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Two researchers standing in the midst of trees devastated by wildfire

Mon, 05/03/2021 | UW Civil & Environmental Engineering

A burning need

Civil and environmental engineering researchers work to understand and mitigate post-wildfire landslide hazards.

Anna Karlin

Thu, 04/29/2021 | UW News

Anna Karlin elected to National Academy of Sciences

The Bill and Melinda Gates Chair in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering is one of five UW faculty elected this year.

A picture of power lines at sunset. Everything is hazy.

Thu, 04/29/2021 | UW News

Unequal exposure to air pollution

A new study models peoples’ exposure to air pollution — based on race/ethnicity and income level — and shows that exposure disparities among people of color and white people are driven by nearly all, rather than only a few, emission source types.

Professor Hussein assembles hardware

Tue, 04/27/2021 | UW News

Bridging the distance

When the UW returns to in-person learning this fall, instructors like Rania Hussein and Julian Yamaura will bring with them the creative methods developed while teaching remotely.

A coral reef with orange fish swimming around

Wed, 04/21/2021 | UW News

Tracking the movements of stony corals

A new study led by UW researchers borrowed image-analysis methods from engineering to spot the minute movements of a stony coral.

quantum super computer

Mon, 04/19/2021 | UW Magazine

Quantum leap

 In quantum computing, UW researchers see the building blocks of the next technological revolution.

A person looking shocked at what they are seeing on their phone

Mon, 04/19/2021 | UW News

Arguing on the internet

A UW research team is studying how to make online arguments productive.

A collage of five students

Mon, 04/19/2021 | GIX

Engineering team places second in GIX innovation competition

For this year’s challenge, which focused on addressing agricultural challenges, the ECE student team developed MicroPlant, an automated plant moisture monitoring and control system.

Side by side maps of Seattle color-coded based on normalized sidewalk reach between normative walking profile and manual wheelchair user profile. The map on the left shows more extensive NSR for the normative walking profile compared to the map on the right.

Wed, 04/14/2021 | Allen School News

Urban accessibility

Taskar Center researchers offer a roadmap for more robust modeling of pedestrian mobility on a city-wide scale.