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Feb. 8, 2008 | The
New York Times
Seattle
taps its inner Silicon Valley |
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Many communities dream of becoming the next
Silicon Valley. Seattle is actually doing it. It is fostering the
entrepreneurial climate here the way Stanford University does in Silicon
Valley. A crucial part of the chemistry is the University of
Washington, in particular its computer science and electrical
engineering departments. Computer scientists Oren Etzioni and Ed
Lazowska are quoted.
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Feb. 25, 2008 | The
Seattle Times
Bridging
an engineer shortage |
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Columnist Jerry Large writes about two
programs designed to get girls and black and Latino students interested
in engineering. Associate dean Eve Riskin, who started the University of
Washington Women's Initiative, is quoted. The program involves 10 women
engineering students who visit middle- and high-school girls.
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Jan. 17, 2008 | The
UW Daily
Engineering
students help kids build dreams |
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The Pacific Science Center will open its doors
tomorrow to around 25 UW engineering students and hundreds of children
from Seattle elementary schools. Rahel Gebreab, program coordinator for
the Engineering Advising and Diversity Center, is quoted.
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Feb. 7, 2008 | The
UW Daily
UW
student attempts to regrow human fingers |
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What do actress Daryl Hannah, musician
Jerry Garcia and silent film comedian Buster Keaton have in common? A
four-fingered hand. Now senior bioengineering major Arnold Kim is
developing devices that could help bring amputated fingers back to full
size.
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Feb. 18, 2008 | The
Associated Press
Stormwater
runoff ranked No. 1 Puget Sound pollution problem |
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Stormwater runoff is considered the No.
1 pollution problem for the urban Puget Sound region. The damage and
economic costs of stormwater runoff in the Puget Sound region will total
at least $1 billion in the next decade, according to a 2006 study by
the University of Washington's Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering.
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Feb. 10, 2008 | The
San Diego Union-Tribune
Sparking
possible when support cables loosen and sway in wind |
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Power lines are known to be a fire danger,
especially in rural areas thick with brush and susceptible to high
winds.Less known is that the cable systems that tie down the power poles
may also pose a threat. Electrical engineer Mohamed El-Sharkawi is
quoted.
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Feb. 8, 2008 | The
UW Daily
Engineering
the deep: UW students build a human-propelled submarine |
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While the hunt for Red October is over, a group of
UW mechanical engineering students continues to make submarines. They
built a flooded submarine, which is propelled and navigated by human
power. The project collectively is known as the Human Propelled
Submarine.
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Jan. 30, 2008 | NBC
Nightly News
Business
growing strong with bamboo |
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It's not just furniture and floors anymore. The
bamboo plant is changing the way the world does business. Mechanical
engineer Joyce Cooper comments on the environmental impact of bamboo.
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