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Mon, 10/21/2019 | College of Engineering
Making medicine accessibleThrough the student project-turned-startup MedsForAll, materials science and engineering alum Shawn Swanson (BS ’15, MS ’16) is developing an affordable alternative to the EpiPen.
Tue, 10/15/2019 | UW News
First smart speaker system that uses white noise to monitor infants’ breathingUW researchers developed the first smart speaker system that lets a device use white noise to both soothe sleeping babies and monitor their breathing and movement.
Mon, 10/07/2019 | UW News
How bike sharing in Seattle rose from the ashes of Pronto's failureUW researchers, led by CEE professor Don MacKenzie, have published a study on why docked bike sharing in Seattle failed while dockless bike sharing succeeded.
Fri, 10/04/2019 | UW News
New metasurface design can control optical fields in three dimensionsUW scientists have designed and tested a 3D-printed metamaterial that can manipulate light with nanoscale precision. As they report in a paper published Oct. 4 in the journal Science Advances, their designed optical element focuses light to discrete points in a 3D helical pattern.
Wed, 09/25/2019 | Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics
COE remembers Fred Ribe, Professor EmeritusDr. Fred Ribe, Professor Emeritus at UW and a leading pioneer in U.S. fusion energy research, died on June 19, 2019 in Santa Fe, New Mexico at age 94. Professor Ribe was a pioneer in fusion energy research in the UW nuclear engineering department.
Thu, 09/19/2019 | UW News
Plasma flow near sun’s surface explains sunspots, other solar phenomenaA University of Washington study published this month in the journal Physics of Plasmas proposes a model of plasma motion that would explain the 11-year sunspot cycle and several other previously mysterious properties of the sun.
Mon, 09/16/2019 | UW News
Americans would rather drive themselves to work than have an autonomous vehicle drive them, study saysResearchers at the University of Washington studied how Americans' perceived cost of commute time changes depending on who's driving. The study suggests that at least for now, people would rather drive themselves than have an autonomous vehicle drive them.
Mon, 08/26/2019 | College of Engineering
An eye for innovationBy reducing the size of eye drops, the team behind Nanodropper wants to make your eye medications last longer and help you save money.
Fri, 08/23/2019 | UW News
Semiconductor and Solar Industry Veteran named UW Washington Nanofabrication Facility Director
Dr. Maria Huffman is the new director of the University of Washington’s Washington Nanofabrication Facility (WNF), the largest publicly accessible nanofabrication facility in the Pacific Northwest. Huffman joins WNF from Lund University in southern Sweden.
Thu, 08/22/2019 | UW News
3 UW graduate students earn NASA fellowships, continue legacy of successCEE graduate student Shashank Bhushan is one of three UW recipients of a prestigious NASA fellowship that funds student research projects in the fields of Earth and planetary sciences and astrophysics.
Tue, 08/20/2019 | UW News
New tools to minimize risks in shared, augmented-reality environmentsUniversity of Washington security researchers have developed ShareAR, a toolkit that lets app developers build in collaborative and interactive features without sacrificing their users’ privacy and security. The researchers presented their findings Aug. 14 at the USENIX Security Symposium in Santa Clara, California.
Mon, 08/19/2019 | UW News
How ergonomic is your warehouse job? Soon, an app might be able to tell youEngineering researchers have developed a system to monitor workers and tell them how risky their behaviors are.
Tue, 08/13/2019 | UW News
Dr. Nancy Allbritton named dean of UW’s College of Engineering
Dr. Nancy Allbritton has been named the next Frank & Julie Jungers Dean of the College of Engineering, University of Washington Provost Mark Richards announced today.
Mon, 08/12/2019 | UW News
First cells on ancient Earth may have emerged because building blocks of proteins stabilized membranes
A team of researchers at UW has solved the puzzle of how Earth's first cells came to function.
Fri, 08/09/2019 | UW News
Artificial intelligence could yield more accurate breast cancer diagnosesResearchers at University of Washington and University of California, Los Angeles, have developed an artificial intelligence system that could help pathologists read biopsies more accurately, and lead to better detection and diagnosis of breast cancer.
Thu, 08/08/2019 | Washington Nanofabrication Facility
Encouraging the next generation of quantum pioneers: students receive grants to fabricate nanoscale quantum devicesFive undergrads, including three from engineering, have been awarded grants by the Washington Research Foundation to fabricate nanoscale quantum devices.
Mon, 07/29/2019 | UW News
Stressed at school? Art therapy reduces teenage girls’ headachesIn a pilot study led by the University of Washington, researchers explored art-based mindfulness activities that schools could use to reduce headaches, a common side effect of stress in adolescent girls. After three weeks of twice-weekly mindfulness and art therapy sessions, the girls reported experiencing significantly fewer headaches.
Thu, 07/18/2019 | UW News
First-ever visualizations of electrical gating effects on electronic structure could lead to longer-lasting devicesScientists have visualized the electronic structure in a microelectronic device for the first time, opening up opportunities for finely tuned, high-performance electronic devices.
Thu, 07/18/2019 | UW News
Baneyx will direct CoMotionFrançois Baneyx has been named the new director of CoMotion and Interim Vice Provost of Innovation at the University of Washington. Baneyx is the Charles W.H. Matthaei Professor of Chemical Engineering and an adjunct professor of bioengineering.
Wed, 07/17/2019 | UW Allen School
Professor Magdalena Balazinska appointed to lead the Paul G. Allen SchoolBalazinska, who co-leads the Allen School's Database and Data Science research groups, will succeed current director Hank Levy.
Wed, 07/17/2019 | UW News
8 UW professors elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences in 2019ME professor Per Reinhall and ECE professor Mari Ostendorf have been elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences.
Mon, 07/15/2019 | College of Engineering
Atari WomenHCDE research project unearths and celebrates the forgotten histories of women who helped shape the early days of Atari — and the computer gaming industry ever since.
Tue, 07/02/2019 | Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics
SARP wins Spaceport America CupSARP, the UW rocketry club, clinched the top spot as the 2019 Judge's Choice and Overall Winner in the Spaceport America Cup.
Mon, 07/01/2019 | UW News
How you and your friends can play a video game together using only your mindsA team created a method that allows three people to work together to solve a problem using only their minds.
Mon, 07/01/2019 | Undergraduate Academic Affairs
Research as a platform for changeRising senior Hugo Pontes recently presented his research at the Council on Undergraduate Research’s Posters on the Hill Conference in Washington, D.C. Hugo shares his journey from arriving in the states not speaking English to sharing his research and story with members of Congress.