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The cover of the Messenger: Spring 2024 shows students working on a truck in a workshop. Text reads, 'From clubs to careers, pages 6-7.'

Spring 2024 newsletter

Explore stories in our department newsletter about student and faculty research, alumni career paths and more.

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Faculty positions available

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CORE VALUES

Diversity, equity & inclusion

The ME department  is committed to recruiting, welcoming and supporting a diverse and multi-faceted population of undergraduates, graduate students, faculty and staff.

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COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION

Industry partnerships

We welcome partnerships that augment student educational experiences, propel research innovation and prepare future generations of mechanical engineers.

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HUSKY EXPERIENCE

Clubs & competitions

ME’s nationally-recognized clubs and competitions provide students a chance to apply and develop their engineering skills and network for their future lives and careers. Many students even choose to center some of their degree requirements around these activities.

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Nine members of the club's structures sub-team pose around the truck, which has a bright yellow sign with rules on it.

Husky experience

An electrifying experience

A new student club is in charge of transforming a medium-duty diesel truck into a battery electric vehicle.

Read about the E-Truck

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DEPARTMENT SPOTLIGHT

Shijing Sun

Mechanical Engineering,
Assistant Professor

Shijing Sun's research focuses on the design and engineering of materials and systems for energy harvesting, conversion and storage applications, helping our society transition to a carbon-neutral future. Her lab's approaches are centered on understanding and fostering collaborative intelligence, where scientists' abilities are amplified by artificial intelligence and robotic maneuvers.

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Driven to advance vehicle electrification

UW researchers are leading the next wave of electric vehicle technologies.

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#1 the UW’s ranking for most innovative public university in the U.S. by Reuters in 2019
2x national average female undergraduates
#3 source of UW startups
923 new patents filed
since 2012
14 affiliated research centers
$13M annual research funding