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Thu, 05/02/2024 | UW Civil & Environmental Engineering
A biochar solution for urban runoff
Civil and environmental engineering researchers test biologically derived charcoal filters and fungi as tools in purifying city waters, a step towards eco-friendly solutions.
Mon, 04/29/2024 | UW News
Understanding TikTok
Allen School Associate Professor Franziska Roesner discusses how TikTok’s ‘black box’ algorithm and design shape user behavior.
Thu, 04/25/2024 | UW Medicine
AI to help speed protein engineering
Study findings promise to shift the field away from trial-and-error approach and toward computational approaches.
Mon, 04/22/2024 | UW News
UPWARDS for the future
The UW is leading an international group in semiconductor research and workforce development.
Wed, 04/17/2024 | UW Chemical Engineering
Recruiting robots for materials discovery
Chemical engineering researchers are using open-source tools to build modular robots that can run complex experiments.
Mon, 04/15/2024 | UW News
Training AI without enough data
Jeng-Neng Hwang, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, discusses his team's method to training AI when there are limited datasets.
Thu, 04/11/2024 | UW News
US News' Best Graduate Schools
UW's graduate programs in AI, programming language, systems and computer science overall placed in the top ten. Other engineering programs have yet to be announced.
Tue, 04/09/2024 | UW News
Cross-Pacific AI
The UW joins a landmark $110 million cross-Pacific effort and will partner with Amazon, NVIDIA and the University of Tsukuba, Japan, to advance artificial intelligence.
Fri, 04/05/2024 | UW Aeronautics and Astronautics
Breaking a barrier
Prize-winning algorithm by two engineering PhD students takes less than a second to help a rocket make planetary landing.
Wed, 04/03/2024 | UW Foster Blog
Environmental Innovation Challenge winners
Congrats to the engineering student teams that won prizes at the 2024 Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge!
Mon, 04/01/2024 | UW Medicine
Rescuing patients from multiorgan failure
In a recent study, a prototype device developed by UW Engineering and UW Medicine researchers helped patients recover from multiorgan failure.
Thu, 03/28/2024 | UW Electrical & Computer Engineering
Ultra-flat optics for thermal imaging
Using a new inverse design framework, a UW research team has demonstrated broadband thermal imaging with meta-optics for a wide range of applications.
Tue, 03/26/2024 | UW News
Computational embroidery
UW researchers taught high schoolers to code with cultural research and embroidery machines.
Fri, 03/22/2024 | National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE)
Honoring inclusive excellence
The National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education has honored Associate Dean Karen Thomas-Brown with its 2024 "Rising Star" Inclusive Excellence Award.
Thu, 03/21/2024 | UW Electrical & Computer Engineering
Bringing light and sound into computer chips
Bingzhao Li is a postdoctoral research fellow in the UW Laboratory of Photonic Systems, which researches integrated photonic devices, optoelectronic materials and quantum photonics.
Wed, 03/20/2024 | UW Mechanical Engineering
Harvesting heartbeat energy
Engineering and UW Medicine researchers are creating a pacemaker "sleeve" that can partially recharge a leadless pacemaker.
Mon, 03/18/2024 | UW CoMotion
The spark of intention
Three academic entrepreneurs share how personal experiences and perspectives guide their work to build better businesses and a better world.
Thu, 03/14/2024 | Allen School News
More than skin deep
Allen School and Stanford researchers create a framework for auditing AI image classifiers for detecting melanoma.
Tue, 03/12/2024 | UW Civil and Environmental Engineering
Surface water tracking in Bangladesh
Faisal Hossain, professor of civil and environmental engineering, helps lead a NASA satellite mission to aid in Bangladesh's water management.
Fri, 03/08/2024 | USA Today
USA Today Woman of the Year
Mechanical engineering senior Merrill Keating was named a USA Today Woman of the Year for her advocacy on behalf of women in STEM.
Wed, 03/06/2024 | UW News
Amyloid affinities
Bioengineering Professor Valerie Daggett discusses how a potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease could also work for Type 2 diabetes.
Mon, 03/04/2024 | UW Foster School of Business
Health innovation challenge winners
Congrats to the engineering student teams that won prizes at the 2024 Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge!
Thu, 02/29/2024 | UW Electrical & Computer Engineering
Our next reality
Alumnus Alvin Graylin is co-author of a new book that seeks to answer questions about how AI and immersive technologies might reshape our world.
Thu, 02/29/2024 | UW News
2024 Sloan Fellows
Simon Du and Adriana Schulz, both assistant professors in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, have been named Sloan Fellows.
Tue, 02/27/2024 | UW Mechanical Engineering
Advancing clean manufacturing
Mechanical engineering researchers are developing clean energy projects to improve the manufacturing of composites and electric vehicle batteries.