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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.

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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.

A person sits in the middle of grassland with a laptop. There are trees surrounding the researcher.

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.

closeup of headphones on a table

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.

a group of people posing for a photo with a race car

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.

A collage shows multiple teams participating in the Dempsey Startup Competition. Participants hold large checks and celebrate their achievements on stage.

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.

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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.

An older person's hands hold a smart phone. The person is wearing a blue sweater.

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.

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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.

A black-and-white photo of a computer chip with the letters "AI" stamped on it, mounted to a motherboard

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.