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Tue, 06/20/2023
A formal education
Across the College of Engineering, dances grow in popularity and number post-COVID.
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Thu, 06/15/2023 | UW Electrical & Computer Engineering
Quantum tech for real-world applications
Sara Mouradian, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, is building quantum technologies for computing, communication and sensing.
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Tue, 06/13/2023 | UW News
Washington's clean energy future
Work happening at the UW’s Washington Clean Energy Testbeds is helping to position the university as the epicenter of Washington state's clean energy revolution.
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Mon, 06/12/2023 | Micron
UW College of Engineering joins Northwest University Semiconductor Network
The network, established by Micron Technology, will drive foundational and emerging research to increase students’ opportunities for experiential learning across the semiconductor ecosystem, with equitable access for underrepresented students, including those in rural and tribal communities.
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Thu, 06/08/2023 | UW News
Have a favorite food memory?
Human centered design and engineering doctoral student Danli Luo has developed a technology that may help take you back.
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Tue, 06/06/2023 | UW Civil & Environmental Engineering
Fighting fatalities with facts
UW researchers are working with the community on a data-driven approach to improve traffic safety and save lives at Yakama Nation’s deadliest intersection.
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Thu, 06/01/2023 | UW Foster School of Business
Startup competition success
Congrats to the engineering and computer science student teams that took home first, second, third and more prizes at the 2023 Dempsey Startup Competition!
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Tue, 05/30/2023 | UW Electrical & Computer Engineering
Using AI to defend against cyberthreats
Radha Poovendran, professor of electrical and computer engineering, will be the UW lead for an NSF-funded institute developing AI tools for responding to cyberthreats.
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Tue, 05/30/2023 | University of Washington Magazine
A life transformed
Raymond Haug was caught in a cycle of addiction, homelessness and prison. With the help of scholarships, he shifted gears and found a calling in mechanical engineering.
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Fri, 05/26/2023 | Allen School News
Setting the table for a brighter future
With help from robots, Allen School researchers are making social dining more accessible.
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Wed, 05/24/2023 | UW Civil & Environmental Engineering
Excellence in global engagement
Faisal Hossein, professor of civil and environmental engineering, is named the inaugural recipient of the UW Excellence in Global Engagement Award.
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Mon, 05/22/2023 | UW Aeronautics and Astronautics
Tugs in space
Aeronautics and astronautics researchers tackle the challenge of precision trajectory planning and rendezvous with electric propulsion.
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Tue, 05/16/2023
James Carothers to serve as interim chair of Chemical Engineering
The Dan Evans Career Development Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering will begin his two-year appointment on June 15, 2023.
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Mon, 05/15/2023 | Allen School News
Introducing BioTranslator
Researchers unveil a machine learning model that bridges biological data and text to accelerate biomedical discovery.
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Thu, 05/11/2023 | UW Civil & Environmental Engineering
Timber triumph
Civil and environmental engineering researchers test a sustainable and seismically resilient 10-story mass timber building.
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Tue, 05/09/2023 | UW Mechanical Engineering
To improve robots, look to birds
Mechanical engineering researchers improved a mathematical model describing how birds flock together – which could be applied to build robots that move in similar ways.
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Mon, 05/08/2023
Why quantum matters
UW scientists and engineers share their thoughts on the potential of quantum research and why it’s so important now.
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Fri, 05/05/2023 | UW Aeronautics and Astronautics
Put more muscle into that structure
Inspired by a snake's biology, aeronautics and astronautics researchers add soft actuation to rigid structures for key aerospace benefits.
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Tue, 05/02/2023 | Allen School News
From Seattle to São Paulo
The Taskar Center for Accessible Technology is mapping the world, and improving accessibility, one sidewalk at a time.
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Fri, 04/28/2023 | UW News
New York Climate Exchange
The UW is a core member of newly announced New York Climate Exchange, a first-of-its kind international center for developing solutions to our global climate crisis.
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Wed, 04/26/2023 | UW Bioengineering
Watching traffic jams on the genomic highway
UW and UW Medicine researchers have developed a new method for measuring the speed of enzymes on different regions of the genome inside living cells.
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Mon, 04/24/2023 | UW News
Studying marine microplastics
Learn how two researchers — including Michelle DiBenedetto, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering — are investigating marine microplastics.
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Thu, 04/20/2023 | UW Electrical & Computer Engineering
Listening to the ocean
Doctoral student John Ragland is finding ways to improve techniques for listening to ambient noise in the ocean — and helping to measure the impact of climate change.
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Mon, 04/17/2023 | UW Medicine
Adapting smartphones for blood-sugar screening
UW and UW Medicine researchers modified a commercially available test strip into a prototype that enables people to self-test for prediabetes.
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Thu, 04/13/2023 | UW News
Investing in science at the UW
National and local leaders convene at the UW to discuss the CHIPS and Science Act.