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Washington Engineer

January 2022

Professor Mike Motley writing on the glass walls of a big water tank
 
Making sense of chaos
 
With an elevated risk of a tsunami event in the Pacific Northwest, a UW research team led by Mike Motley works to understand the tumultuous nature of tsunami debris.
 
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Kate Starbird headshot
 
Fostering an informed society
 
When the Center for an Informed Public launched in December 2019 at the UW, no one knew what lay ahead. Director Kate Starbird reflects on the center’s first two years and where it’s headed next.
 
 
 
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Meet Karen Thomas-Brown
 
The College of Engineering’s Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion shares what drew her to the role and offers advice on what we all can do to support DEI efforts.
 
 
 
 
 
 
picture of prototype device to dispense Naloxone in case of overdose
 
Detecting and reversing opioid overdose
 
A UW research team has developed a wearable injector prototype that can safely administer naloxone, a potential antidote to opioid overdoses if administered quickly.
 
 
 
a plane being assembled in a factory with two insets of PIXI-DUST graphs in the top right corner
 
Putting the ‘AI’ in airplanes
 
Machine learning presents tremendous opportunities to improve how we build airplanes. Mechanical Engineering's Krithika Manohar is just getting started.
 
 
 
Immunostained neuron stem cells.
 
Tiny structures, big impact
 
Materials Science & Engineering Professor Miqin Zhang is working to improve cancer treatment with nanoparticles made from the same material found in crustacean shells.
 
 
 
 

Joshua R. Smith elected Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors for innovations in wireless power, communication, sensing and robotics

 
Awards | Paul G. Allen School for Computer Science & Engineering
 
 

A new, non-destructive method that images entire 3D biopsies could improve the diagnosis of prostate cancer aggressiveness

 
Research | UW News
 
 

Princeton and UW researchers shrink a camera sensor to just half a millimeter wide — the size of a coarse grain of salt

 
Research | Electrical & Computer Engineering
 
 

Cecilia Aragon and Sean Munson are named Distinguished Members of the Association for Computing Machinery

 
Awards | Human Centered Design & Engineering
 
 

UW researchers find that political ads during the 2020 presidential election cycle collected personal information and spread misleading information

 
Research | UW News 
 
 

The UW’s Biofabrication Center partners with Agilent Technologies in pursuit of automated, reproducible research

 
Research | Institute for Nano-Engineered Systems
 
 

Despite cleaner air, pollution disparities for people of color remain across the U.S.

 
Research  | UW News
 
 

A new non-invasive imaging method captures deep layers of collagen in 3D and may help detect heart attacks

 
Research | Bioengineering
 
 

UW researchers are developing a dramatically smaller endoscope to image previously inaccessible areas of the heart and brain

 
Research | Institute for Nano-Engineered Systems
 
 

A UW research team receives $3.2M to investigate how neurotechnology may induce targeted changes in the brain

 
Research | Electrical & Computer Engineering
 
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