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Wed, 06/05/2024 | UW News
Isolating one voice with a glance
UW researchers have developed AI headphones that let the wearer listen to a single person in a crowd, by looking at them just once.
Mon, 06/03/2024 | UW Mechanical Engineering
From clubs to careers
Mechanical engineering students, alumni and faculty share how student clubs and organizations can lead to successful careers.
Thu, 05/30/2024 | UW Foster School of Business
Dempsey Startup Competition recap
Congrats to the engineering students and alums on the winning teams from this year's Dempsey Startup Competition! Alumnus Paul Mikesell, '96, was also honored at the event.
Tue, 05/28/2024 | UW Materials Science and Engineering
A breadth of knowledge
Materials science and engineering students displayed a wide range of research topics to peers, faculty and industry professionals at the 2024 Research & Industry Showcase in April.
Thu, 05/23/2024 | UW News
Older adults, tech and COVID
UW researchers interviewed 16 adults, ages 65 to 80, about how their technology use with their social support networks changed during the pandemic.
Wed, 05/22/2024 | UW Aeronautics and Astronautics
Origami breakthrough
Ph.D. student Jimmy O’Neil proves origami tubes deliver softer impacts and breaks a manufacturing barrier with broad applications.
Wed, 05/22/2024 | UW Electrical & Computer Engineering
A call for AI data transparency
Electrical and computer engineering alumnus and affiliate professor Jai Jaisimha is the co-founder of the Transparency Coalition.ai, a nonprofit that advocates for transparency and regulation of the data used to train artificial intelligence.
Fri, 05/17/2024 | UW News
Curbing misinformation on YouTube
UW researchers have developed a prototype browser extension called Viblio, which lets viewers and creators add citations to the timelines of YouTube videos.
Wed, 05/15/2024 | UW Electrical and Computer Engineering
Why animals can outrun robots
Researchers investigate why walking, running, and jumping are challenging tasks for robots while the same activities appear to be relatively easy for humans and other animals.
Mon, 05/13/2024 | UW News
Reducing teen stress with VR
UW researchers find that a virtual reality environment for teens may offer an accessible, affordable way to reduce stress.
Thu, 05/09/2024 | UW News
Recyclable circuit boards
A UW-led team has developed a printed circuit board that can be recycled repeatedly with negligible material loss.
Tue, 05/07/2024 | UW News
Discovery Days 2024
Elementary and middle school students from across Washington visited the UW to learn about engineering at Discovery Days this month.
Thu, 05/02/2024 | UW Civil & Environmental Engineering
A biochar solution for urban runoff
Civil and environmental engineering researchers test biologically derived charcoal filters and fungi as tools in purifying city waters, a step towards eco-friendly solutions.
Mon, 04/29/2024 | UW News
Understanding TikTok
Allen School Associate Professor Franziska Roesner discusses how TikTok’s ‘black box’ algorithm and design shape user behavior.
Thu, 04/25/2024 | UW Medicine
AI to help speed protein engineering
Study findings promise to shift the field away from trial-and-error approach and toward computational approaches.
Mon, 04/22/2024 | UW News
UPWARDS for the future
The UW is leading an international group in semiconductor research and workforce development.
Wed, 04/17/2024 | UW Chemical Engineering
Recruiting robots for materials discovery
Chemical engineering researchers are using open-source tools to build modular robots that can run complex experiments.
Mon, 04/15/2024 | UW News
Training AI without enough data
Jeng-Neng Hwang, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, discusses his team's method to training AI when there are limited datasets.
Thu, 04/11/2024 | UW News
US News' Best Graduate Schools
UW's graduate programs in AI, programming language, systems and computer science overall placed in the top ten. Other engineering programs have yet to be announced.
Tue, 04/09/2024 | UW News
Cross-Pacific AI
The UW joins a landmark $110 million cross-Pacific effort and will partner with Amazon, NVIDIA and the University of Tsukuba, Japan, to advance artificial intelligence.
Fri, 04/05/2024 | UW Aeronautics and Astronautics
Breaking a barrier
Prize-winning algorithm by two engineering PhD students takes less than a second to help a rocket make planetary landing.
Wed, 04/03/2024 | UW Foster Blog
Environmental Innovation Challenge winners
Congrats to the engineering student teams that won prizes at the 2024 Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge!
Mon, 04/01/2024 | UW Medicine
Rescuing patients from multiorgan failure
In a recent study, a prototype device developed by UW Engineering and UW Medicine researchers helped patients recover from multiorgan failure.
Thu, 03/28/2024 | UW Electrical & Computer Engineering
Ultra-flat optics for thermal imaging
Using a new inverse design framework, a UW research team has demonstrated broadband thermal imaging with meta-optics for a wide range of applications.
Tue, 03/26/2024 | UW News
Computational embroidery
UW researchers taught high schoolers to code with cultural research and embroidery machines.