Washington Engineer

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June 2003

Message from the Dean: Excelling in hard times

The past year has been a fast-paced one for UW Engineering. From an NSF grant to explore the teaching of engineering students to a $70 million gift for bioengineering and genomics, we're forging ahead despite economic doldrums. What's our secret?Read More »

Opening Doors: $70 million for biotech

Bill and Melinda Gates have paved the way for a new UW genomics/bioengineering facility with a $70 million gift – the largest ever given to a Pacific Northwest school.Read More »

Coming Up: Allen Center dedication set

The UW's nationally ranked Department of Computer Science & Engineering will get a new home this fall with the opening of the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering.Read More »

Crossing Boundaries: New take on teaching engineers

A UW industrial engineering professor has received $10 million in NSF funding to establish a national center that will explore how engineering students think, learn and how best to teach them.Read More »

Winners: Prof follows college tradition

In winning a 2003 NSF CAREER award, electrical engineering Prof Kai Strunz is carrying on a college tradition that has seen 33 CAREER recipients since 1995.Read More »

Innovations: A good hair day in space

Electrical engineering Professor Karl Bohringer's work using tiny pulsating silicon hairs to precisely maneuver small spacecraft has been named one of the top 100 science stories of 2000 by Discover magazine.Read More »

Community Connections: Nano goes national

An NSF-funded effort initiated by a UW engineering professor to broaden the scope of nanoscience education has attracted a national audience of researchers.Read More »

In the News: Salmon or Hydropower?

Climate-change research poses a stark choice for Pacific Northwest residents -- salmon or hydropower? -- and attracts national media attention by putting the issue in easy-to-grasp terms.Read More »