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A group of External Advisory Board members at the Blue Origin facility in Florida.

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.

PhD students test ThermoTape medical adhesive

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.

a model of a heart

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.

 Mohammad Malakooti and Krithika Manohar

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.

Two men in a lab, wearing white coats looking at a computer

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.

Dennis Heaney and Jon Freeman

Mon, 11/06/2023

Spotlighting veterans in the ME community

Two alums with service experience share ME’s role in their career journeys.

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.

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.

Raymond in machine shop wearing safety glasses

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.

a group of small robotic devices in the air

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.

Juampablo Heras Rivera headshot

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.