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UW
College of Engineering NewsFlash | Vol. 1, No. 7
| Oct. 3, 2007 |
NewsFlash is a monthly email of press items featuring our College's researchers. For a more complete and regularly updated list of COE media coverage, see In the Media.
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NewsFlash is a service of the UW College of Engineering and the UW Office of News and Information. If you have a newsworthy result about one month from publication, presentation or demonstration, please contact Hannah Hickey at (206-543-2580, hickeyh@uw.edu). |
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Sept. 25, 2007 | The
Washington Post
Va.
bluesman, U-Md. professor among 24 awarded MacArthur grants |
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Among this year's MacArthur winners is Marc
Edwards, who earned his doctorate with UW civil engineer Mark Benjamin
and is now a professor of civil and environmental engineering at
Virginia Tech. Edwards helped bring attention to elevated lead levels in
drinking water fountains at several Washington, D.C. public schools.
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Aug. 28, 2007 | USA
Today
China8
project boxes up grand ad plan |
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Everett, Wash.-based Erudite is developing an
advanced system for making shipping containers tamperproof. Company
founder Paul Willms recruited University of Washington electrical
engineering professor Les Atlas to develop a system that uses a
GPS-activated lock to keep a container shut tight until it reaches its
destination.
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Sept. 21, 2007 | Puget
Sound Business Journal
Delay
of first flight squeezes timetable for jet certification |
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Boeing is racing to deliver its first
787 on schedule in May and as the deadline approaches, Boeing's success
hinges increasingly on Federal Aviation Administration tests. The FAA
office in Seattle is tapping resources and pilots from around the nation
to do the job by the delivery date. UW mechanical engineer Mark Tuttle
and aeronautics engineer Adam Bruckner are quoted.
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Sept. 14, 2007 | KING
5
State
tests faster bridge-building technique |
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The state Department of Transportation is testing a
new technique to build bridges and overpasses faster in Redmond, which
may eventually go statewide. Civil engineer John Stanton shows how new
methods of connecting columns and beams can speed up the construction.
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Sept. 26, 2007 | The
Seattle Times
PUD
moves ahead on tidal project |
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The PUD is moving forward with initial studies of seven
sites throughout Puget Sound. Last week, it removed testing equipment
from the bottom of Admiralty Inlet and Deception Pass. "Overall power
capacity is based on how strong the currents are," said mechanical
engineer Brian Polagye. "And based on what we're initially seeing, that
could be two or three times what we initially suspected."
RELATED MATERIAL
Underwater
turbines could turn Puget Sound's tides into electricity
| May 10, 2007
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Sept. 21, 2007 | The
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Sensors
measure power in waters of Admiralty Inlet |
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The UW has a team of engineers and oceanographers
working on tidal energy research in collaboration with the Snohomish
Public Utility District. In addition to finding the tidal current hot
spots, mechanical engineering doctoral student Brian Polagye said it's
crucial to determine the shape of the tidal exchange. Some tides shift
back and forth in a straight line, he said, while others flow in a more
elliptical, or turbulent, pathway. All of that has to be factored in
when designing a network of seafloor tidal turbines.
RELATED MATERIAL
Underwater
turbines could turn Puget Sound's tides into electricity
| May 10, 2007
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Sept. 17, 2006 | The
Seattle Times
Where'd
the whiz kids go? |
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When Seattle looks in the mirror, it sees Bill
Gates looking back: a city that's geeky smart, entrepreneurial, socially
compassionate and on the cutting edge of technology. Yet consider this:
Just 160 seniors graduate in computer science or computer engineering
each year from the UW, home to the state's most respected program.
Computer science lecturer Barbara Mones and students Maxine Toh and
Jenny Yuen are quoted.
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Aug. 2, 2007 | The
Seattle Times: Brier Dudley’s blog
Groovy
download iConcertCal 2.0 now available |
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UW engineering grad students Jeff Cole
and Brandon Smith had a surprise hit last Christmas when they released
iConcertCal, a free software plug-in for iTunes notifies you of upcoming
shows featuring bands in your music collection. Today they announced
the release of a new version that adds CD release dates, links to buy
albums and two social features.
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Sept. 10, 2007 | EE
Times
Nets
to offer patients health care 'to go' |
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Researchers envision a coming
revolution in health care: today's services, controlled by physicians
and hospitals will give way to a new model in which consumers directly
access devices and services on the Internet and other networks.
Equipment now locked up in hospitals will someday be available on home
or public networks, according to UW bioengineer Yongmin Kim.
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Sept. 27, 2007 | The
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Lakefront
might have better uses than upgraded Husky Stadium |
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Columnist Art Thiel suggests moving
Husky Stadium to a new site north of the current location. Steve Kramer,
a professor of civil engineering for 23 years at the UW, comments on
the technical feasibility of building a stadium on landfill and peat
bog.
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Sept. 12, 2007 | The
Seattle Times
Obituary:
Undefeated UW rower earned gold |
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Joe Rantz, a member of the 1936 University of
Washington eight-oared crew that won the Olympic gold medal, died Monday
night. Rantz studied chemical engineering at the UW.
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