Mon, 06/05/2023

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

Wed, 05/31/2023

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

Tue, 05/30/2023

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

Mon, 05/22/2023

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

Fri, 05/19/2023

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

Fri, 04/28/2023 | UW Husky 100

Aditya Sanjay Thakur is included in the Husky 100, which recognizes students who are making the most of their time at the UW.

Thu, 04/20/2023 | UW Engineering Innovation in Health

The inSTENT Connection team, which includes ME student Clara Black and ME Research Professor Eric Seibel, won first-place in the 2022 Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge.

Thu, 04/20/2023 | UW News

Learn how two UW researchers, including ME Assistant Professor Michelle DiBenedetto, are investigating the issue of marine microplastics.

Mon, 04/10/2023

ME researchers improved a mathematical model describing how birds flock together – which could be applied to build robots that move in the same way. 

Fri, 04/07/2023 | UW Foster School of Business

PurePlast, a team including ME students, won second-place in the competition.

Tue, 03/28/2023

The ME alum reflects on his time at the UW, his career and his role on the department’s Executive Advisory Board.

Mon, 03/27/2023 | Forbes

Dayong Gao, the ORIGINCELL Endowed Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, as well as alumni Shen Ren and Zhiquan (Andy) Shu, are interviewed about their research.

Mon, 03/27/2023

The International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER) addresses issues for biobanks and biorepositories.

Tue, 03/21/2023 | UW Engineered Living Systems

Assistant Professor Ayokunle Olánrewájú is a collaborator in an NSF-funded project that will combine engineered microorganisms with 3D printing to create materials for sustainable built environments.

Mon, 03/20/2023

Ph.D. student Shawn Swanson recently led a clinical trial for ThermoTape, a medical adhesive that becomes less sticky when time for removal.

Mon, 03/13/2023

ME researchers found a solution to mitigating the noise caused by the SR 520 floating bridge’s expansion joints.

Fri, 03/10/2023 | University of Washington Magazine

After addiction and prison, Raymond Haug transformed his life and found a calling in mechanical engineering.

Thu, 03/09/2023

The ME assistant professor received the award to support her research about the fluid dynamics of microplastics at the ocean surface.

Wed, 03/08/2023 | UW ECE News

An EIH project that involved ME students and faculty engineered a low-cost, accessible and highly accurate IV fluid monitor.

Wed, 03/08/2023 | UW Foster Blog

Learn about the winning student teams, including second-place ME team AMOR (Advanced Multi-Organ Regeneration).

Wed, 03/08/2023 | GeekWire

A GeekWire story about the 2023 Hollomon Health Innovation Competition mentions winning teams with ME students.

Fri, 03/03/2023 | UW Foster School of Business

At the UW's 2023 Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge, finalist teams that competed included 8 teams with ME students.

Tue, 02/21/2023

Assistant Professor Jenny Robinson builds tissue models to better understand how cells respond to changing environments.

Mon, 02/13/2023

Graduate students share their research interests and their experience taking ME’s new course “Entering Research.”

Tue, 01/31/2023 | UW Institute for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine

Meet Jenny Robinson, Ph.D., new assistant professor of Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and Mechanical Engineering.