STUDENT CLUB SUCCESSES

The UW department of mechanical engineering is committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and multi-faceted population of undergraduates, graduate students, faculty and staff. View our completed and ongoing priorities in the 2021-2026 strategic plan.

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UW INNOVATES

Innovation & Impact

ME is a leading department at the UW for innovation, commercialization and industry collaboration. As an international epicenter for turning ideas into actions, the University of Washington is launching hundreds of companies across a wide range of fields based on UW research and technology.

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HUSKY EXPERIENCE

Clubs & Competitions

ME’s nationally-recognized clubs and competitions provide students a chance to apply and develop their engineering skills and network for their future lives and careers. Many students even choose to center some of their degree requirements around these activities.

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RESEARCH IN FOCUS

An empowering education

Ph.D. candidate Malia Steward shares her journey to researching renewable energy and how she’s working to improve solar cell efficiency.

DEPARTMENT SPOTLIGHT

Lucas Meza

Mechanical Engineering,
Assistant Professor

Lucas Meza's research investigates the mechanics of architected materials at micro- and nanometer length scales. He uses a range of fabrication techniques to create new classes of nanoarchitected materials with unprecedented mechanical properties.

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

A tiny break into toughness

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

#1 the UW’s ranking for most innovative public university in the U.S. by Reuters in 2019

2x national average female undergraduates

#3 source of UW startups

826 new patents filed
since 2012

14 affiliated research centers

$13M annual research funding

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