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ALUMNI CONNECTIONS

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Mentoring students, supporting industry collaboration, and being part of the vision to expand UW ME’s facilities are ways alumni help shape the future of the department.

 

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COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION

Translating ideas into impact

The UW is launching hundreds of companies across a wide range of fields. ME is a leading department at the UW for innovation, commercialization and industry collaboration, making up 14% of all UW startups.
 

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HUSKY EXPERIENCE

 Clubs & competitions

Registered student organizations are a way to work on a hands-on project while gaining key skills in leadership, teamwork and time management. Our students build electric vehicles, adapted toys, race cars, robots, submarines and more.

 

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Biomechanics research

Improving medical imaging

ME Assistant Professor Ashish Manohar shares how mechanical engineers can contribute to improving medical imaging for better health outcomes.

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DEPARTMENT SPOTLIGHT

Feini (Sylvia) Qu

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering 
Allan Treuer-Ted Wagner, MD Endowed Chair in Regenerative Spine Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine

Feini (Sylvia) Qu is an assistant professor in ME and in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine, an adjunct assistant professor of bioengineering, and a core faculty member at UW's Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine. The long-term goal of Qu's lab is to understand the cellular and molecular mechanisms of musculoskeletal tissue regeneration, especially with respect to the bones and connective tissues of limbs and joints, and then leverage this knowledge to regenerate lost or diseased structures.

RELATED STORY

The potential to regenerate limbs

ME researchers are exploring how to regenerate tissue using magnetic microgels to deliver growth factors.

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2x national average female undergraduates
#3 source of UW startups
923 new patents filed
since 2012
14 affiliated research centers
$13M annual research funding
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