News
Tue, 07/12/2016 | GeekWire
How Cleaner Cookstoves are Sparking an Environmental and Societal RevolutionA collaboration between the UW’s Clean Cookstove Lab and Burn Design Lab has resulted in the development of a more fuel-efficient, cleaner burning wood cookstove to be sold in Kenya and Tanzania this fall.
Tue, 07/05/2016 | College of Engineering
A riveting combination: The UW and Boeing advance research together through BARCThe Boeing Advanced Research Center, or BARC, is providing UW students with the opportunity to get real world engineering experience as they work alongside UW professors and industry leaders from Boeing. BARC projects have tackled tricky problems like building and repairing the insides of airplane wings, and this winter, BARC launched a new aircraft engineering class co-taught by UW faculty and Boeing engineers.
Sun, 06/19/2016 | College of Engineering
UW team places second at Formula SAE Lincoln competition
The UW Formula Motorsports team placed second overall at the Formula SAE competition in Lincoln. A mere 0.5 point difference, out of a 1,000 point total, separated UW's score from the first place team.
Tue, 06/14/2016 | College of Engineering
The College of Engineering and Burke Museum partner on a 3-D scan-and-print project of mammoth proportionsThe Burke Museum plans to display a giant Columbian Mammoth in its new building, set to open in 2019; however, only 20% of the mammoth’s bones survive. So museum staff have partnered with College of Engineering students and instructors who are taking advantage of 3-D printing technology to reproduce the rest of the mammoth.
Sun, 06/12/2016 | Department of Mechanical Engineering
ME Class of ’66 grads recognized at 2016 graduationTen alumni were honored with a 50th reunion reception and recognized during this year’s graduation ceremony.
Thu, 06/09/2016 | Ignite Seattle
ME postdoc Charlie Corredor delivers nanotech talk at 2016 Ignite SeattleCorredor was one of 16 people who spoke at this spring’s Ignite Seattle event. The topic of his talk was, “Tiny Particles can Change the World.”
Mon, 06/06/2016 | College of Engineering
Alumna Sally Jewell selected as 2016 UW commencement speaker and ASLD award recipientSally Jewell, U.S. Secretary of the Interior and mechanical engineering alumna, will be the featured speaker at the UW’s Commencement exercises on Saturday, June 11. Jewell was also acknowledged by the UW with the Alumna Summa Laude Dignata award, which is the highest award the UW and the UW Alumni Association can bestow upon a graduate.
Tue, 05/31/2016 | UW Today
Tiny probe could produce big improvements in batteries and fuel cells
ME professor Jiangyu Li and colleagues have developed a tiny probe capable of reading variations in the nanoscale particles that power batteries and fuel cells. The rate at which these particles react determines how fast batteries charge and how much power they can provide. This new probe could improve understanding of electrochemical systems, thus enabling the development of higher performance batteries and fuel cells.
Wed, 04/27/2016 | UW Today
‘Walk-DMC’ aims to improve surgery outcomes for children with cerebral palsyChildren with cerebral palsy may undergo invasive surgeries — lengthening tendons, rotating bones, transferring muscles to new locations — in hopes of improving their ability to walk or move. But not all children see improvement after those operations. Kat Steele, an assistant professor in Mechanical Engineering, has collaborated to develop a new quantitative assessment of motor control in children with cerebral palsy called Walk-DMC, which could help predict which patients are — or are not — likely to benefit from such aggressive treatment.
Mon, 04/18/2016 | College of Engineering
ME faculty and student receive 2016 College of Engineering AwardsKat M. Steele, Eric Seibel, Mark Jankauski are recipients of the 2016 College of Engineering awards! These awards acknowledge the extraordinary efforts of the college’s teaching and research assistants, staff and faculty members. Kat and Eric received the Junior Faculty Award and Faculty Research Award, respectively, and Mark won the Student Teaching Award. All recipients will be honored at a ceremony on Thursday, May 12, 2016 in the HUB.
Mon, 02/01/2016 | KOMO News
UW Hyperloop team impresses billionaire Musk with "hyperloop" safety systemCongratulations to the UW Hyperloop team of University of Washington Mechanical Engineering students who won the award for most innovative safety system at the Hyperloop Transportation Technologies competition!
Fri, 01/29/2016
Professor Nick Boechler receives AFOSR Young Investigator Award!Congratulations to Nicholas Boechler, who received the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Young Investigator Award for his proposal titled “Materials with Designed Nonlinearities: Enabling A New Generation of Stress Wave Transformation.”
Mon, 01/25/2016 | UW Today
New handheld, pen-sized microscope could ID cancer cells in doctor’s offices and operating roomsProfessor Jonathan Liu's lab is developing a handheld, miniature microscope that could allow surgeons to identify cancer cells in the operating room.
Sun, 01/17/2016 | Heraldnet
With new tech, scientists probe what lies beneath the SoundBrian Polagye is a leader of a team of researchers developing two new undersea monitoring systems. Read about their latest work with Snohomish County PUD.
Wed, 04/30/2025 | UW News
Carpentry Compiler helps woodworkers design objects that they can actually makeAssistant professor Jeffrey Lipton is part of a team that created Carpentry Compiler, a digital tool that allows users to design woodworking projects and create optimized fabrication instructions based on the materials and equipment a user has available.