News
Thu, 05/28/2020
CREATE for accessibilityThe new UW CREATE center is led by an interdisciplinary team whose mission is to make technology accessible and to make the world accessible through technology.
Mon, 05/11/2020 | UW Mechanical Engineering
Hearts in space
Mechanical engineering professor Nathan Sniadecki explains the research benefits of organ and tissue chips and why some — like the heart tissue chips developed in his lab — are sent into space.
Tue, 05/05/2020
Two ME students in the 2020 Husky 100
ME Seattle students Alyssa Spomer and Behnoosh Parsa are among the 100 University of Washington students named to the 2020 Husky 100 cohort, an honor given to just 100 students across all UW's degree programs and 3 campuses annually.
Wed, 04/29/2020 | UW News
Solar researchers across country join forces with industry to boost U.S. solar manufacturingA new coalition called the U.S. Manufacturing of Advanced Perovskites Consortium, or US-MAP, aims to accelerate the domestic commercialization of perovskite technologies.
Fri, 04/24/2020 | UW Mechanical Engineering
Waste to water
An ME co-founded company addressing chemical cleanup won the 2020 Environmental Innovation Challenge.
Tue, 04/14/2020 | UW News
UW’s 3D printed COVID-19 face shields: From innovation to delivery3D printers across the UW's three campuses were running 24/7 to print face shields for health care workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mon, 04/06/2020 | UW Foster School of Business
ME Team Wins 2020 Environmental Innovation ChallengeAquagga, one of four ME-affiliated teams competing, was named the winner of the $15,000 Grand Prize at the 2020 Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge (EIC).
Tue, 03/10/2020 | UW Medicine
3D beating heart tissue experiment heads to Space StationME professor Nathan Sniadecki and graduate student Ty Higashi are part of a team that's sending beating heart tissue to space to study how microgravity and other physical forces in space exact their effects on heart muscle.
Tue, 03/10/2020
The Women of Fluid MechanicsME graduate student Courtney Otani shares personal stories and practical advice from women in fluid mechanics.
Fri, 03/06/2020 | Foster Blog
Funding Awards Announced for Jones + Foster AcceleratorAeroSpec, led by ME's doctoral candidate Jiayang (Joe) He, will receive up to $25k in funding from the Jones + Foster Accelerator at the UW Foster School of Business.
Thu, 01/23/2020 | Office of Global Affairs
Posner awarded Global Innovation FundCongratulations to Professor Jonathan Posner on being awarded the Global Innovation Fund from the Office of Global Affairs for his cookstove-related BURN injury investigations in Nepal and Ghana (BURNING).
Fri, 01/17/2020 | College of Engineering
ME alumni receive UW Engineering Diamond AwardsCongratulations to ME alumni James Skaggs and Allen Israel for winning the College of Engineering's 2020 Diamond Awards for Distinguished Achievement in Industry and the Dean’s Award, respectively. The 2020 Diamond Awards will be held on Saturday, June 6.
Fri, 12/06/2019 | Society for Experimental Mechanics
Professor Junlan Wang receives the 2020 SEM M.M. Frocht AwardProfessor Junlan Wang receives the 2020 M.M. Frocht Award from the Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM), a prestigious award recognizing outstanding achievement as an educator in the field of experimental mechanics.
Thu, 11/14/2019 | NBC News Learn
Discovering You - Kat Steele
Associate prof Kat Steele and her team's work to help kids move better was featured in an episode of NBC News Learn!
Tue, 10/22/2019 | College of Engineering
Making Medicine AccessibleMedsForAll, an Engineering Innovation in Health project-turned-startup, is developing an affordable alternative to the EpiPen.
Mon, 10/07/2019
Welcome new facultyJoin us in welcoming new faculty to the ME department and congratulating current faculty on recent promotions.
Thu, 10/03/2019 | CoMotion Blog
Seibel spotlighted on CoMotion blogRead about Research Professor Eric Seibel's numerous innovations on CoMotion's blog series, “UW Researcher Spotlight.”
Wed, 09/11/2019 | UW Mechanical Engineering
Corie L. Cobb receives DARPA Young Faculty AwardCorie L. Cobb, Washington Research Foundation Innovation Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Clean Energy, is the recipient of a 2019 Young Faculty Award from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
Thu, 08/29/2019 | SNAME
Emeritus Professor Bruce Adee awarded The Webb MedalEmeritus Professor Bruce Adee was awarded the 2019 SNAME William H. Webb Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Education in Naval Architecture, Marine or Ocean Engineering.
Mon, 08/19/2019 | UW Mechanical Engineering
Research team receives U.S. Army award to explore mobile supercritical water oxidationA UW research team led by ME associate professor Igor Novosselov will advance their work to develop a system that breaks down chemical warfare agents and toxic waste through a new $400,000 Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) from the U.S. Army Research Office (ARO).
Mon, 08/19/2019 | King5 News
UW engineers test tidal energy turbines on Lake WashingtonA team of ME engineers are testing turbines in Lake Washington that are designed to turn tides into usable energy.
Mon, 08/19/2019 | UW News
How ergonomic is your warehouse job? Soon, an app might be able to tell youAshis Banerjee and a team of researchers used machine learning to develop a new system that can monitor factory and warehouse workers for ergonomic issues.
Wed, 08/14/2019 | UW News
Dr. Nancy Allbritton named dean of UW’s College of EngineeringDr. Nancy Allbritton has been named the next Frank & Julie Jungers Dean of the College of Engineering.
Mon, 08/12/2019 | UW Mechanical Engineering
Research impact
Elizabeth Rasmussen is developing a clean, scalable approach to synthesizing advanced materials, setting the stage for innovation in batteries, targeted drug delivery and more.