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A smartphone with the Chapt GPT app in a person's hand

Tue, 07/02/2024 | UW News

Bias and ChatGPT

UW researchers found that ChatGPT is biased against resumes with credentials that imply a disability — but it can improve.

González-Montijo standing behind submerged turbine

Mon, 07/01/2024 | UW Stories of Impact

Energized for change

After living through the devastation of hurricanes in Puerto Rico, grad student Miguel González-Montijo is working on clean energy innovations for the future.

Design Build Fly’s team victory image after placing 3rd in their competition.

Fri, 06/28/2024 | UW Aeronautics and Astronautics

Design Build Fly team places 3rd

UW's Design Build Fly team placed third at the 2024 AIAA competition in Wichita, KS. It's the team's best finish to date.

Team members run stress tests in preparation for the 2022 SAMPE Conference & Exhibition

Wed, 06/26/2024

Pushing learning to the breaking point

 Members of the UW Society for Advancement of Material and Process Engineering gain hands-on experience designing, building — and even breaking — materials.

Outdoor campus image of cherry blossoms and a campus fountain

Mon, 06/24/2024 | UW News

US News's Best Graduate Engineering Programs

In U.S. News & Report's recently updated rankings, the College of Engineering ranks No. 21 overall and nine engineering subdisciplines rank in the top 35.

A researcher uses RAPID monitoring technology to collect data in the aftermath of Washington’s Bolt Creek wildfire in 2022. Photo courtesy of RAPID center.

Thu, 06/20/2024 | UW Civil & Environmental Engineering

Enhancing disaster response & public health research

 The Natural Hazard and Disaster Reconnaissance Facility (RAPID) has received an NIH grant to enhance research on the intersection of engineering and public health.

Jon Schlueter plays guitar in the lab of UW Medicine professor Chet Moritz.

Mon, 06/17/2024 | UW Medicine

Restoring hand function

UW engineering and medicine researchers are leading groundbreaking research enabling some people with paralysis to regain hand strength and function via electrical stimulation to the spine.

A group of people posing to the camera on a red semi-truck in a workshop.

Fri, 06/14/2024 | UW Mechanical Engineering

An electrifying experience

New this year, the student club Electric Truck (E-Truck) is converting a medium-duty diesel truck into a battery electric vehicle.

Colorful Post-it notes arranged on a whiteboard to visualize a workflow process.

Tue, 06/11/2024 | UW Human Centered Design & Engineering

Designing for 21st century challenges

Microsoft support drives human centered design and engineering innovation in design education.

A person sits in the middle of grassland with a laptop. There are trees surrounding the researcher.

Fri, 06/07/2024 | UW News

In the field

Civil and environmental engineering doctoral student Joel Eklof is in Alaska studying factors that lead to permafrost thaw and educating foster care youth.