News
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Wed, 01/24/2024
Advancing clean manufacturing research
ME researchers will work on projects funded by the U.S. Department of Energy that could improve the manufacturing of composites and electric vehicle batteries.
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Mon, 01/22/2024
A healthy collaboration
ME students and faculty partner with UW Medicine to create devices that can treat multi-organ failure and improve catheter safety.
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Tue, 12/19/2023 | UW Institute for Nano-Engineered Systems
Helping students explore nanomaterials
Assistant Professor Lucas Meza and Professor Vipin Kumar co-teach community college students in an intensive summer program.
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Mon, 12/11/2023 | Forbes
ME alum honored in Forbes 30 Under 30 list
Brian Pinkard (ME Ph.D. '20), Aquagga co-founder and CTO, was included in the Forbes 30 Under 30 North America list.
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Mon, 12/11/2023
Monitoring for marine life
A team is testing new methods to assess the potential impacts of tidal turbines on marine mammals.
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Thu, 12/07/2023 | UW Population Health Initiative
Population Health Initiative pilot grant award
Research co-led by Associate Professor Mehmet Kurt will develop machine learning strategies to improve glioblastoma segmentation in the Sub-Saharan Africa patient population.
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Thu, 12/07/2023 | The Washington Post
Newly discovered stem cell offers clues to a cancer mystery
ME and Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Assistant Professor Feini (Sylvia) Qu commented on the recent study.
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Mon, 12/04/2023
EAB engages with industry and alums at Blue Origin, NASA
The ME External Advisory Board visited with alumni and strengthened industry connections at Blue Origin’s Orbital Launch Site and the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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Mon, 11/27/2023 | UW CoMotion
The sticking point
ME Research Professor Eric Seibel’s team completed a successful first clinical trial of ThermoTape. The project has received the prestigious CoMotion-Murdock Trust Commercialization Initiation Award.
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Mon, 11/20/2023 | American Heart Association
Experimental pacemaker converts heartbeat energy to recharge battery
The study involved ME Assistant Professor Mohammad Malakooti, UW Medicine and BioE.
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Mon, 11/13/2023
NSF grant to accelerate the discovery of soft multifunctional composites
The grant was awarded to Assistant Professor Mohammad Malakooti and Assistant Professor Krithika Manohar.
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Mon, 11/06/2023 | UW College of Engineering
Showcasing student research
ME student Sebastian Bustos-Nuno shares his summer research experiences at the UW Clean Energy Institute’s Washington Clean Energy Testbeds, where he was mentored by Ph.D. student Ethan Schwartz.
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Mon, 11/06/2023
Spotlighting veterans in the ME community
Two alums with service experience share ME’s role in their career journeys.
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Mon, 10/16/2023 | The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Taking the noise out of expansion
ME researchers designed, tested and recommended strategies that successfully reduced the noise caused by floating bridge expansion joints.
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Mon, 10/16/2023 | University of Washington
Achieving liftoff
ME graduate Raymond Haug was caught in a cycle of addiction, homelessness and prison before he transformed his life and found a calling.
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Tue, 10/10/2023 | GeekWire
Origami controls descent of robotic microfliers
UW researchers, including from ME, developed small robotic devices that can change how they move through the air during their descent.
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Fri, 10/06/2023
Student named DOE computational science fellow
Ph.D. student Juampablo Heras Rivera will use fluid dynamics and machine learning to study brain disorders.
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Thu, 10/05/2023
DOE grants advance clean manufacturing research
The U.S. Department of Energy recently funded two projects led by and involving ME researchers.
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Mon, 10/02/2023 | The Electrochemical Society
ME student wins electrochemistry award
Ph.D. candidate Chih-Hsuan (Doris) Hung received the 2023 Pacific Northwest Section Electrochemistry Student Award.
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Mon, 10/02/2023
Discovering a passion for research
Studying electrical flow sparked an ME student’s decision to pursue graduate education.
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Thu, 09/28/2023 | UW Institute for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine
Introducing Feini (Sylvia) Qu
ISCRM faculty member Feini (Sylvia) Qu will explore the cellular and molecular pathways of composite musculoskeletal tissue regeneration, especially the bones and connective tissues that link our limbs and joints.
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Wed, 09/27/2023 | UW College of Engineering
From camp to college
ME senior Itzel Arriaga Hernandez was one of the student assistants at this year's annual STEM summer camp for Chehalis high school students.
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Fri, 09/22/2023 | UW News
Robots use origami to change shape in mid-air
A UW team including ME researchers developed small robotic devices that can change how they move through the air during their descent.
![EWB members Alex Arevalo-Perez, Shoaib Laghari, and Kyra Dugan (left to right) stand in front of a trench they helped dig for electrical cables](https://www.me.washington.edu/sites/me/files/styles/large/public/media/images/2023/09/IMG_8738.jpg?itok=xtOKMcmm)
Mon, 09/11/2023 | UW College of Engineering
International impact
The UW Engineers Without Borders group, which includes ME students, traveled to Nicaragua to improve infrastructure.
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Mon, 09/11/2023
Student club successes
Student clubs with ME members won big at competitions this year.