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Thu, 03/25/2021 | U.S. Department of Energy
Trent Dillon and Katherine Van Ness win marine energy fellowships
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
How Washington became a global epicenter for advanced carbon fiber
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 teams take prizes at 2021 Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge
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
Where does plastic pollution go when it enters the ocean?
ME's Michelle DiBenedetto and colleagues describe their research studying ocean microplastic pollution.
Thu, 02/25/2021 | NASA
NASA selects futuristic space concept co-led by Lipton for further study
The study will examine whether a structure small enough to fit inside a rocket fairing could expand large enough to create artificial gravity.