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The twisted nanostructures are fracturing under the weight of a small load

May 22, 2023

A tiny break into toughness

ME researchers turn to nature to investigate how nanomaterials and nanostructure makes materials more resistant to breaking.
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A flock of starling birds flying above the ocean against an orange sky.

Apr 10, 2023

To improve robots, look to birds

ME researchers improved a mathematical model describing how birds flock together – which could be applied to build robots that move in the same way. 
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Ben Hempstead

Mar 28, 2023

Meet Ben Hempstead

The ME alum reflects on his time at the UW, his career and his role on the department’s Executive Advisory Board.
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Collage of ThermoTape trials. Left: Two researchers testing ThermoTape on a participant. Right: Close-up of study participant's arms with medical tape on both sides.

Mar 20, 2023

Engineering a better medical tape

Ph.D. student Shawn Swanson recently led a clinical trial for ThermoTape, a medical adhesive that becomes less sticky when time for removal.
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Aerial view, looking west, of the new SR 520 floating bridge, with the Medina shoreline in the foreground and downtown Seattle skyline in the distance.

Mar 13, 2023

Quieting a bridge

ME researchers found a solution to mitigating the noise caused by the SR 520 floating bridge’s expansion joints.
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Headshots of three people

Feb 13, 2023

New course aims to help students succeed as researchers

Graduate students share their research interests and their experience taking ME’s new course “Entering Research.”
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