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Wed, 07/24/2024 | UW Human Centered Design and Engineering
UW awarded $50M to lead U.S. research security center
Under a five-year, $67 million investment from the National Science Foundation, Human Centered Design & Engineering Professor Mark Haselkorn is leading a national consortium of research institutions to bolster U.S. research security. The Safeguarding the Entire Community of the U.S. Research Ecosystem (SECURE) Center will empower the U.S. research community to address critical issues of research security and integrity.
Mon, 07/22/2024 | UW News
The climate change toll on roads
Two UW researchers are investigating how to mitigate the effects of climate change on common road pavements, such as asphalt and concrete.
Thu, 07/18/2024 | UW Aeronautics and Astronautics
Revolutionizing space rendezvous
Aeronautics and astronautics researchers test a groundbreaking precision tool with Blue Origin.
Tue, 07/16/2024 | UW Allen School News
'Sliding' into the future of cancer diagnosis
Researchers have developed an AI model for digital pathology that combines whole-slide data with individual image tiles at an unprecedented scale.
Mon, 07/15/2024 | UW Human Centered Design & Engineering
Expanding undergraduate opportunities
UW to establish NSF REU Site for human-centered computing research.
Tue, 07/09/2024 | UW Civil & Environmental Engineering
Beyond the blueprint
Kiewit shows students around the Federal Way Link Extension construction site.
Mon, 07/08/2024 | UW Medicine
Biomaterials center funds ideas, fights inequity
Building on a researcher network and grants to reduce disparities, the University of Michigan and UW lead a new NIH-funded center.
Tue, 07/02/2024 | UW News
Bias and ChatGPT
UW researchers found that ChatGPT is biased against resumes with credentials that imply a disability — but it can improve.
Mon, 07/01/2024 | UW Stories of Impact
Energized for change
After living through the devastation of hurricanes in Puerto Rico, grad student Miguel González-Montijo is working on clean energy innovations for the future.
Fri, 06/28/2024 | UW Aeronautics and Astronautics
Design Build Fly team places 3rd
UW's Design Build Fly team placed third at the 2024 AIAA competition in Wichita, KS. It's the team's best finish to date.
Wed, 06/26/2024
Pushing learning to the breaking point
Members of the UW Society for Advancement of Material and Process Engineering gain hands-on experience designing, building — and even breaking — materials.
Mon, 06/24/2024 | UW News
US News's Best Graduate Engineering Programs
In U.S. News & Report's recently updated rankings, the College of Engineering ranks No. 21 overall and nine engineering subdisciplines rank in the top 35.
Thu, 06/20/2024 | UW Civil & Environmental Engineering
Enhancing disaster response & public health research
The Natural Hazard and Disaster Reconnaissance Facility (RAPID) has received an NIH grant to enhance research on the intersection of engineering and public health.
Mon, 06/17/2024 | UW Medicine
Restoring hand function
UW engineering and medicine researchers are leading groundbreaking research enabling some people with paralysis to regain hand strength and function via electrical stimulation to the spine.
Fri, 06/14/2024 | UW Mechanical Engineering
An electrifying experience
New this year, the student club Electric Truck (E-Truck) is converting a medium-duty diesel truck into a battery electric vehicle.
Tue, 06/11/2024 | UW Human Centered Design & Engineering
Designing for 21st century challenges
Microsoft support drives human centered design and engineering innovation in design education.
Fri, 06/07/2024 | UW News
In the field
Civil and environmental engineering doctoral student Joel Eklof is in Alaska studying factors that lead to permafrost thaw and educating foster care youth.
Wed, 06/05/2024 | UW News
Isolating one voice with a glance
UW researchers have developed AI headphones that let the wearer listen to a single person in a crowd, by looking at them just once.
Mon, 06/03/2024 | UW Mechanical Engineering
From clubs to careers
Mechanical engineering students, alumni and faculty share how student clubs and organizations can lead to successful careers.
Thu, 05/30/2024 | UW Foster School of Business
Dempsey Startup Competition recap
Congrats to the engineering students and alums on the winning teams from this year's Dempsey Startup Competition! Alumnus Paul Mikesell, '96, was also honored at the event.
Tue, 05/28/2024 | UW Materials Science and Engineering
A breadth of knowledge
Materials science and engineering students displayed a wide range of research topics to peers, faculty and industry professionals at the 2024 Research & Industry Showcase in April.
Thu, 05/23/2024 | UW News
Older adults, tech and COVID
UW researchers interviewed 16 adults, ages 65 to 80, about how their technology use with their social support networks changed during the pandemic.
Wed, 05/22/2024 | UW Aeronautics and Astronautics
Origami breakthrough
Ph.D. student Jimmy O’Neil proves origami tubes deliver softer impacts and breaks a manufacturing barrier with broad applications.
Wed, 05/22/2024 | UW Electrical & Computer Engineering
A call for AI data transparency
Electrical and computer engineering alumnus and affiliate professor Jai Jaisimha is the co-founder of the Transparency Coalition.ai, a nonprofit that advocates for transparency and regulation of the data used to train artificial intelligence.
Fri, 05/17/2024 | UW News
Curbing misinformation on YouTube
UW researchers have developed a prototype browser extension called Viblio, which lets viewers and creators add citations to the timelines of YouTube videos.