News
Mon, 11/15/2021 | UW Electrical & Computer Engineering
Highly cited research
What causes a research publication to become highly cited and stand the test of time? ECE faculty shed light on this intriguing question.
Mon, 11/15/2021
Promoting equity in engineering
Three alumni reflect on the impact that the College of Engineering’s PEERs program has had on their work as engineers and computer scientists.
Tue, 11/09/2021 | UW News
Political ads and the election
UW researchers find that political ads during the 2020 presidential election cycle collected personal information and spread misleading information.
Fri, 11/05/2021 | Clean Energy Institute
Elevating battery standards for the skies
Founded by MSE doctoral student Robert Masse, Astrolabe Analytics wins a small business innovation research grant from the U.S. Air Force to accelerate battery innovation for electric aviation.
Tue, 11/02/2021 | UW Medicine Newsroom
Princess Imoukhuede announced as chair of BioengineeringThe incoming Hunter and Dorothy Simpson Endowed Chair and Professor of the Department of Bioengineering will join the UW in January from the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis.
Mon, 11/01/2021 | UW News
Designing an ‘adaptable society’A UW-led team has received NSF funding to further research into how urban societal systems can be organized to be both efficient and resilient.
Wed, 10/27/2021 | UW Mechanical Engineering
Putting the ‘AI’ in airplanesMachine learning presents tremendous opportunities to improve how we build airplanes. ME Assistant Professor Krithika Manohar is just getting started.
Mon, 10/25/2021
Meet Karen Thomas-Brown
The College’s new Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion shares what drew her to the role and offers advice on what we all can do to support DEI efforts.
Wed, 10/20/2021 | UW News
Students design a rover to help fish
As part of an industry capstone project, engineering students created a rover to inspect sewer pipes and culverts for damage that may prevent fish migration.
Wed, 10/20/2021 | UW Aeronautics and Astronautics
WA Space Grant moves to A&A
The renowned NASA program's relocation to A&A will help strengthen hands-on student learning.
Wed, 10/20/2021 | UW Electrical & Computer Engineering
Azadeh Yazdan receives $3.2M grant to investigate ways neurotechnology could induce targeted changes in the brain, leading to better treatments for stroke
UW ECE News Stroke is a killer, and for those who survive, it can have a devastating impact. According to the World Stroke Organization, the disease is a leading cause of death and disability globally, causing an estimated 5.5 million deaths and 116 million years of healthy life to be lost…
Wed, 10/20/2021 | UW NanoEngineering and Sciences
Small Business awards from DARPA and NASA fuel growth of UW spinout Tunoptix
Tunoptix, a Seattle-based optics startup co-founded by UW electrical and computer engineering professors Karl Böhringer and Arka Majumdar, received a $1,500,000 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award from NASA to advance their meta-optics imaging systems.
Wed, 10/20/2021 | UW News
Three UW teams awarded NSF Convergence Accelerator grants for misinformation, ocean projects
Three separate University of Washington research teams have been awarded $750,000 each by the National Science Foundation to advance studies in misinformation and the ocean economy.
Wed, 10/20/2021 | HCDE News
HCDE Professor Cecilia Aragon receives NSF grant to diversify data science through the research and design of ethical games
HCDE Professor Cecilia Aragon has received a new grant from the National Science Foundation aimed at diversifying human-centered data science through the research and design of ethical games.
Mon, 10/18/2021 | UW Electrical & Computer Engineering
Bringing quantum computing into the real world
An ECE-led multi-institutional research team is developing a miniaturized optical control engine to increase capacity and speed of quantum computers.
Mon, 10/18/2021
Interdisciplinary Engineering Building update
Design for the new building — which will promote a new level of collaboration and hands-on learning — has included an unprecedented number of student voices to focus on access and inclusivity.
Thu, 10/14/2021
Piloting toward psychological safety
Pilot Kimberly Perkins is using her doctoral research to prioritize psychological safety within the airline industry.
Tue, 10/12/2021 | UW News
UW among best in world for computer science and engineering
The UW is among the best universities in the world for the studies of computer science and engineering, according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2022.
Mon, 10/11/2021 | College of Engineering
Tiny structures, big impact
Miqin Zhang is working to improve cancer treatment with nanoparticles made from the same material found in crustacean shells.
Thu, 10/07/2021 | UW News
Shyam Gollakota named 2021 Moore Inventor Fellow
The Allen School professor is being recognized for his work on the Internet of Biological Things and the Internet of Bio-Inspired Things.
Tue, 10/05/2021
Engineering excellence for the public good
The College of Engineering's strategic plan focuses on four key areas: creating a healthier and more just world through our work; embracing the power of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI); translating innovation into impact; and investing strategically in our future.
Tue, 10/05/2021 | UW ECE News
Remaking the nation’s electrical grid
ECE’s Brian Johnson will co-lead a new national consortium, funded by a $25M award from the U.S. Department of Energy, to better support renewable energy.
Mon, 10/04/2021 | UW Medicine Newsroom
Study looks at how disease scarring disrupts liver regrowth
New approaches will examine mechanical factors that could be interfering with liver’s usual ability to regenerate itself.
Fri, 10/01/2021
Social robot seeks to improve teen mental health
The Population Health-funded Project EMAR has created an innovative social robot that offers resources to support the mental health needs of adolescents.
Wed, 09/29/2021 | UW News
Accelerated AI algorithms for data-driven discovery
The new NSF-funded A3D3 Institute at the UW will explore ways to harness AI for accelerated discoveries in physics, astronomy and neuroscience.