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Campus view in the fall

Mon, 12/11/2023 | UW News

2023's highly cited researchers

Congrats to College of Engineering faculty and researchers who've been named to Clarivate's Highly Cited Researchers list for 2023.

a group of people wearing safety vests and hardhats standing in the IEB construction site

Mon, 12/11/2023

Construction site turned classroom

Undergraduates from civil and environmental engineering tour the under-construction Interdisciplinary Engineering Building to inspect reinforcing steel.

This image compares 16 images generated by Stable Diffusion. In the lower right quadrant, images generated to represent “a person from Papua New Guinea” show four dark-skinned people, while the other 12 images, representing people from Oceania, Australia and New Zealand show only light-skinned people.

Thu, 12/07/2023 | UW News

AI imaging software and stereotypes

A UW study has found that AI image generator Stable Diffusion perpetuates racial and gendered stereotypes.

An assistive-feeding robotic arm attached to a wheelchair uses a fork to stab a piece of fruit on a plate among other fruits.

Tue, 12/05/2023 | UW News

A robot's journey

Allen School researchers discuss the successes and challenges of developing assistive-feeding robots.

Margot Adam standing in front of a lake outside of Austin, Texas

Fri, 12/01/2023 | UW Electrical & Computer Engineering

Public policy and renewable energy

Recent electrical and computer engineering grad Margot Adam is studying public policy to improve renewable energy production, distribution and access.

Pollack Lab Water flow

Wed, 11/29/2023 | UW Bioengineering

Is blood driven by the heart alone?

UW bioengineering researchers have found that it’s not just the heart that pumps blood.

A map of the globe shows whale catch distributions using circles and lines.

Mon, 11/27/2023 | UW News

Tracking whales

WhaleVis turns more than a century of whaling data into an interactive map.

A black and white photo of the "Boys in the Boat" UW rowing team

Mon, 11/27/2023

Pulling together

Did you know that seven of the nine "Boys in the Boat" were engineering students? Learn more about the UW rowing team that won Olympic gold in 1936.

A man wearing a surgical mask and headphones walks through the University of Washington campus while holding a smartphone. People walk behind him.

Wed, 11/22/2023 | UW News

AI for noise-canceling headphones

A UW-led team has developed deep-learning algorithms that let users pick which sounds filter through their headphones in real time.

Rendering of DNA strands

Mon, 11/20/2023 | UW Chemical Engineering

Making bacteria work smarter

Chemical engineers are harnessing genetic engineering tools to rewire biological systems.