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Thu, 08/08/2024 | UW Civil & Environmental Engineering
Alumna named to TIME100 Health list
Jenna Forsyth, who received her master's degree in civil engineering in 2012, has been named to TIME's 100 Most Influential People in Health list for 2024.
Mon, 08/05/2024 | UW News
Washington State Academy of Sciences
Engineering faculty members Valerie Daggett, Paul Kinahan, Daniel Kirschen and Ruikang Wang are among the fifteen UW researchers elected to the 2024 Washington State Academy of Sciences. Kristi Morgansen, elected in 2021, will join the board.
Wed, 07/31/2024 | UW News
Understanding women's sports injuries
Jenny Robinson, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, is interested in designing methods to help women athletes train prevent and recover from common injuries.
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.
Wed, 07/17/2024
50 years of uplifting voices
Celebrating 50 years at the UW, the National Society of Black Engineers student organization continues to provide resources to support Black engineers who excel academically and succeed professionally.
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 Aeronautics & Astronautics
Sunflowers architecting sound
UW and SUNY-Buffalo researchers are developing structural designs for noise reduction, inspired by the Fibonacci spiral arrangement of sunflower seeds.
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.