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Thu, 10/22/2020 | UW News
Simple actions can help people survive landslides, UW analysis showsA new study by CEE researchers shows that behavioral changes can save lives.

Wed, 10/21/2020 | Department of Electrical & Computing Engineering
Researchers design an implantable brain chip
ECE associate professors Chris Rudell and Visvesh Sathe have developed an implantable chip that will help neuroscientists deepen understanding of the brain and enable better treatments for a wide range of medical conditions and disorders.

Mon, 10/19/2020
Putting health care in your handsUW faculty and students are developing smartphone apps to improve health and save lives.

Tue, 10/13/2020 | UW Population Health Initiative
Healthy planet, healthy peopleHow can we recover from a health crisis during a climate crisis? Engineering faculty weigh in.

Mon, 10/12/2020 | UW News
Stream anytime: Engineering lecture on contact tracing while respecting privacyThe lecture, now available on Youtube, centered around monitoring COVID-19 infections while respecting privacy featuring Stefano Tessaro, an associate professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science.

Mon, 10/12/2020 | Chemical Engineering
How to build a network of pharmaceutical biofactoriesAdvances in synthetic biology and biomaterials open up exciting prospects for distributed manufacturing of drugs, food products, and other commodities

Thu, 10/08/2020 | UW News
Airdropping sensors from moths: Researchers use flying insects to drop sensors from air, land them safely on the groundUW researchers have created a sensor system that can ride on the back of a moth.

Wed, 10/07/2020 | Department of Materials Science and Engineering
MSE's Xu honored
MSE's Xiaodong Xu has won prestigious honors from the American Physical Society and the Optical Society.

Tue, 10/06/2020 | UW News
All together now: Experiments with twisted 2D materials catch electrons behaving collectivelyIn a paper published in Nature Physics, a team led by MSE researchers reports that carefully constructed stacks of graphene can exhibit highly correlated electron properties.

Mon, 10/05/2020 | University of Washington
A twist of fateEngineering alumna Ayan Hassan’s life was changed by the UW Making Connections program — and then unexpectedly saved by one of the program’s founders.

Fri, 10/02/2020 | College of Engineering
Today’s engineering student experienceUW photographers share some of their favorite examples of engineering education at the UW.

Wed, 09/30/2020 | UW Medicine
The heat is on for building 3D artificial organ tissuesRadiator-like fluid systems adjust the genetic wiring inside human liver cells in preliminary work toward artificial organ-tissue engineering.

Wed, 09/30/2020 | UW News
UW researchers driving around Seattle to track COVID-19 response over timeUW researchers developed a project that scans the streets every few weeks to document how Seattle has reacted to the pandemic and what recovery looks like.

Mon, 09/28/2020 | Aeronautics & Astronautics
Estate gift from Richard Scherrer (‘42) creates new faculty support fundThe Richard Scherrer Endowed Fund for Faculty Support in Aeronautics & Astronautics will help advance teaching, research and leadership in the department.

Mon, 09/28/2020 | UW News
Study tracked misinformation in adsCSE researchers found that both mainstream and misinformation news sites displayed similar levels of problematic ads.