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Bart Nijssen headshot

Tue, 07/26/2022

Bart Nijssen to serve as chair of Civil & Environmental Engineering

The Allan & Inger Osberg Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering will begin his appointment on Sept. 1.

Howard Hu

Fri, 07/22/2022 | UW Magazine

From ‘Star Wars’ to the stars

NASA is going back to the moon and planning to land humans on Mars, thanks in part to Orion manager and UW Engineering alumnus Howard Hu.

Denise Wilson

Wed, 07/20/2022 | UW News

Sex, Gender and Engineering

ECE professor Denise Wilson’s new book and course on sexual harassment in engineering seek to disrupt culture of silence.

Jim Pfaendtner and Jihui Yang headshots

Fri, 07/15/2022 | UW News

Faculty elected to Washington State Academy of Sciences

Jim Pfaendtner, professor and chair of chemical engineering, and Jihui Yang, materials science and engineering professor and vice dean of the College, are among the seven UW faculty members joining the Academy this year.

Robots book cover

Wed, 07/13/2022

Professor and student author new children’s book

A new kids’ book by Professor Faisal Hossein and graduate student Qishi Zhou highlights how technological breakthroughs predated the internet and were inspired by the natural world.

A person wearing earbuds and looking at their phone, which shows the ClearBuds app on it. App is showing details about the left and right earbuds and has the option to turn on noise suppression.

Mon, 07/11/2022 | UW News

Using deep learning to clear up calls

UW researchers have developed ClearBuds, the first wireless earbuds that enhance the speaker's voice and reduce background noise.

Illustration of a network

Mon, 07/11/2022 | UW Mechanical Engineering

AI for engineering

The AI Institute in Dynamic Systems isn’t quite a year old, but its directors are already laying the groundwork to transform engineering education and, ultimately, the field.

An artistic rendering of a silicon-based switch that manipulates light through the use of phase-change material (dark blue segment) and graphene heater (honeycomb lattice).

Fri, 07/08/2022 | UW NanoES

Next-generation data centers within reach

A UW research team has designed an energy-efficient, silicon-based non-volatile switch that manipulates light and could help advance both information technology and quantum computing.

Group photo of the Sampe team

Wed, 06/29/2022 | UW Materials Science & Engineering

Building bridges

The UW’s Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE) team takes first at this year’s competition.

Cars on a roadway in China

Mon, 06/27/2022 | UW Civil and Environmental Engineering

Air pollution disparities in China

UW researchers have uncovered that people living in China who have a higher socioeconomic status are actually more exposed to outdoor air pollution.