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A row of green chairs in a waiting room

Thu, 11/18/2021 | UW News

Chatbots for health

A UW-led team developed a chatbot that could ask emergency department visitors about social needs, including housing, food, access to medical care and physical safety.

Collage of people's faces

Mon, 11/15/2021 | UW Electrical & Computer Engineering

Highly cited research

What causes a research publication to become highly cited and stand the test of time? ECE faculty shed light on this intriguing question.

Mishaal Aleem, Dustin Richmond and Kate Schultz

Mon, 11/15/2021

Promoting equity in engineering

Three alumni reflect on the impact that the College of Engineering’s PEERs program has had on their work as engineers and computer scientists.
 

Political ads and the election - examples

Tue, 11/09/2021 | UW News

Political ads and the election

UW researchers find that political ads during the 2020 presidential election cycle collected personal information and spread misleading information.

Robert Masse

Fri, 11/05/2021 | Clean Energy Institute

Elevating battery standards for the skies

Founded by MSE doctoral student Robert Masse, Astrolabe Analytics wins a small business innovation research grant from the U.S. Air Force to accelerate battery innovation for electric aviation.

headshot of Princess Imoukhuede

Tue, 11/02/2021 | UW Medicine Newsroom

Princess Imoukhuede announced as chair of Bioengineering

The incoming Hunter and Dorothy Simpson Endowed Chair and Professor of the Department of Bioengineering will join the UW in January from the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis.

team photo

Mon, 11/01/2021 | UW News

Designing an ‘adaptable society’

A UW-led team has received NSF funding to further research into how urban societal systems can be organized to be both efficient and resilient.

a plane being assembled in a factory with two insets of PIXI-DUST graphs in the top right corner

Wed, 10/27/2021 | UW Mechanical Engineering

Putting the ‘AI’ in airplanes

Machine learning presents tremendous opportunities to improve how we build airplanes. ME Assistant Professor Krithika Manohar is just getting started.

Karen Thomas-Brown

Mon, 10/25/2021

Meet Karen Thomas-Brown

The College’s new Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion shares what drew her to the role and offers advice on what we all can do to support DEI efforts.
 

A video still frame that shows a student testing a rover

Wed, 10/20/2021 | UW News

Students design a rover to help fish

As part of an industry capstone project, engineering students created a rover to inspect sewer pipes and culverts for damage that may prevent fish migration.

High altitude view of Earth at night

Wed, 10/20/2021 | UW Aeronautics and Astronautics

WA Space Grant moves to A&A

The renowned NASA program's relocation to A&A will help strengthen hands-on student learning.

Azadeh Yazdan headshot

Wed, 10/20/2021 | UW Electrical & Computer Engineering

Azadeh Yazdan receives $3.2M grant to investigate ways neurotechnology could induce targeted changes in the brain, leading to better treatments for stroke

UW ECE News Stroke is a killer, and for those who survive, it can have a devastating impact. According to the World Stroke Organization, the disease is a leading cause of death and disability globally, causing an estimated 5.5 million deaths and 116 million years of healthy life to be lost…

Arka Majumdar (left) and Karl Böhringer (right)

Wed, 10/20/2021 | UW NanoEngineering and Sciences

Small Business awards from DARPA and NASA fuel growth of UW spinout Tunoptix

Tunoptix, a Seattle-based optics startup co-founded by UW electrical and computer engineering professors Karl Böhringer and Arka Majumdar, received a $1,500,000 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award from NASA to advance their meta-optics imaging systems.

NSF Convergence Accelerator. Creating solutions toward national-scale societal impact.

Wed, 10/20/2021 | UW News

Three UW teams awarded NSF Convergence Accelerator grants for misinformation, ocean projects

Three separate University of Washington research teams have been awarded $750,000 each by the National Science Foundation to advance studies in misinformation and the ocean economy.

Cecilia Aragon headshot

Wed, 10/20/2021 | HCDE News

HCDE Professor Cecilia Aragon receives NSF grant to diversify data science through the research and design of ethical games

HCDE Professor Cecilia Aragon has received a new grant from the National Science Foundation aimed at diversifying human-centered data science through the research and design of ethical games. 

UW ECE faculty members Mo Li, Arka Majumdar and Karl Böhringer

Mon, 10/18/2021 | UW Electrical & Computer Engineering

Bringing quantum computing into the real world

An ECE-led multi-institutional research team is developing a miniaturized optical control engine to increase capacity and speed of quantum computers.

A computer rendering of the exterior of the Interdisciplinary Engineering Building

Mon, 10/18/2021

Interdisciplinary Engineering Building update

Design for the new building — which will promote a new level of collaboration and hands-on learning — has included an unprecedented number of student voices to focus on access and inclusivity.

Kimberly Perkins headshot

Thu, 10/14/2021

Piloting toward psychological safety

Pilot Kimberly Perkins is using her doctoral research to prioritize psychological safety within the airline industry.

Bill & Melinda Gates Center Building

Tue, 10/12/2021 | UW News

UW among best in world for computer science and engineering

The UW is among the best universities in the world for the studies of computer science and engineering, according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2022.

Immunostained neuron stem cells

Mon, 10/11/2021 | College of Engineering

Tiny structures, big impact

Miqin Zhang is working to improve cancer treatment with nanoparticles made from the same material found in crustacean shells.

Shyam Gollakota headshot

Thu, 10/07/2021 | UW News

Shyam Gollakota named 2021 Moore Inventor Fellow

The Allen School professor is being recognized for his work on the Internet of Biological Things and the Internet of Bio-Inspired Things.

UW in the evening light

Tue, 10/05/2021

Engineering excellence for the public good

The College of Engineering's strategic plan focuses on four key areas: creating a healthier and more just world through our work; embracing the power of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI); translating innovation into impact; and investing strategically in our future. 

Brian Johnson headshot

Tue, 10/05/2021 | UW ECE News

Remaking the nation’s electrical grid

ECE’s Brian Johnson will co-lead a new national consortium, funded by a $25M award from the U.S. Department of Energy, to better support renewable energy.

Anatomical illustration of human liver in the body

Mon, 10/04/2021 | UW Medicine Newsroom

Study looks at how disease scarring disrupts liver regrowth

New approaches will examine mechanical factors that could be interfering with liver’s usual ability to regenerate itself.

Two women putting together a robot

Fri, 10/01/2021

Social robot seeks to improve teen mental health

The Population Health-funded Project EMAR has created an innovative social robot that offers resources to support the mental health needs of adolescents.