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CoE
NewsFlash | Vol. 3, No. 1 | May 7, 2009 |
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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April 27, 2009 | The
Washington Post
Science
digest: Decoding an old script
Scientists
studying tablets, seals and ceramics left behind by a 4,000-year-old
civilization that existed in what is now eastern Pakistan and
northwestern India have concluded that inscriptions on the artifacts
appear to be an as-yet undeciphered human language. Computer scientist
Rajesh Rao and an international group of colleagues studied recurring
patterns in the symbols on the artifacts and estimated the regularity
with which the symbols appeared.
SOURCE
MATERIAL
Indus script encodes language, reveals new study of
ancient symbols | April 23, 2009
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April 18, 2009 | The
New York Times
Crowd
forms against an algorithm
Was
it a mistake, or was it a "mistake"? On Monday, Amazon.com confessed to
"an embarrassing and ham-fisted cataloging error" that caused thousands
of books -- a large proportion of them gay and lesbian themed -- to lose
their sales rankings, making them difficult to find in basic searches.
Ed Lazowska, professor of computer science and engineering, is quoted.
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April 29, 2009 | The
New York Times
Bringing
efficiency to the infrastructure
A
pattern is emerging today, experts say, for what is being called smart
infrastructure -- more efficient and environmentally friendlier systems
for managing, among other things, commuter traffic, food distribution,
electric grids and waterways. This time, the crucial technological
ingredients include low-cost sensors and clever software for analytics
and visualization, as well as computing firepower. Ed Lazowska,
professor of computer science and engineering, is quoted.
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April 21, 2009 | The
Seattle Times
Stimulus
cash to give scientific research at UW, elsewhere big shot in arm
While
state universities brace for tuition increases and layoffs on the one
hand, the other hand is dipping into an unprecedented pot of cash for
science. The UW estimates it could receive a windfall of up to $300
million in federal research money under the stimulus package Congress
passed earlier this year. Mechanical engineer Eric Seibel and Vice
Provost for Research Mary Lidstrom are quoted.
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April 10, 2009 | The
Seattle Times
Future
aerospace work depends on state's competitiveness, Gregoire says
Spurred
by fears that Washington state may lose future aerospace jobs to the
South, Gov. Chris Gregoire rolled out a new industry task force Thursday
to improve the state's competitiveness. The article notes that the
presidents of the UW and WSU are on the council to ensure that aerospace
research at both schools are coordinated with the industry.
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April 3, 2009 | Puget
Sound Business Journal: TechFlash blog
HydroSense
wins Environmental Innovation Challenge at UW
What
started as a small idea between colleagues culminated Wednesday with
$22,500 in funding for clean-tech solutions to environmental problems.
In the end, $10,000 grand prize sponsored by UW TechTransfer went to
HydroSense, a home-water monitoring system that calculates real-time
water flow, infers the specific source of water activity and
automatically detect leaks.
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April 2, 2009 | Xconomy
HydroSense,
with plan to conserve water, wins UW Environmental Business Competition
UW
president Mark Emmert said last fall that environmental sustainability
and global health will rally students and local entrepreneurs.
Yesterday, students and researchers showed off their best business ideas
for the environment and competed for a $10,000 grand prize in the first
UW Environmental Innovation Challenge. First prize went to HydroSense,
providing consumers with real-time monitoring of household water
consumption. Second prize went to NanoCel, an inexpensive plastic device
for cooling electronic components. Other winning teams were Ecowell,
refillable drink containers to reduce litter from vending machines;
InTheWorks, developing technology to cut emissions of boat motors;
Wind2O, which proposes turning dirty water into drinking water by using
wind energy.
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April 22, 2009 | Nature
Personal
technology: Phoning in data
Far
from being just an accessory, mobile phones are starting to be used to
collect data in an increasing number of disciplines. Computer scientist
Gaetano Boriello's work using mobile phones in health care and
agricultural applications is noted.
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April 2, 2009 | The
New York Times
Heart
muscle renewed over lifetime, study finds
Swedish
scientists have succeeded in measuring a highly controversial property
of the human heart: the rate at which its muscle cells are renewed
during a person’s lifetime. “I think this will be one of the most
important papers in cardiovascular medicine in years,” said Dr. Charles
Murry, a heart researcher at the University of Washington in Seattle.
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April 2, 2009 | National
Public Radio
Nuclear
fallout solves heart mystery
Can
the atomic bomb tests of the Cold War lead to better treatments for
heart attacks? Well, it's a bit of a stretch, but the answer may be yes.
"The longstanding view is that the heart is one of the least
regenerative organs in the body," says Chuck Murry, a stem cell
biologist at the University of Washington.
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April 21, 2009 | The
Stranger
Cycle
of justice
It's
not uncommon for bicycles to go missing on the UW campus. What is
incredibly uncommon is for one of these stolen bikes to be recovered.
"I'm not one to give up easily," explained bioegineering grad student
Michelle McCully.
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April 9, 2009 | The
UW Daily
Purple,
gold and really fast: UW's SAE reveals new racecar
The
UW Society of Automotive Engineers has undertaken the construction of an
open-cockpit, Formula-style racecar for 20 years now. UW President Mark
Emmert stopped by when the group unveiled its latest creation last
night in Kane Hall.
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If you have a newsworthy result about one month
from publication, presentation or demonstration, please contact Hannah
Hickey, hickeyh@u.washington.edu. Notice
of student and faculty awards and grants is also welcome.
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