CORE VALUES
Diversity, equity & inclusion
The UW department of mechanical engineering is committed to recruiting, welcoming and supporting a diverse and multi-faceted population of undergraduates, graduate students, faculty and staff.
COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION
Translating ideas into impact
The UW is launching hundreds of companies across a wide range of fields. ME is a leading department at the UW for innovation, commercialization and industry collaboration, making up 14% of all UW startups.
HUSKY EXPERIENCE
Clubs & competitions
Registered student organizations are a way to work on a hands-on project while gaining key skills in leadership, teamwork and time management. Our students build electric vehicles, adapted toys, race cars, robots, submarines and more.
UW innovates
Mechanical engineers in sustainability
ME researchers are working to advance recyclable materials, renewable energy and more.
DEPARTMENT SPOTLIGHT
Mehmet Kurt
Associate Professor,
Mechanical Engineering
As director of Kurtlab, Mehmet Kurt's research is focused on biological and biomedical challenges, particularly in the areas of brain biomechanics, neuromechanics imaging, nonlinear systems and smart biomedical devices. Kurt's projects include investigating the nonlinear dynamics of the human brain during head impacts, studying aneurysm stability through aneurysm wall motion imaging and measuring brain tissue stiffness in vivo through ultra-high resolution magnetic resonance elastography.
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Linking blood flow and brain health
Researchers are using imaging methods to learn how blood flow may impact the hippocampus, a brain region that plays important roles in learning and memory.
since 2012