Engineers at the UW have created RoboFly, the first wireless flying robotic insect. This might be one small flap for a robot, but it’s one giant leap for robot-kind.

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Parents don’t need to fear their children playing with iPads and other devices, researchers say. Mindful play with an adult, combined with thoughtful design features, can prove beneficial to young developing minds. New research shows that thoughtfully designed content that intentionally supports parent-child interactions facilitated the same kind of play and development as analog toys.

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In an effort to improve the student experience and provide certainty for prospective computer science majors, the UW’s Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering is expanding its direct to major admissions program for incoming freshmen. Beginning with the class of fall 2019, direct admission from high school will be the primary pathway into computer science for the majority of UW undergraduates.

Five years after it began, a program to help more low-income, women and minority students become engineers at the UW is showing strong results, with 75 percent of its students either continuing in engineering or graduating.

Daniel Schwartz, a UW professor of chemical engineering and director of the Clean Energy Institute, received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring in June from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Science Foundation.

KING 5 | June 6, 2018
Engineers at the UW are studying cell phone use and the most effective ways to curb addiction.

Forbes | June 27, 2018
People tuned in on big screens everywhere to watch the World Cup this summer. But soon they could see it all unfold in 3-D on their living room tables using virtual reality headsets or augmented reality devices, thanks to recent work from UW engineers.

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The Seattle Times | July 7, 2018
The UW Advanced Robotics team is taking its squad of fighting machines to the biggest, most complex student games in the world.