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Collage of people working in different engineering research activities

Mon, 10/16/2023

Showcasing student research

Four engineering undergraduate students share their summer research experiences.

Researchers at the University of Washington have now created MilliMobile, a tiny, self-driving robot powered only by surrounding light or radio waves. It’s about the size of a penny and can run indefinitely on harvested energy.

Thu, 10/12/2023 | UW NEWS

Meet MilliMobile

Developed by UW researchers, the tiny, self-driving robot is powered by light and radio waves.

Karen Thomas-Brown

Tue, 10/10/2023 | UW College of Engineering

Spotlight on inclusive excellence

Karen Thomas-Brown, the College of Engineering’s associate dean of diversity, equity and inclusion, shares what the College’s Office of Inclusive Excellence has been up to in its first two years.

colorful cell colonies

Thu, 10/05/2023 | UW Materials Science and Engineering

Scaffolds for stem cell growth

Chitosan, a material found in the outer skeletons for shellfish, may help increase the supply of clinical-grade stem cells used in regenerative medicine.

Seven robotic microphones sit in their charging station

Tue, 10/03/2023 | UW News

Smart speakers that change shape

A UW-led team has developed a shape-changing smart speaker, which uses self-deploying microphones to create speech zones and track the positions of individual speakers.

Woman working in a lab wearing purple gloves and goggles

Thu, 09/28/2023 | UW Chemical Engineering

Illuminating new depths of biomedical treatment

By using colored light, UW researchers can now manipulate biomaterials deeper inside native tissue than ever before.

Yejin Choi headshot

Tue, 09/26/2023 | UW News

Yejin Choi named to TIME100 AI list

The Allen School professor is one of two UW professors on the list, which highlights individuals who are advancing conversations about how AI is reshaping the world.

Professor Akshay Gadre wearing an AR/VR headset, holding controllers, while sitting in front of a computer screen showing a blueprint map of the UW campus

Fri, 09/22/2023 | UW Electrical & Computer Engineering

Emerging wireless technologies

Akshay Gadre, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, is developing long-range wireless networks for earth, space and underwater.

A hand holding tweezers that are holding a yellow square with circuits on it

Tue, 09/19/2023 | UW News

Using origami to shapeshift mid-air

Developed by UW researchers, small battery-free robots can change how they move through the air by “snapping” into a folded position during their descent.

The sun shines through trees in a forest and there is a light dusting of snow on the ground

Thu, 09/14/2023 | UW News

Predicting snowpack

Fall snow levels can predict a season’s total snowpack in some western states, giving scientists a better idea of how much water will be available later in the year.

Researcher wearing gloves working in lab

Wed, 09/13/2023 | UW Chemical Engineering

Illuminating new depths of biomedical treatments

By using colored light, UW researchers can now manipulate biomaterials deeper inside native tissue than ever before.

Scanning electron microscopy of implant nanoscale channels controlling drug release, B) Design of long-acting implant for 2-year uninterrupted anti-HIV and contraceptive drug delivery showing size relative to a penny; (C) Drugamer formulation of the two drugs to stabilize the compounds for over 2 years and to control their release rate and duration together with the nanoscale channels and membranes.

Tue, 09/12/2023 | UW Bioengineering

Researchers are developing an implantable device that could prevent pregnancy and HIV for two years

Researchers at the University of Washington and Houston Methodist Hospital Research Institute are collaborating to develop a new type of product called multipurpose prevention technologies (MPTs). 

Illustration of hands holding a phone in front of a bus

Mon, 09/11/2023 | UW Magazine

Happiness is just "One Bus Away"

Two UW graduate students—one in computer science and one in civil engineering—seeking a better transit experience invented an app that is used by millions across the U.S.

Two students work on their Rube-Goldberg inspired machine

Mon, 09/11/2023

From camp to college

Bringing STEM education to a rural community helps youth get college-ready.

Ruikang Wang headshot in a lab

Fri, 09/08/2023 | UW Medicine

UW Medicine Inventor of the Year

Congrats to Ruikang Wang, professor of bioengineering and ophthalmology, on being named the 2023 UW Medicine Inventor of the Year.

Alumna Amy Leland standing on the former Snohomish River bridge

Wed, 09/06/2023 | UW Civil & Environmental Engineering

Building bridges

State Bridge Design Engineer and UW Engineering alumna Amy Leland oversees 3,000+ bridges across the state. She's also the first woman to hold the position.

LoCoBot robot on a beige and purple background

Fri, 09/01/2023 | UW Mechanical Engineering

Human-inspired robotic perception

Mechanical engineering Ph.D. candidate Ekta Samani’s research aims to improve visual perception in autonomous robots.

Microscopic image of human cells colored in varying shades of blue and red, with bright red stain signifying cancerous cells.

Tue, 08/29/2023 | Allen School News

Distinctions with a difference

Allen School researchers unveil ContrastiveVI, a deep generative model for gleaning additional insights from single-cell datasets.

EWB members Alex Arevalo-Perez, Shoaib Laghari, and Kyra Dugan (left to right) stand in front of a trench they helped dig for electrical cables

Mon, 08/28/2023

International impact

In a Nicaraguan community, Engineers Without Borders students improve infrastructure.

A biochemistry lab bench with pipettes and bottles of liquid. A microcentrifuge and a Bunsen burner sit to the right

Fri, 08/25/2023 | UW News

A roadmap to diversify faculty hiring

A team of biomedical researchers, including two UW bioengineers, has developed a new method for hiring engineering professors and increasing diversity in faculty hiring.

A close-up view of the camera "bump" on the back of an iPhone

Wed, 08/23/2023 | UW Electrical & Computer Engineering

Reimagining optics for smartphones

UW researchers are part of an international team that has developed an innovative miniature camera, which uses a hybrid optical system over 100 times smaller than its commercial counterpart.

Fatma Inanici, MD, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the Moritz lab, preparing to apply electrodes for electrical spinal stimulation to study participant Jessie Owen.

Mon, 08/21/2023 | UW Medicine

New treatment for spinal cord injury

UW researchers find that electrical stimulation of the spinal cord leads to major gains in movement.

Xu Chen headshot

Thu, 08/17/2023

Xu Chen to serve as BARC director

The mechanical engineering associate professor will begin his appointment as the director of the Boeing Advanced Research Collaboration (BARC) in September.

Red and green fluorescence microscopy images of biofilm solubility and bacteria

Tue, 08/15/2023 | UW Bioengineering

Targeting biofilms to fight pathogens

To battle deadly pathogens, bioengineering researchers are focusing on the protective biofilms that can make certain bacteria resistant to drugs.

Illustration of computer chip sending out a scanning laser to detect a car far in the distance

Thu, 08/10/2023 | UW Electrical & Computer Engineering

New eyes for self-driving cars

A UW research team has developed a new type of LiDAR technology that helps autonomous vehicles “see” distant objects.