June 5, 2008 | UW Week

A&A's Kristi Morgansen Builds Robofish to Explore Ocean Environments

Tracking groups of whales or spreading plumes of pollution, exploring caves and ice-covered waters are some of the applications aeronautics & astronautics assistant professor Kristi Morgansen envisions for her underwater robots.

May 26, 2008 | Q13 News

Prof. Bruckner Celebrates Successful Mars Landing

A&A professor Adam Bruckner celebrates at the Museum of Flight after watching the successful landing of the Phoenix Mars Lander. Three of his former students are "key to this mission."

May 21, 2008 | UW News

Mechanical Engineer Colin Daly Building Parts for Large Hadron Collider

When the world's most powerful subatomic particle collider begins gathering data this summer, it will be a major milestone for a number of University of Washington scientists—including Colin Daly, UW professor of mechanical engineering.

May 20, 2008 | The (UW) Daily

UW Students in China Start Earthquake Relief Organization

Geoffrey Morgan, a third-year UW student in civil and environmental engineering studying at Sichuan University, is among the founders of a new organization to help victims of the recent earthquake in Sichuan province.

May 8, 2008 | UW News

Online Gamers Take on Biological Mysteries

Foldit turns protein folding, a key concept for solving biological mysteries from Alzheimer's to vaccines, into an online game and a search for "protein-folding savants."

April 16, 2008 | UW News

Creating an Electronic Sherlock Holmes

UW associate professor Pedro Domingos will lead a $6.25 million project involving seven universities to enable computers to discover the best explanations from millions of possible clues.

April, 2008 | MSE News

Japan Opens Materials Science Office at UW

Japan's National Institute of Materials Science (NIMS) has opened an office at the University of Washington (UW) Roosevelt Commons Building, establishing UW as an international crossroads for materials research and development.

April, 2008 | MSE News

Raj Bordia Receives Humboldt Research Award

Raj Bordia, UW professor of materials science and engineering, has received one of Germany's most prestigious international honors.

April 10, 2008 | UW News

Popcorn-ball Design Doubles Efficiency of Solar Cells

A new approach is able to create a dramatic improvement in cheap solar cells now being developed in laboratories.

April 8, 2008 | UW News

This Hubble Maps Internet “Black Holes”

UW research team has created an ever-changing online global map that shows a constellation of the Internet's weak points.

April 3, 2008 | UW Week

Three UW Students Honored as Medalists

Three UW students connected to the Department of Computer Science and Engineering have been honored for having the strongest academic record in their class for the previous year.

March, 2008 | ChemE News

Hong Shen Awarded for Research on Using Nanomaterials to Fight Disease

Hong Shen, assistant professor of chemical engineering, won an NSF CAREER Award to support her research on using nanomaterials in medicine.

March, 2008 | EE News

Denise Wilson Wins UW Public Service Teaching Award

UW has awarded the Sterling Munro Public Service Teaching Award to Denise Wilson, associate professor in electrical engineering.

March 18, 2008 | SIA Online

Allstot Recognized for Outstanding Contributions to Semiconducter Research

Electrical engineering Professor David Allstot was selected as a recipient of the 2008 SIA University Researcher Award by the Semiconductor Research Corporation in recognition of his many career contributions to semiconductor technology.

March 17, 2008 | UW Week

Assistant Dean Judy Mahoney Wins Leadership Award

Judy Mahoney, Asst. Dean of External Relations, has won the David B. Thorud Leadership Award, honoring her leadership, inspiration and collaboration.

March 12, 2008 | UW News

Security Flaw in Implanted Medical Devices Found by UW Computer Scientists

The wireless technology that allows doctors to monitor patients' vital data and adjust their therapy can be hacked, found UW engineers.

February 2008 | www.cra.org

Ladner Honored for Work for People with Disabilities

Richard Ladner, professor in computer science & engineering, received the Habermann Award for “lifelong, strong and persistent” work with and for people with disabilities.

February 2008 | MSE News

Christine Luscombe wins NSF CAREER Award

Christine Luscombe, UW assistant professor of materials science and engineering, won a five-year, $495,000 CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation to support her research on organic polymers.

February 25, 2008 | Seattle Times

Bridging an Engineer Shortage

Grad students are building bridges at local schools to get girls and black and Latino students thinking about engineering careers.

February 21, 2008 | UW Week

Yoshi Kohno wins Sloan Research Fellowship

Yoshi Kohno, assistant professor of computer science & engineering, has been awarded a Sloan Research Fellowship, given each year to outstanding young scientists.

February 12, 2008 | UW News

Future of social networking explored in UW's computer science building

A pilot project in the University of Washington's computer science building provides the next step in social networking, wirelessly monitoring volunteers and things in a closed environment.

February 7, 2008 | UW Week

Dorsey to head state's Mathematics Engineering and Science Achievement (MESA) program

A program for encouraging more underrepresented groups in Washington State to pursue science and technology careers has named James Dorsey as its new executive director.

January 31, 2008 | UW News

Water planners call for new thinking about changing climate

Warming makes past water patterns a poor basis for future planning, says UW Professor Dennis Lettenmaier in Science.

January 31, 2008 | MSNBC

Bamboo: great for the environment, except...

Mechanical Engineering's Associate Professor Joyce Cooper speaks on NBC Nightly News about the environmental cons of shipping bamboo products.

January 30, 2008 | UW News

Camera in a pill offers cheaper, easier window on your insides

UW researchers hope to help detect the earliest signs of esophageal cancer with an affordable, maneuverable endoscope.

January 28, 2008 | UW Week

Grad students and Native American tribes look to forests, farms for biofuels

A new PhD program will study the transformation of local forestry and agricultural waste into plant-based fuels while considering environmental, social and economic issues.

January 17, 2008 | UW News

Virtual Display from a Contact Lens Is in Sight

UW Engineers create a flexible, biologically safe contact lens with an imprinted electronic circuit and lights using manufacturing techniques at microscopic scales.

January 10, 2008 | UW News

Small is beautiful: Gallery celebrates the art of microfluids research

Albert Folch, UW associate professor of bioengineering, has taken hundreds of stunning photos of microfluids through his microscope. Now they're available for all to see on his lab's Web page.