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A rendering of this year's ecoDemonstrator plane, a Boeing 737-9 operated by Alaska Airlines.

Tue, 09/07/2021 | UW Aeronautics & Astronautics

Research takes flight

Aeronautics & Astronautics sensing research is aboard the 2021 Boeing ecoDemonstrator, giving students an opportunity to test algorithms and models during flight.

A graphic showing Hurricane Ida superimposed on top of a map

Fri, 09/03/2021 | UW News

New Orleans levee protection

CEE’s Michael Motley explains how the redesigned levee system in New Orleans helped mitigate the impact of Hurricane Ida.

Mosaic kit open showing pattern and materials

Tue, 08/31/2021 | UW Human Centered Design & Engineering

DIY fashion with Novoloom

HCDE students’ brand of ready-to-sew clothing kits empower people to create their own custom clothes.

Woman tosses a crayfish trap into Lake Killarney

Thu, 08/26/2021 | UW Civil & Environmental Engineering

Food for thought

UW researchers find that consuming certain aquatic organisms in arsenic-contaminated urban lakes elevates cancer risk.

 

Le Zhen pruning bonsai

Mon, 08/23/2021 | UW News

Bonsai created at Suzzallo Library

Bioengineering postdoc and bonsai artist Le Zhen has transformed Suzzallo’s junipers into a symbol of peace and inclusiveness.

Two people wearing masks and gloves in a lab. One is sitting at a table piping cell culture onto a small rectangular device connected to a laptop, surrounded by various lab supplies. Second person is standing behind first person observing.

Thu, 08/19/2021 | Allen School News

A “nanopore-tal” into complex biological systems

UW and Microsoft researchers develop “nanopore-tal” enabling cells to talk to computers.

CO2 written on a chalkboard

Mon, 08/16/2021

Developing a new CO2 bioconversion process

What if we could take harmful CO2 emissions and turn them into a cheaper, more efficient and sustainable means of chemical production? A UW team is working on just that.

Dr. Tueng Shen

Mon, 08/16/2021

Leading an innovation partnership

Longstanding partners, the UW College of Engineering and School of Medicine have created a position to expand health innovation. Meet Tueng Shen, the first to serve in this new role.

A crowd of 12 people in masks stand in a group outdoors behind a robot that looks like a mars rover

Tue, 08/10/2021

Congrats to Husky Robotics

The UW Husky Robotics team finished as the top U.S. team in the 2021 Virtual University Rover Challenge. 

HCU illustration

Thu, 08/05/2021 | UW Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Using light to accelerate AI

ECE researchers are developing a computer chip using laser light to accelerate the computing speed and efficiency of AI and machine learning applications while reducing energy consumption.