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Tue, 10/24/2023
A foundation for the future
The new academic home for all undergraduate engineering students, the Interdisciplinary Engineering Building is taking shape quite literally.
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Thu, 10/19/2023 | UW Mechanical Engineering
A passion for research
Studying electrical flow—and the Husky Promise—sparked ME student Ben Price’s decision to pursue graduate education.
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Tue, 10/17/2023 | UW Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
A new chip for quantum technology
A UW research team has demonstrated a new kind of photonic chip that could work as a solid foundation for building a quantum simulator.
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Mon, 10/16/2023
Showcasing student research
Four engineering undergraduate students share their summer research experiences.
![Researchers at the University of Washington have now created MilliMobile, a tiny, self-driving robot powered only by surrounding light or radio waves. It’s about the size of a penny and can run indefinitely on harvested energy.](https://www.engr.washington.edu/sites/engr/files/styles/large/public/media/images/2023/10/millimobile.jpg.webp?itok=R7GpMEVl)
Thu, 10/12/2023 | UW NEWS
Meet MilliMobile
Developed by UW researchers, the tiny, self-driving robot is powered by light and radio waves.
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Tue, 10/10/2023 | UW College of Engineering
Spotlight on inclusive excellence
Karen Thomas-Brown, the College of Engineering’s associate dean of diversity, equity and inclusion, shares what the College’s Office of Inclusive Excellence has been up to in its first two years.
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Thu, 10/05/2023 | UW Materials Science and Engineering
Scaffolds for stem cell growth
Chitosan, a material found in the outer skeletons for shellfish, may help increase the supply of clinical-grade stem cells used in regenerative medicine.
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Tue, 10/03/2023 | UW News
Smart speakers that change shape
A UW-led team has developed a shape-changing smart speaker, which uses self-deploying microphones to create speech zones and track the positions of individual speakers.
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Thu, 09/28/2023 | UW Chemical Engineering
Illuminating new depths of biomedical treatment
By using colored light, UW researchers can now manipulate biomaterials deeper inside native tissue than ever before.
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Tue, 09/26/2023 | UW News
Yejin Choi named to TIME100 AI list
The Allen School professor is one of two UW professors on the list, which highlights individuals who are advancing conversations about how AI is reshaping the world.
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Fri, 09/22/2023 | UW Electrical & Computer Engineering
Emerging wireless technologies
Akshay Gadre, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, is developing long-range wireless networks for earth, space and underwater.
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Tue, 09/19/2023 | UW News
Using origami to shapeshift mid-air
Developed by UW researchers, small battery-free robots can change how they move through the air by “snapping” into a folded position during their descent.
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Thu, 09/14/2023 | UW News
Predicting snowpack
Fall snow levels can predict a season’s total snowpack in some western states, giving scientists a better idea of how much water will be available later in the year.
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Wed, 09/13/2023 | UW Chemical Engineering
Illuminating new depths of biomedical treatments
By using colored light, UW researchers can now manipulate biomaterials deeper inside native tissue than ever before.
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Tue, 09/12/2023 | UW Bioengineering
Researchers are developing an implantable device that could prevent pregnancy and HIV for two years
Researchers at the University of Washington and Houston Methodist Hospital Research Institute are collaborating to develop a new type of product called multipurpose prevention technologies (MPTs).
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Mon, 09/11/2023 | UW Magazine
Happiness is just "One Bus Away"
Two UW graduate students—one in computer science and one in civil engineering—seeking a better transit experience invented an app that is used by millions across the U.S.
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Mon, 09/11/2023
From camp to college
Bringing STEM education to a rural community helps youth get college-ready.
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Fri, 09/08/2023 | UW Medicine
UW Medicine Inventor of the Year
Congrats to Ruikang Wang, professor of bioengineering and ophthalmology, on being named the 2023 UW Medicine Inventor of the Year.
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Wed, 09/06/2023 | UW Civil & Environmental Engineering
Building bridges
State Bridge Design Engineer and UW Engineering alumna Amy Leland oversees 3,000+ bridges across the state. She's also the first woman to hold the position.
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Fri, 09/01/2023 | UW Mechanical Engineering
Human-inspired robotic perception
Mechanical engineering Ph.D. candidate Ekta Samani’s research aims to improve visual perception in autonomous robots.
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Tue, 08/29/2023 | Allen School News
Distinctions with a difference
Allen School researchers unveil ContrastiveVI, a deep generative model for gleaning additional insights from single-cell datasets.
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Mon, 08/28/2023
International impact
In a Nicaraguan community, Engineers Without Borders students improve infrastructure.
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Fri, 08/25/2023 | UW News
A roadmap to diversify faculty hiring
A team of biomedical researchers, including two UW bioengineers, has developed a new method for hiring engineering professors and increasing diversity in faculty hiring.
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Wed, 08/23/2023 | UW Electrical & Computer Engineering
Reimagining optics for smartphones
UW researchers are part of an international team that has developed an innovative miniature camera, which uses a hybrid optical system over 100 times smaller than its commercial counterpart.
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Mon, 08/21/2023 | UW Medicine
New treatment for spinal cord injury
UW researchers find that electrical stimulation of the spinal cord leads to major gains in movement.