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Washington Engineer - July 2010

In this issue:

  • Dean's Message
  • Research - Engineers Monitor BP Oil Spill; Tribal Bioenergy; Microrobot
  • Campus News - New Chairs in A&A and ME; COE Blimp; MolE construction; Bonderman Travel Fellows
  • Events - Deaf Computing Academy Animation Screening; Talk by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
  • In the Media

Dean's Message

Dean Matt O’Donnell talks about graduation, support for engineering education in Washington state, and two new chairs in Aeronautics & Astronautics and Mechanical Engineering. Play video »

 

Research

video still of Deepwater Horizon leak UW engineers help U.S. government estimate seepage rate of BP Oil Spill Mechanical engineers Jim Riley and Alberto Aliseda were called on by the U.S. government to help estimate how much oil is gushing into the Gulf of Mexico.
Dan Schwartz with bioenergy studentsUW, tribal partnership to develop Pacific Northwest bioenergy A unique graduate program has students and tribes collaborating to develop homegrown, sustainable bioenergy projects.
microrobot carries load of paper clipsThermal-powered, insectlike robot crawls into microrobot contenders' ring UW engineers have built an insectlike robot with hundreds of tiny legs. The robot excels in its ability to carry heavy loads, and move in any direction.

Campus News

Jim Hermanson and Per Reinhall photoNew Chairs in A&A and ME
Per Reinhall takes the helm from Mark Tuttle in Mechanical Engineering, and Jim Hermanson succeeds Adam Bruckner in Aeronautics & Astronautics. Both began the new positions on July 1.
student-built blimp flying in Paul Allen Center atriumStudent-built blimp finds unique job in Computer Science Building
Students in the Engineering Emerging Scholars program built a seven foot, remote-controlled blimp.
Molecular Engineering Building construction, photo by John StametsMolecular Engineering Building construction
The Molecular Engineering Building grows taller by the day. See a series of slideshows that explain the steps in its construction.
Luke Jensen photo 2010 Bonderman Travel Fellows
Luke Jensen, a junior in Aeronautics & Astronautics, is among 14 UW students to win a $20,000 fellowship for eight months of solo travel. Jensen plans to travel by motorcycle in South America and then visit countries in Asia, focusing on China.

Events

still image from a video produced during the summer academy Deaf Computing Academy Animation Premiere
Friday, August 20, 7 - 9 p.m.
Electrical Engineering Building, room 125
Students in the 3rd national Summer Academy for Advancing Deaf & Hard of Hearing in Computing screen their animated short films.
Steve Ballmer phohto Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft Corp.
Thursday, October 14 at 3:30 p.m.
Paul Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering

In the Media

illustration from The EconomistPower from Thin Air
The Economist | June 10, 2010
It is already possible to send electricity without wires. Can devices be powered using ambient radiation from existing broadcasts? Researchers at UW and Intel show that it can be done.
speedometer graphic Cars' Computer Systems Called At Risk to Hackers
The New York Times | May 13, 2010
Automobiles, which will be increasingly connected to the Internet in the near future, could be vulnerable to hackers just as computers are now, computer scientist Yoshi Kohno and colleagues warn.
spacecraft with 'Husky 1' on it Destination: Mars
KUOW Radio | June 12, 2010
In recent years we've learned that water, in the form of ice, is present on Mars. And that presence means life is possible. Aeronautics engineer Adam Bruckner discusses the possibility of a UW branch campus on Mars.