College of Engineering
Washington Engineer

July 2022

Illustration of a network
 
AI for engineering
 
The AI Institute in Dynamic Systems at the UW isn’t quite a year old, but its directors are already laying the groundwork to transform engineering education and, ultimately, the field.
 
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Cynthia Chen headshot
 
Cynthia Chen named interim chair of Industrial & Systems Engineering
 
The Civil & Environmental Engineering professor will begin her two-year term in September.
 
 
 
Vikram Iyer, Aniruddh Vashisth, and Eleftheria Roumeli
Q&A: Making Earth-friendly electronics
 
UW researchers Aniruddh Vashisth, Eleftheria Roumeli and Vikram Iyer discuss their innovative methods to design and manufacture sustainable electronics.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dawn Lehman headshot
 
Pulitzer Prize-winning collaboration
 
A Miami Herald media team — which included UW Professor Dawn Lehman as a key technical contributor — received the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Breaking News Reporting for its investigation into the partial collapse of Champlain Towers South.
 
 
 
A cartoon depiction of the light-induced ferromagnetism that the researchers observed in ultrathin sheets of tungsten diselenide and tungsten disulfide.
 
Laser light magnetism
 
Researchers report that light from a laser can trigger a form of magnetism in a normally nonmagnetic material, a potential advancement for quantum computing.
 
 
 
Following Hurricane Dorian, RAPID Operations Engineer Andrew Lyda (right) and researchers from Auburn University survey damage to structures located on the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas.
 
A RAPID transformation
 
UW Civil & Environmental Engineering’s RAPID facility continues to advance data gathering protocols and procedures in the aftermath of natural disasters, thanks to a $6 million NSF renewal grant.
 
 
 
 

UW Electrical & Computer Engineering launches new undergraduate degree program

 
Education | Electrical & Computer Engineering
 
 

Joyce Yen receives Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics & Engineering Mentoring

 
Awards | UW News
 
 

UW researchers use sound waves to advance ‘excitons’, leading toward faster and more energy efficient electronics and optical devices

 
Research | Electrical & Computer Engineering
 
 

Jessica Ray receives NSF CAREER Award to advance water treatment technology

 
Awards | Civil & Environmental Engineering
 
 

Shayan Oveis Gharan named 2022 Simons Investigator

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

Prashanth Rajivan receives NSF CAREER Award for work to better understand cognitive processes related to phishing attacks

 
Awards | Industrial & Systems Engineering
 
 

Azadeh Yazdan earns American Heart Association Career Development Award for stroke treatment

 
Awards | Bioengineering
 
 

Dan Suciu honored with ACM SIGMOD Award for advancing new paradigms in data management

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

Mehmet Kurt receives NSF CAREER Award to research the dynamics of soft, highly damped materials and engage LGBTQ+ communities

 
Awards | Mechanical Engineering
 
 

Researchers investigate if people enter a "dissociative state" when on social media

 
Research | UW News
 
 

Sajjad Moazeni receives NSF CAREER Award for work to develop smarter, energy efficient AI supercomputers

 
Awards | Electrical & Computer Engineering
 
 

Leilani Battle recognized with TCDE Rising Star Award for advancing techniques to explore massive datasets

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

UW researchers work with screen-reader users to design VoxLens, a JavaScript plugin that allows people to interact with visualizations

 
Research | UW News
 
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