A team of CEE researchers is working to improve wastewater treatment systems at refugee camps, which are typically constructed quickly to accommodate people displaced by natural and human-made disasters.

For over 15 years, ME has partnered with the Seattle VA’s Center for Limb Loss Prevention & Prosthetic Engineering, providing hands-on research opportunities for students and helping propel UW biomechanics research.

The Post-Disaster Rapid Response Research Facility builds on Joe Wartman’s post-disaster data collection expertise, including leading data collection following the 2014 Oso landslide, the deadliest in U.S. history.

An alumnus who aligned his passions for diving and oceanography with mechanical engineering, Glenn Piper, '80, spoke with ME about the value of hands-on learning.

From the Ability & Innovation Lab to the Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering, the College of Engineering is innovating novel devices to help people of all abilities live out their dreams.

In low-resource settings, lack of access to anesthesia can prevent life-saving surgery. Engineering students are working to create an affordable, portable anesthesia delivery device that could make surgeries possible and reduce unnecessary deaths.