University of Washington College of Engineering

Tracking fetal heart rate by smartphone

A UW-led research team has created DopFone, a system that uses a smartphone’s existing speaker and microphone to estimate fetal heart rate.

NASA selects EDGE satellite mission

The project uses laser measurements to create high-resolution 3D maps of the Earth’s surface and track how it changes over time.

Health innovation challenge winners

Congrats to the engineering and computer science students whose teams placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd in the 2026 Holloman Health Innovation Challenge!

Gloves with a sense of touch

Doctoral student Devin Murphy explains OpenTouch Glove, a smart glove developed in the Wearable Intelligence Lab that's embedded with sensors to enable it to “feel” on its own.