College of Engineering
Washington Engineer

January 2024

 
Closeup of a microchip on a circuit board
 

Chips, science and engineering

 

Dean Nancy Allbritton explains what the CHIPS and Science Act means for the College of Engineering, the UW and the state of Washington in our latest Q&A.

 
 
 
UW ECE graduate students Yi-Hsiang Huang (left) and Xichen Li (right) working on a microchip in a lab
 

A new chip for wireless communication

 

A UW research team has designed a computer chip that can send and receive large amounts of data at high speeds while minimizing signal distortion.

 
 
 
 
NEWS & RESEARCH
 
 
Headshot of Tadayoshi Kohno
 
Tadayoshi Kohno named Associate Dean for Faculty Success
 

The Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering professor began his appointment earlier this month.

 
 
 
Sixteen images of people generated by AI image generator Stable Diffusion
 
AI imaging software and stereotypes
 
A UW study has found that AI image generator Stable Diffusion perpetuates racial and gendered stereotypes.
 
 
 
Headshot of Suzie H. Pun
 
Q&A with MolES Director Suzie Pun
 
The bioengineering professor became Molecular Engineering & Sciences Institute (MolES)'s director last summer.
 
 
 
 
 
 
A circuit board with persony wires
 
A new chip for quantum technology
 
UW researchers have demonstrated a new kind of silicon photonic chip that could work as a solid foundation for building a quantum simulator.
 
 
 
3D-printed black spiderweb set up in an octagonal steel frame for testing
 
Engineering ‘spidey senses’
 
Spiders can inform how we engineer sensing structures without sensors.
 
 
 
World map with different colored sections representing whale locations
 
Tracking whales
 
WhaleVis turns more than a century of whaling data into an interactive map.
 
 
 

RESEARCH & AWARDS

Jun Liu elected to the National Academy of Inventors
The professor of materials science and engineering and chemical engineering was named as a Class of 2023 fellow.

Advancing clean manufacturing research
Mechanical engineering researchers receive U.S. Department of Energy funding to improve the manufacturing of composites and electric vehicle batteries.

Arka Majumdar named 2024 Optica Fellow
The associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and physics received the award for achievements in optics.

AI for noise-canceling headphones
A UW-led team has developed deep-learning algorithms that let users pick which sounds filter through their headphones in real time.

Justin Little receives DARPA Young Faculty Award
The assistant professor of aeronautics and astronautics received the award for research on extracting power from solar winds on the lunar surface.

Unraveling the mysteries of malaria
UW bioengineering researchers led a breakthrough study in 3D brain microvessel models.

Kannan Krishnan honored with TMS Educator Award
The materials science and engineering professor received the award from the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS).

Improving accessibility with augmented reality
Allen School researchers Xia Su and Jae Lee discuss three apps they're developing that use augmented reality technology to improve accessibility.

Building community resilience
Industrial and systems engineering chair Cynthia Chen will lead an interdisciplinary NSF-funded effort to transform disaster response.

Patrick Boyle honored with CMBE Young Innovator Award
The assistant professor of bioengineering received the award from the journal Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering (CMBE).

Ed Kolodziej named a National Champion
The civil and environmental engineering professor was honored by the Frontiers Research Foundation for research breakthroughs in global sustainability science.

Highly cited researchers
Engineering researchers were among the 40+ UW experts named to Clarivate's 2023 Highly Cited Researchers list.

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