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Aerial view of landslide

Thu, 08/06/2026 | UW News

Mapping U.S. landslide exposure

Developed by UW researchers, the Landslide Exposure Database rates 128 million U.S. buildings for landslide susceptibility and layers in socioeconomic data to highlight vulnerability.

June Lukuyu

Tue, 06/30/2026 | UW Electrical & Computer Engineering

AI for power systems planning

Assistant Professor June Lukuyu is part of a research team developing machine learning datasets to improve power systems planning in the Global South.

The microchips inside a smartphone

Tue, 06/23/2026 | UW News

Estimating electronic devices' carbon footprints

UW researchers have developed an AI system that automatically estimates the environmental impacts of making different electronic devices.

Snowy mountains with two signs in foreground.

Thu, 04/09/2026 | UW News

Pacific Northwest avalanche risk

Warming temperatures in the Pacific Northwest are likely to complicate avalanche forecasting in the coming years, according to a new UW study.

Eliane Nirere wearing a hardhat and standing between two solar panels outdoors

Tue, 03/31/2026 | UW Electrical & Computer Engineering

Bringing electricity to African communities

Electrical and computer engineering graduate student Eliane Nirere is helping to bring electricity to remote African communities.

An aerial photo of a snowy forest with a mountain range in the background. In the foreground, several small figures stand next to a pickup truck.

Thu, 03/26/2026 | UW News

Snowpack, wildfires and forest thinning

Researchers at the UW and The Nature Conservancy show that selective forest thinning in the eastern Cascades supports both snowpack and wildfire resilience.

New marine energy tech is put to the test at Harris Hydraulics Lab

Thu, 03/19/2026 | UW News

Marine energy tests

New marine energy technologies are put to the test at Harris Hydraulics Lab.

Rocky Mountain landscape near Crested Butte, Colorado.

Wed, 12/03/2025 | UW Civil & Environmental Engineering

From field to film, measuring “missing snow”

UW hydrology team quantifies snow lost to the air and shows the work behind the numbers in a short film.

A woman in a blue lab coat and safety goggles holds an instrument to load a sample into a reactor in the lab

Tue, 11/04/2025 | UW Chemical Engineering

Advancing water treatment

Chemical Engineering graduate student Joelle Scott is exploring new methods to remove toxic forever chemicals and other contaminants from wastewater.

Fabricating battery electrodes using a slot-die coater

Fri, 08/29/2025 | UW Clean Energy Institute

Charging up to build batteries

Big Bend Community College students explore battery fabrication at the Washington Clean Energy Testbeds.