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CoE
NewsFlash | Vol. 3, No. 2 | May 29, 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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May 15, 2009 | BusinessWeek
3-D
printing... as art
When
you think of 3-D printing, images of scientists or industrial designers
fabricating prototypes probably come to mind. But starting today, the
process is getting the fine arts treatment. A Philadelphia gallery is
opening a new exhibit called "The FAB Show," which features the work of
designers, professors, and artists using 3-D printers. The exhibit will
include the work of Mark Ganter, professor of mechanical engineering and
a pioneer of 3-D ceramic printing.
RELATED
MATERIAL
3-D printing hits rock-bottom prices with homemade
ceramics mix | March 31, 2009
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May 19, 2009 | Technology
Review
A laptop cooled
with ionic wind
The
thin and efficient technology could replace bulky cooling fans. UW
electrical engineer Alexander Mamishev and San Jose-based company
Tessera demonstrated a system developed at the UW that can extract
roughly 30 percent more heat from a laptop than a conventional fan.
Tests show that the system could potentially consume only half as much
power as a fan, the company says.
RELATED
MATERIAL
Tiny ion pump sets new standard in cooling hot computer
microchips | Aug. 23, 2006
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May 21, 2009 | Puget
Sound Business Journal: TechFlash blog
Clean
tech shines at annual UW business plan competition
The
UW's annual business plan competition featured many engineering
students. Taking home the grand prize of $25,000 and the title of Best
Tech Idea was electronics cooling technology Nanocel, a team co-founded
by mechanical engineering PhD student Dustin Miller. All five of the
finalist teams--Nanocel, Energizing Solutions, Shockmetrics, HydroSense
and Soluxra--included one or more engineering students.
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May 22, 2009 | Xconomy
UW
business plan competition yields $25K awardee, Nanocel, and many other
winners
From
an initial field of 90 teams last month, down to 33 presenters, and the
sweet 16 and finals yesterday, the business plan competition at the
University of Washington has captivated us with the spirit and
determination of these student innovators and their veteran advisors.
The $25,000 grand prize went to Nanocel, a UW and Seattle University
team making a liquid cooling system for electronics. The article
includes a link to a post by Nanocel co-founder Daniel Rossi, a PhD
student in mechanical engineering.
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May 26, 2009 | KPLU
radio
Twitter
in the classroom
KPLU
reports on a Seattle's Meridian School, where teachers use Twitter to
get parents more involved in their children's schoolday. Computer
scientist James Landay is working with Intel Research to create tools
that detect a person's activities and will automatically post an update
to Twitter.
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May 20, 2009 | KOMO
TV
Cell phones can spark
more than just conversations
Cell
phones are so much a part of our daily lives, some of us practically
sleep with them. But did you know these constant companions can actually
start a fire? Or explode? OK, it's pretty rare -- really rare -- but it
happens. Electrical engineer John Sahr shows the KOMO News "problem
solvers" how batteries can pack a lot of heat.
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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
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