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Cynthia Chen

Wed, 05/18/2022 | College of Engineering

Professor Cynthia Chen named as interim chair of the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering

"Cynthia’s dedication to leadership and service makes her exceptionally qualified to serve as interim chair of ISE."

Joyce Yen

Mon, 05/16/2022 | UW News

Joyce Yen receives Presidential Award for mentoring

ADVANCE Center Director Joyce Yen has been honored with the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring.

Professor Cecilia Aragon standing in front of an airplane

Mon, 05/16/2022 | UW News

Breaking barriers

Professor Cecilia Aragon vanquished fear to become the first Latina pilot on the U.S. Aerobatic Team — and the first Latina full professor in the UW College of Engineering.

Dawn Lehman headshot

Thu, 05/12/2022

Pulitzer Prize-winning collaboration

A Miami Herald media team — which included CEE Professor Dawn Lehman as a key technical contributor — has received the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News Reporting for its investigation into the partial collapse of Champlain Towers South.

Three women rowers on the water

Mon, 05/09/2022 | Department of Bioengineering

Perseverance and discipline

Senior Claire Marion shares her journey as a bioengineering student and a member of the UW Women’s Rowing team.

Abby Simcox photo

Wed, 05/04/2022

ME undergrad competes on ‘Wheel of Fortune’

Abby Simcox represented the UW in March for College Week 2022 on the word puzzle game show.

Shan Liu headshot

Mon, 05/02/2022 | UW Population Health Initiative

Modeling for better health care

ISE Associate Professor Shan Liu leverages modeling to improve health care systems and policies.

Illustration representing the different pathways that can be explored as part of the degree: neural engineering, sustainable energy, quantum computing, data science, photonics and nanotechnology

Thu, 04/28/2022 | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

UW ECE launches new undergraduate degree

Starting autumn 2022, UW ECE will begin offering a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering (BSECE) rather than a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE).

 Aniruddh Vashisth, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering (left); Eleftheria Roumeli, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering (center); and Vikram Iyer, an assistant professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering (right)

Fri, 04/22/2022 | UW News

Making Earth-friendly electronics

Three UW Engineering researchers discuss their innovative methods to design and manufacture sustainable electronics.

A cartoon depiction of the light-induced ferromagnetism that the researchers observed in ultrathin sheets of tungsten diselenide and tungsten disulfide.

Thu, 04/21/2022 | UW News

Laser light magnetism

Researchers report that light from a laser can trigger a form of magnetism in a normally nonmagnetic material, a potential advancement for quantum computing.