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Xu Chen

Thu, 07/06/2023 | National Academy of Engineering

Xu Chen to participate in NAE symposium

The ME professor is among the engineers selected by the National Academy of Engineering to take part in The Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering 2023 Symposium.

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Thu, 07/06/2023 | UW Medicine

Florida students visit UW researchers

The high school students visited Seattle recently to learn from researchers, including ME associate professor Michael Bailey.

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Thu, 07/06/2023 | Kiro 7

OceanGate safety concerns

ME Assistant Professor Aniruddh Vashisth shared his materials expertise with KIRO News.

Group of students and faculty at the 2023 graduation ceremony standing in front of a building

Fri, 06/16/2023

Congratulations to our 2023 graduates

The 2023 ME graduation celebration included speakers and student awards.

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Tue, 06/06/2023 | UW Industrial & Systems Engineering

Students design failure-prevention system

For their 2023 capstone project, ME and ISE students conducted a comprehensive assessment of Seagen's critical systems.

Robotic grasper holding an Amazon mailer

Mon, 06/05/2023

Robotics for manufacturing

ME researchers are exploring how robotics and AI can help improve manufacturing workers’ safety, standardize processes and more.

Group of students holding two big check awards

Wed, 05/31/2023

ME wins big at 2023 Dempsey Startup Competition

AMOR received the $15,000 second-place award and Simpl-E-Vac received the $10,000 third-place prize.

Elijah Kuska

Tue, 05/30/2023

Making an impact through research and teaching

Ph.D. candidate and instructor Elijah Kuska is advancing biomechanics research while meeting students where they are.

The twisted nanostructures are fracturing under the weight of a small load

Mon, 05/22/2023

A tiny break into toughness

ME researchers turn to nature to investigate how nanomaterials and nanostructure makes materials more resistant to breaking.

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Fri, 05/19/2023

Meet new faculty

Join us in welcoming Joe Powers, Feini (Sylvia) Qu, Jenny Robinson and Shijing Sun as new faculty to the ME department this school year.