Engineering's Expanding World

The warp-speed of scientific discovery is also warping traditional disciplinary boundaries. In response, researchers are spanning disciplines and evolving into hybrid engineers and scientists.

We introduce you to four young faculty members working in arenas you might find surprising. All have won prestigious National Science Foundation awards. They are among the new faces of engineering who are exploring beyond boundaries, driving discovery, and reshaping the profession.

Alberto Aliseda ~ The realms of microbubbles

Assistant professor of mechanical engineering Alberto Aliseda has studied aeronautical engineering, fluid mechanics, and human blood circulation. What's the connection? Bubbles. MORE »

Georg Seelig ~ On the frontiers of synthetic biology

In a laboratory in the Electrical Engineering building, interdisciplinary teams from EE and CSE are working in the new field of synthetic biology. One is assistant professor Georg Seelig. MORE »

Brian Otis ~ Tiny chips, big potential in the field

Brian Otis, in collaboration with a psychology research team, is studying how sparrows acquire their song repertoire. This model for the neurobiology of learning has surprising parallels to language learning by humans. MORE »

Charlotte Lee ~ Studying researchers in a booming cyberworld

Charlotte Lee, assistant professor of Human Centered Design & Engineering, is studying how engineers work across disciplinary boundaries on complex problems requiring analysis of large-scale data sets and development of cyber infrastructures. MORE »

NAE Grand Challenges Summit in Seattle

We hope to see you at the National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenges Summit on May 2–3. The Seattle summit focuses on two of this century's 14 "grand challenges" identified by NAE — engineering better medicines and engineering the tools of scientific discovery.

Schedule | Speakers | Registration

Diamond Awards—Friday, May 7

Please plan to join Dean Matt O'Donnell on Friday, May 7, 2010 as we honor exceptional alumni and friends in the field of engineering. MORE »

Cutting Costs, Not Trees

We're reducing costs by limiting what we print and we're lowering our impact on the environment by using less paper and ink.

If you haven't already subscribed to The Trend Online, please sign up. Thank you to alumni and friends who have already elected to receive the online version of the newsletter.

Email Please make sure you receive your Trend newsletter by updating your contact information and adding trenduw@uw.edu to your email list of contacts. (We will not share your address outside the UW community.)

Website Stay informed about lectures, alumni events, and research news by visiting the engineering Website and alumni pages.

Facebook Become a fan, find friends, and stay on top of what's going on across the college on our new Facebook page.