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

Makhsous wins 2021 Cottone Award

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.

Professor Steve Brunton drawing lines with arrows on a lightboard

Thu, 07/29/2021

AI Institute for Dynamic Systems

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

Ten students, several wearing purple, stand in a group with two small wheeled robots in front of them

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

ARUW takes first place in North American RoboMaster University League competition

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.

An illustration of Leonard "Len" Nelson in front of the "W" sign

Thu, 07/08/2021

Affiliate in residence

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

Alberto Aliseda

Fri, 06/25/2021 | College of Engineering

Alberto Aliseda named next chair of ME

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

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Mon, 06/21/2021 | College of Engineering

Paris’s Law celebrates 60 years

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

A team of 12 people in covid masks stand outdoors in a group behind a robot that looks like a mars rover

Mon, 06/21/2021

Husky Robotics delivers at the 2021 Virtual University Rover Challenge

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