News

Wed, 01/04/2023 | UW Mechanical Engineering
An empowering education
Ph.D. student Malia Steward shares her journey to researching renewable energy and how she’s working to improve solar cell efficiency.

Tue, 01/03/2023
Accelerating a quantum future
Learn how College of Engineering and College of Arts & Sciences researchers are helping to establish the UW as a global leader of the coming quantum age.

Wed, 12/28/2022 | UW Aeronautics and Astronautics
Design Build Fly charts a new course
The student organization has transformed itself into a team that is creating capacity to build winning planes in the years to come.

Tue, 12/27/2022 | UW Magazine
EcoCAR competition highlights UW’s ingenuity and compassion
A group of UW students, including ME students, built a car that made it to the finals of the EcoCAR Mobility Challenge last spring.

Tue, 12/27/2022 | Allen School News
Family matters
For the Winston siblings, the intersection of software engineering and neuroscience research is relatively inspiring at the UW.

Thu, 12/22/2022 | UW School of Public Health
Engineering and public health equity
Alumna Maggie Ramirez, '09, shares how industrial and systems engineering inspired her journey to become an assistant professor in the UW's School of Public Health.

Tue, 12/20/2022 | UW Human Centered Design & Engineering
Improving trust in COVID vaccines
UW researchers are working with the public to design research summaries that improve awareness and trust in COVID vaccine safety research.

Thu, 12/15/2022 | UW Civil and Environmental Engineering
Northwestern Tribal Transportation Center
A new center will be headquartered in CEE to support tribal communities in the Pacific Northwest with a variety of technical transportation needs.

Tue, 12/13/2022 | UW Magazine
Genius at work
The MacArthur Foundation honors Allen School Professor Yejin Choi, who teaches human language to computers.

Mon, 12/12/2022
Preparing tomorrow’s clean energy leaders
A multi-disciplinary course is training students across the scales of clean energy — from materials and devices to storage and power grid integration.

Fri, 12/09/2022 | UW Mechanical Engineering
STEM opportunities in prison settings
ME undergrad Raymond Haug shares his experiences with STEM outreach for people impacted by incarceration.

Wed, 12/07/2022 | UW News
Alzheimer's advancements
According to a recent study, a new blood test developed by UW researchers can detect a ‘toxic’ protein years before Alzheimer’s symptoms emerge.

Thu, 12/01/2022 | UW Civil & Environmental Engineering
Bridging the gap
A new study predicts less damage than previously expected to bridges in Western Washington following a M9 earthquake.

Tue, 11/29/2022 | UW News
Highly cited researchers
Congrats to the UW Engineering faculty and researchers who've been named to Clarivate's Highly Cited Researchers list for 2022.

Wed, 11/23/2022 | UW Mechanical Engineering
Engineering undergrad competes on 'College Bowl'
Mechanical engineering student Shruthika Kandukuri shares her recent experiences on the television game show.

Tue, 11/22/2022 | UW News
Privacy and 3D real estate tours
Allen School researchers find privacy risks with 3D tours on real estate websites.

Thu, 11/17/2022 | UW Mechanical Engineering
Accelerating 3D imaging
Researchers in the Molecular Biophotonics Laboratory are scaling up cancer research and microscopy technologies to include collaborations with other universities.

Tue, 11/15/2022 | Allen School News
Making "magical concepts" real
Allen School Professor Huijia (Rachel) Lin has been named one of Science News’ 10 Scientists to Watch for her exploration of “magical concepts” in cryptography – seeming paradoxes that turn out to be possible.

Thu, 11/10/2022 | UW Chemical Engineering
Introducing CSSAS 2.0
The Center for the Science of Synthesis Across Scales (CSSAS), which focuses on bio-inspired materials synthesis, enters new phase of research.

Tue, 11/08/2022 | UW Electrical & Computer Engineering
Bringing fusion power to the grid
Originating from UW research, Zap Energy is on its way to making sustainable energy from nuclear fusion a practical reality.

Mon, 11/07/2022
Healthy people, healthy planetLearn how the UW Engineering community is transforming research into actions that improve and save lives across the country — and around the world.

Thu, 11/03/2022 | UW Mechanical Engineering
Advancing sensor technology
Mechanical engineering researchers are developing sensors that recognize body and eye movement, which could improve people’s ability to interact with technology.

Tue, 11/01/2022 | UW News
Making hearing screening accessible
A UW-led research team has created a new hearing screening system that uses a smartphone and earbuds.

Mon, 10/31/2022 | UW School of Public Health
How engineering inspired Maggie Ramirez to research public health equity
Spotlight on Maggie Ramirez, William L. Dowling Endowed Professor in Health Administration

Fri, 10/28/2022 | UW News
The perfect fit for a prosthetic leg
BioE Professor Joan Sanders' team is creating a new type of prosthetic leg: one that automatically adjusts its fit throughout the day.