people

How  can we  recover  from a health crisis during a climate crisis? Engineering faculty weigh in. 

COVID-19 illustration

Mon, 10/12/2020 | UW News

Stream anytime: Engineering lecture on contact tracing while respecting privacy

The lecture, now available on Youtube, centered around monitoring COVID-19 infections while respecting privacy featuring Stefano Tessaro, an associate professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science.

Mon, 10/12/2020 | Chemical Engineering

How to build a network of pharmaceutical biofactories

Advances in synthetic biology and biomaterials open up exciting prospects for distributed manufacturing of drugs, food products, and other commodities

A moth with a sensor chip on its back

Thu, 10/08/2020 | UW News

Airdropping sensors from moths: Researchers use flying insects to drop sensors from air, land them safely on the ground

UW researchers have created a sensor system that can ride on the back of a moth.

Xiaodong Xu

Wed, 10/07/2020 | Department of Materials Science and Engineering

MSE's Xu honored

MSE's Xiaodong Xu has won prestigious honors from the American Physical Society and the Optical Society.

Illustration of a moiré pattern

Tue, 10/06/2020 | UW News

All together now: Experiments with twisted 2D materials catch electrons behaving collectively

In a paper published in Nature Physics, a team led by MSE researchers reports that carefully constructed stacks of graphene can exhibit highly correlated electron properties.

Ayan Hassan

Mon, 10/05/2020 | University of Washington

A twist of fate

Engineering alumna Ayan Hassan’s life was changed by the UW Making Connections program — and then unexpectedly saved by one of the program’s founders.

A group of students underwater surrounding a human-powered submarine

Fri, 10/02/2020 | College of Engineering

Today’s engineering student experience

UW photographers share some of their favorite examples of engineering education at the UW.

A serpentine hydrogel channel infused with tonic water fluoresces under ultraviolet light (left) and an infrared tomography of a heat-perfused hydrogel shows that heat traces the path of fluid flow and dissipates into bulk hydrogel.

Wed, 09/30/2020 | UW Medicine

The heat is on for building 3D artificial organ tissues

Radiator-like fluid systems adjust the genetic wiring inside human liver cells in preliminary work toward artificial organ-tissue engineering.

A view of a street corner

Wed, 09/30/2020 | UW News

UW researchers driving around Seattle to track COVID-19 response over time

UW researchers developed a project that scans the streets every few weeks to document how Seattle has reacted to the pandemic and what recovery looks like.

Mon, 09/28/2020 | Aeronautics & Astronautics

Estate gift from Richard Scherrer (‘42) creates new faculty support fund

The Richard Scherrer Endowed Fund for Faculty Support in Aeronautics & Astronautics will help advance teaching, research and leadership in the department.

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Mon, 09/28/2020 | UW News

Study tracked misinformation in ads

CSE researchers found that both mainstream and misinformation news sites displayed similar levels of problematic ads.

A computer rendering of the interior of the Interdisciplinary Engineering Building

Tue, 09/15/2020 | College of Engineering

A college transformed

As the UW’s “Be Boundless” campaign comes to a close, we highlight some of the pivotal investments made in the College of Engineering.

Cecilia Aragon flies her custom-built air show plane, a Sabre 320, over San Francisco bay.

Fri, 09/11/2020 | UW News

HCDE professor Cecilia Aragon's publishes memoir

Memoir tells journey towards becoming the first Latina pilot on the United States Aerobatic Team

several N95 face masks

Fri, 09/04/2020 | UW News

First responders get training on how to decontaminate masks

Engineering's Jonathan Posner has led the development of a box that can decontaminate N95 respirator masks.

Wed, 09/02/2020 | UW Books

Book Q&A with HCDE research scientist Shana Lee Hirsch

New book explores future environments, climate change, adaptive restoration and the Columbia River Basin

Uri Shumlak and Chris Hansen

Wed, 09/02/2020 | UW Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics

A&A's fusion energy labs receive $3.5M

The HIT Lab and the ZaP Lab received funding to advance two different strategies for compact, cost-effective fusion energy.

University of Washington Campus

Mon, 08/31/2020 | UW News

UW receives NSF funds for investment in an interdisciplinary quantum future

The grant will help establish a NSF Research Traineeship at the University of Washington for graduate students in quantum information science and technology.

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Wed, 08/26/2020 | UW News

CSE faculty join NSF institutes on artificial intelligence

Allen School faculty join two new National Science Foundation institutes devoted to artificial intelligence research

A researcher looking at a monitor

Wed, 08/26/2020 | The Institute for Nano-Engineered Systems

UW nanotechnology infrastructure gets a boost from National Science Foundation

The National Science Foundation has awarded the University of Washington and Oregon State University a five-year, $5 million grant to advance nanoscale science, engineering, and technology research in the Pacific Northwest.

Cecilia Aragon

Tue, 08/25/2020 | Human Centered Design & Engineering

The project will help further advancement of women with disabilities in STEM

The project will help further the advancement of women with disabilities in STEM