UW Engineering Departments at a Glance
Aeronautics & Astronautics »
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Office: 211 Guggenheim Hall (map), (206) 543-1950 Chair: Adam P. Bruckner Degrees: Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, Master of Aerospace Engineering, PhD Intro: Designs, develops, tests, and produces aircraft, missiles, spacecraft and satellites. Subjects include aerodynamics, aircraft and spacecraft design, flight dynamics and controls, structural analysis and design, and aircraft and spacecraft propulsion. 
Bioengineering »-
Office: 107 W.H. Foege Bioengineering Building (map), (206) 685-2000 Chair: Paul Yager Degrees: Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, Master of Medical Engineering, PhD Intro: Invents the future of healthcare. Subjects include tissue engineering, drug delivery, engineered biomaterials, point-of-care diagnostics, medical imaging, nanotechnology, molecular biomechanics, microfluidics, regulation of muscle contraction, host response to implants, nanoparticles, therapeutic ultrasound, surface analysis, gene delivery systems, biosystem modeling, computational simulation, and global health.
Chemical Engineering »| Office: | 105 Benson Hall (map), (206) 543-2250 |
| Chair: | Dan Schwartz |
| Degrees: | Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, PhD |
| Intro: | Transforms raw materials into useful products. Subjects include petroleum, pulp and paper, pharmaceuticals, environmental engineering, consumer products, biotechnology, electronic materials, nuclear chemical engineering, polymers, composites, colloids, and interfaces. |
Civil & Environmental Engineering »| Office: | 201 More Hall (map), (206) 543-2390 |
| Acting Chair: | Timothy Larson |
| Degrees: | Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, PhD |
| Intro: | Plans, designs, constructs and manages facilities such as airports, buildings, bridges, dams, water, and sewage systems. Subjects include structures, transportation, environmental engineeering, geotechnical engineering, construction, and water resources, hydrology and hydraulic systems. |
Computer Science & Engineering » 
| Office: | AC101 Paul G. Allen Center (map), (206) 543-1695 |
| Chair: | Hank Levy |
| Degrees: | Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering, Master of Science, PhD |
| Intro: | Designs and implements both hardware and software computer systems. Subjects include ubiquitous computing and embedded systems; networking; operating systems; databases and data mining; software engineering; graphics, vision and animation; artifical intelligence and robotics; computational biology; and technology in education. |
Electrical Engineering »| Office: | AE100R Paul G. Allen Center (map), (206) 221-5270 |
| Chair: | Leung Tsang |
| Degrees: | Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, PhD |
| Intro: | Designs, produces, and operates devices and systems that use electric and electromagnetic energy for sensing, processing, visualizing and use of information. Subjects include circuits, systems and controls (robotics); signal and image processing; electronics, electronic devices, and photonics; computers; energy systems; electromagnetics and optics. |
Human Centered Design & Engineering »(formerly Technical Communication)
| Office: | 423 Sieg Hall (map), (206) 543-2567 |
| Chair: | Jan Spyridakis |
| Degrees: | Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, PhD, Technical Japanese Inter-Engineering MS |
| Intro: | HCDE faculty and students are advancing design knowledge by using innovative techniques to study human activity and then translating that knowledge into meaningful information and system designs. |
Industrial & Systems Engineering »| Office: | G10 Mechanical Engineering Building (map), (206) 543-1427 |
| Chair: | Richard Storch |
| Degrees: | Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, PhD |
| Intro: | Focuses on the integration of humans, machines, materials, and information to design, implement and manage integrated production and service delivery systems to achieve optimum performance. Subjects include system productivity improvement, experiment design, linear and stochastic optimization, modeling, statistical quality control, reliability, simulation, human factors and ergonomics, scheduling and inventory control, and supply chain management. |
Materials Science & Engineering »| Office: | 302 Roberts Hall (map), (206) 543-2600 |
| Chair: | Alex Jen |
| Degrees: | Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, PhD |
| Intro: | Develops new materials, process methods, equipment, and material uses. Subjects include biomimetics and biomaterials; ceramic properties; composite materials; electronic, optical and magnetic materials; materials characterization, chemistry, modelling; metals & alloys; and polymers. |
Mechanical Engineering »| Office: | 143 Mechanical Engineering Building (map), (206) 543-5090 |
| Chair: | Mark Tuttle |
| Degrees: | Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, PhD |
| Intro: | Design and manufacturing of mechanical devices and systems. Subjects include conversion of thermal, chemical, solar, and wind energies into mechanical energy through engines and other power plants; design and manufacturing processes, especially as applied to transportation systems (airplanes, automobiles, trucks, etc); application of engineering principles to the study of biological systems; ultra-high precision system dynamics and control; and analytical numerical, and experimental fluid and structural analysis. |