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Two people posing with a toy in their hands

Thu, 12/12/2024

Adapting toys to be accessible for local families

HuskyADAPT’s toy adaptation events aim to provide accessible toys to families, foster an inclusive environment and equip students with engineering skills.

Corie Cobb

Tue, 12/10/2024

Corie L. Cobb elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

The ME professor was named a 2024 National Academy of Inventors Fellow, the highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors.

Em Triolo headshot

Mon, 12/02/2024

Measuring brain mechanics

Researchers like Em Triolo (ME Ph.D. ’24) are testing imaging methods that could provide insights about brain diseases like Alzheimer’s.

Collage of people's headshots

Mon, 11/25/2024

Meet new faculty

Join us in welcoming Jie Xiao, Juming Tang and Michelle Hickner as new faculty to the ME department this fall.

Aniruddh Vashisth is smiling and holding a plaque, standing between two people at the ASC conference.

Mon, 11/25/2024

Aniruddh Vashisth receives American Society for Composites award

The ME assistant professor won the 2024 ASC Young Composites Researcher Award.

 electric vehicle battery on a conveyer

Mon, 11/25/2024 | UW News

Supporting U.S. battery manufacturing

ME Professor Jie Xiao shares how academia can help support domestic battery manufacturing.

A coiled gray hose with a data-emitting terminal and a light-projection module

Thu, 11/21/2024 | UW Electrical & Computer Engineering

New endoscope lens system

The system, developed by ECE and ME researchers, could allow physicians to access areas never seen before by optical imaging.

Jie Xiao headshot

Mon, 11/18/2024

Meet new faculty member Jie Xiao

A leader in clean energy research, Jie Xiao plans to help accelerate U.S. battery manufacturing.

Three rectangular objects on a wooden surface

Thu, 11/14/2024 | The Daily

Converting body heat into electricity

UW researchers, including ME Assistant Professor Mohammad Malakooti, developed a flexible prototype that combines nano-printed materials with 3D-printed liquid metal.

Illustration showing three states of material deformation and recovery

Tue, 11/05/2024 | UW Institute for Nano-Engineered Systems (NanoES)

New nature-inspired metamaterials

UW researchers, including ME Assistant Professor Lucas Meza, developed new “strain learning” lattice-based mechanical metamaterials that became stronger and stiffer after testing.