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Mon, 12/04/2023
EAB engages with industry and alums at Blue Origin, NASA
The ME External Advisory Board visited with alumni and strengthened industry connections at Blue Origin’s Orbital Launch Site and the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Mon, 11/27/2023 | UW CoMotion
The sticking point
ME Research Professor Eric Seibel’s team completed a successful first clinical trial of ThermoTape. The project has received the prestigious CoMotion-Murdock Trust Commercialization Initiation Award.
Mon, 11/20/2023 | American Heart Association
Experimental pacemaker converts heartbeat energy to recharge battery
The study involved ME Assistant Professor Mohammad Malakooti, UW Medicine and BioE.
Mon, 11/13/2023
NSF grant to accelerate the discovery of soft multifunctional composites
The grant was awarded to Assistant Professor Mohammad Malakooti and Assistant Professor Krithika Manohar.
Mon, 11/06/2023 | UW College of Engineering
Showcasing student research
ME student Sebastian Bustos-Nuno shares his summer research experiences at the UW Clean Energy Institute’s Washington Clean Energy Testbeds, where he was mentored by Ph.D. student Ethan Schwartz.
Mon, 11/06/2023
Spotlighting veterans in the ME community
Two alums with service experience share ME’s role in their career journeys.
Mon, 10/16/2023 | The American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Taking the noise out of expansion
ME researchers designed, tested and recommended strategies that successfully reduced the noise caused by floating bridge expansion joints.
Mon, 10/16/2023 | University of Washington
Achieving liftoff
ME graduate Raymond Haug was caught in a cycle of addiction, homelessness and prison before he transformed his life and found a calling.
Tue, 10/10/2023 | GeekWire
Origami controls descent of robotic microfliers
UW researchers, including from ME, developed small robotic devices that can change how they move through the air during their descent.
Fri, 10/06/2023
Student named DOE computational science fellow
Ph.D. student Juampablo Heras Rivera will use fluid dynamics and machine learning to study brain disorders.