Wed, 11/03/2021

A new paper describes a type of carbon fiber reinforced material that is as strong and light as traditionally used ones, but can be repeatedly healed with heat, reversing any fatigue and providing a way to break it down when it reaches the end of its life.

Wed, 10/27/2021 | Nature

ME Research Professor Eric Seibel's innovations in oral health imaging are featured by Nature.

Fri, 10/22/2021 | Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Institute

The ARM (Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing) Institute has announced that it has evaluated and selected UW to receive the ARM Endorsement for academic program excellence in robotics education for manufacturing.

Wed, 10/20/2021

Machine learning presents tremendous opportunities to improve how we build airplanes. ME Assistant Professor Krithika Manohar is just getting started.

Sun, 10/10/2021 | Geekwire

ME Associate Professor Brian Polagye is quoted in a Geekwire article about new wave energy generation devices.

Fri, 10/01/2021 | NSF

A grant from the National Science Foundation will support research by UW Engineering professors Lucas Meza, Vipin Kumar and Marco Salviato to study and develop nanostructured foam plastics that are both light and tough.

Thu, 09/30/2021 | UW News

Shawn Swanson - ME PhD, Engineering Innovation in Health all star, MedsForAll founder and Population Health Social Entrepreneurship Fellow - is profiled by the UW Population Health Initiative.

Wed, 09/22/2021 | Wired

NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) research is featured by Wired.

Mon, 09/13/2021 | ASME

Research in VR for mental health featured by ASME.

Sat, 09/11/2021 | The Washington Post

Research in using VR to treat PTSD featured by the Washington Post.

Tue, 08/24/2021 | UW Mechanical Engineering

The UW MACS Lab builds robots and machines that combine vision, intelligence and manipulation to play games, perform tasks and advance robotics research goals.

Thu, 08/19/2021

Shen Ren, a postdoctoral fellow in UW ME and the UW Center for Dialysis Innovation, has been named winner of the 2021 Peter L. Steponkus Crystal Award for his work in cryopreservation.

Tue, 08/17/2021 | National Science Foundation

NSF has awarded the Autonomous Insect Robotics Lab, led by ME’s Sawyer Fuller, a grant to develop control systems for flying robots that weigh just fractions of an ounce.

Mon, 08/02/2021 | Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention (OSAP)

The Organization for Safety, Asepsis and Prevention (OSAP) named ME postdoctoral scholar Sepehr Makhsous winner of the 2021 Dr. James A Cottone Award for Excellence in Investigative Research. The award goes to research that exemplifies the best in infection control and safety research in oral health care.

Thu, 07/29/2021

UW leading new NSF institute for using artificial intelligence to understand dynamic systems.

Thu, 07/22/2021 | UW Electrical & Computer Engineering

This summer, Advanced Robotics at the University of Washington (ARUW), a team of University of Washington students led by Mechanical Engineering graduate Sig Johnson, took first place in the inaugural North American RoboMaster University League Competition.

Thu, 07/08/2021

Retired engineers like Leonard Nelson offer their time and expertise to enrich UW research and education through affiliate professorships.

Fri, 06/25/2021 | College of Engineering

PACCAR Professor of Mechanical Engineering Alberto Aliseda has been named the new chair of UW ME, effective July 1, 2021.

Mon, 06/21/2021 | College of Engineering

Paul C. Paris’s ideas revolutionized airplane design and gave way to the field of fracture mechanics.

Mon, 06/21/2021

With a perfect final mission, Husky Robotics took the top score by a U.S. team in the the 2021 Virtual University Rover Challenge.

Tue, 06/01/2021

Dayong Gao has been elected to the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering (IAMBE) for “original and outstanding contributions and achievements in cryo-biomedicial engineering, biopreservation technology, fundamental cryobiology, and the science & technology of artificial organs."

Mon, 05/24/2021

ME Seattle graduate students Beth Halsne and Anthony Tang are among the 100 University of Washington students named to the 2021 Husky 100 cohort, an honor given to just 100 students across all UW's degree programs and 3 campuses annually.

Tue, 05/18/2021 | WE-REACH

The Washington Entrepreneurial Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hub (WE-REACH) has announced it will invest in early-stage product development for UnTape, ME research professor Eric Seibel and team's innovation for reducing medical adhesive-related skin injuries.

Tue, 05/11/2021

Updates on how ME’s student clubs have adapted to overcome disruptions caused by the COVID-19 global pandemic.

Mon, 04/26/2021

Four virtual worlds developed by ME’s Hunter Hoffman signal the future of VR for health.