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inSTENT team members and Professor Eric Seibel

Thu, 04/20/2023 | UW Engineering Innovation in Health

EIH team reflects on their success

The inSTENT Connection team, which includes ME student Clara Black and ME Research Professor Eric Seibel, won first-place in the 2022 Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge.

Two people on the left watching a computer screen in the middle of the picture. A huge wave tank is behind the computer.

Thu, 04/20/2023 | UW News

How researchers are studying marine microplastics

Learn how two UW researchers, including ME Assistant Professor Michelle DiBenedetto, are investigating the issue of marine microplastics.

A flock of starling birds flying above the ocean against an orange sky.

Mon, 04/10/2023

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. 

Three men holding a giant check award

Fri, 04/07/2023 | UW Foster School of Business

2023 environmental innovation challenge winners

PurePlast, a team including ME students, won second-place in the competition.

Ben Hempstead

Tue, 03/28/2023

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.

Dayong Gao

Mon, 03/27/2023 | Forbes

The spring of crybiology

Dayong Gao, Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, as well as alumni Shen Ren and Zhiquan (Andy) Shu, are interviewed about their research.

Dayong Gao

Mon, 03/27/2023

Dayong Gao elected ISBER President

The International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER) addresses issues for biobanks and biorepositories.

Ayokunle Olanrewaju headshot

Tue, 03/21/2023 | UW Engineered Living Systems

Creating materials for sustainable built environments

Assistant Professor Ayokunle Olánrewájú is a collaborator in an NSF-funded project that will combine engineered microorganisms with 3D printing to create materials for sustainable built environments.

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.

Mon, 03/20/2023

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.

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, 03/13/2023

Quieting a bridge

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