News
Mon, 06/14/2021
Smartphone cameras illuminate bacteria causing acne, dental plaques
UW researchers have developed a method that uses smartphone-derived images to identify potentially harmful bacteria on skin and in oral cavities.
Mon, 06/14/2021 | UW News
Cause, scope determined for deadly winter debris flow in Uttarakhand, India
A self-organized coalition of 53 scientists from 14 countries, including CEE's David Shean and Shashank Bhushan, worked nonstop following the Feb. 7 disaster to investigate the cause, scope and impacts.
Wed, 06/02/2021 | UW News
Regional survey reveals work, leisure habits during the pandemic
A new UW-led survey reveals changes to remote workers’ commuting and other habits during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tue, 06/01/2021 | Allen School News
Medical AI model “shortcuts” could lead to COVID-19 misdiagnosis
Allen School researchers discover medical AI models rely on “shortcuts” that could lead to misdiagnosis of COVID-19 and other diseases.
Thu, 05/27/2021 | HCDE UW
Students lead study of COVID-19 exposure notification app
HCDE students have worked with the Washington Department of Health to study WA Notify, a statewide COVID-19 exposure notifications tool.
Wed, 05/26/2021 | College of Engineering
2021 Dean’s Medalists
Congrats to undergraduates Alejandro Diaz and Parker Ruth on receiving this year’s Dean’s Medals for academic excellence.
Mon, 05/24/2021
Paris’s Law celebrates 60 years
First published in The Trend in Engineering, former UW Engineering professor Paul C. Paris’s ideas revolutionized airplane design and gave way to the field of fracture mechanics.
Mon, 05/24/2021
Engineering equity
The ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change celebrates 20 years of supporting women faculty and developing leaders in STEM fields at the UW.
Thu, 05/13/2021 | Department of Bioengineering
Nancy Allbritton to receive 2021 Pritzker Distinguished Lecture Award
The Pritzker Distinguished Lecture Award is the Biomedical Engineering Society’s premier recognition.
Tue, 05/11/2021 | UW News
Genetically engineered grass cleanses toxic soil
UW researchers genetically engineered a switchgrass to break down the chemical RDX — a toxic pollutant left by military explosives — using genes from a soil bacterium.
Mon, 05/10/2021 | UW Mechanical Engineering
Worlds of possibility
Four virtual worlds developed by ME research scientist Hunter Hoffman signal the future of VR for health.
Tue, 05/04/2021 | UW Medicine
Study yields new clue to strokes of undetermined sourceResearchers shed light on why some people who have a stroke do not also have abnormal heart rhythms, even though their hearts contain similar scar tissue.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Wed, 04/21/2021 | UW News
Tracking the movements of stony coralsA new study led by UW researchers borrowed image-analysis methods from engineering to spot the minute movements of a stony coral.
Mon, 04/19/2021 | UW Magazine
Quantum leap
In quantum computing, UW researchers see the building blocks of the next technological revolution.
Mon, 04/19/2021 | UW News
Arguing on the internet
A UW research team is studying how to make online arguments productive.
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.
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.
Wed, 04/07/2021 | Foster Blog
Environmental innovation wins
Student teams placed second and won special prizes in the 2021 Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge.
Mon, 04/05/2021 | UW News
‘Telling Stories’: Imagined tales of artificial intelligence presented by the UW Tech Policy Lab
For “Telling Stories: On Culturally Responsive Artificial Intelligence,” the UW Tech Policy Lab collects stories of AI and its effects on future life. The lab is an interdisciplinary collaboration of the UW Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, Information School and School of Law.
Mon, 04/05/2021 | College of Engineering
Alzheimer’s research gets a boost
Bioengineering startup AltPep advances its technology for the early detection and treatment of Alzheimer’s and other amyloid diseases.
Thu, 04/01/2021 | UW News
New system that uses smartphone or computer cameras to measure pulse, respiration rate could help future personalized telehealth appointments
A University of Washington-led team has developed a method that uses the camera on a person’s smartphone or computer to take their pulse and respiration signal from a real-time video of their face.