Fri, 04/09/2021

Doctoral student Elizabeth Rasmussen has been chosen as a research fellow in the highly-selective National Research Council (NRC) Research Associateship Program overseen by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM).

Thu, 04/08/2021

A Q&A with Anders Brown, outgoing chair of ME’s External Advisory Board.

Tue, 03/30/2021 | Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Institute

With detection rates above 95%, a project led by Xu Chen demonstrates the reliability of using robotics for identifying defects in metallic parts.

Thu, 03/25/2021 | U.S. Department of Energy

ME graduate students Trent Dillon and Katherine Van Ness have been named as 2021 Marine and Hydrokinetic Graduate Student Research Program Fellows by the U.S. Department of Energy. Their research fellowships will be hosted by the Makah Tribal Council and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, respectively.

Mon, 03/22/2021

Stronger than steel and lighter than aluminum, carbon fiber composite materials are one of the key enabling technologies of the 21st century and play a particularly important role in Washington.

Fri, 03/05/2021 | UW Foster School Blog

ME health innovation was on display at the 2021 Hollomon Challenge. Five teams with ME members - Under Pressure, OsmoProcessor, Direct Dose, EVBreathe and Mask Seal Testing - won prizes for their innovative ideas. Eight of the 21 finalist teams included members from ME and the five new prizes brings the department's total to eleven prizes in the competition since 2016.

Thu, 03/04/2021 | The Conversation

ME's Michelle DiBenedetto and colleagues describe their research studying ocean microplastic pollution.

Thu, 02/25/2021 | NASA

The study will examine whether a structure small enough to fit inside a rocket fairing could expand large enough to create artificial gravity.

Wed, 02/10/2021 | UW News

Seven University of Washington scientists, including ME Acting Assistant Professor Ayokunle Olanrewaju, are included in Cell Mentor’s list of 1,000 inspiring Black scientists, published in December 2020.

Tue, 01/12/2021

Lily Vu, winner of the 2020 Outstanding Engineering Peer Educator Award, describes her experience mentoring this year’s incoming engineers remotely.

Mon, 01/04/2021

Two recent funding announcements from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) are good news for UW’s marine renewable energy research.

Thu, 12/17/2020

With new support from NIH, researchers are continuing development on a test designed to combat HIV.

Mon, 12/07/2020 | UW News

A new bio-hybrid drone uses a moth antenna to autonomously sniff out odors.

Mon, 11/16/2020 | edg3 FUND

A new video from Kitsap Bank's edg3 FUND highlights ME students in the startup Aquagga. Aquagga is a finalist in the 2020 edg3 FUND competition. 

Fri, 11/13/2020 | WE-REACH

Jae-Hyun Chung is developing a portable COVID-19 test using an innovative nanotube sensor-based technology.

Thu, 11/05/2020

Through a concerted effort over six years, making sometimes difficult decisions, Steve Shen doubled the impact factor of the ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics.

Thu, 09/24/2020

Join us in welcoming new faculty to the ME department this school year.

Wed, 09/02/2020

Thanks to a unique and innovative Washington partnership, first responders have a new tool for the pandemic. Stations across the region have begun receiving University of Washington-designed, locally manufactured systems to decontaminate the high-demand face masks needed to protect them from COVID-19 while carrying out their essential duties.

Mon, 08/24/2020 | UW College of Engineering

ME alumna Ewurama Karikari and other STARS graduates fill us in on what they’ve been up to since receiving their engineering degrees.

Tue, 08/18/2020 | UW Industrial & Systems Engineering

Ashis Banerjee has been awarded a prestigious 2019 Amazon Research Award.

Mon, 07/27/2020 | Dept of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences

Using state-of-the-art sensors, ME and Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences researchers are teaming up with UW colleagues to track aerosols in a hospital environment.

Fri, 07/24/2020 | American Physical Society

The award recognizes "exceptional young scientists who have performed original doctoral thesis work of outstanding scientific quality and achievement in the area of fluid dynamics."

Wed, 07/15/2020 | UW News

A UW team has developed a tiny wireless steerable camera small enough to ride aboard an insect.

Mon, 07/13/2020 | UW News

ME graduate student Laurel Morgan Miller Marsh has been awarded a Fulbright to conduct research in Germany. Marsh's dissertation work focuses on flow-diverting stents and their use to treat cerebral aneurysms.

Thu, 07/09/2020

As part of a major project by the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing (ARM) Institute, the University of Washington is leading a canvassing effort to identify all of the potential training resources in advanced robotics for manufacturing across five states: Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho and Alaska.