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prostate biopsy 3D dataset

Mon, 10/31/2022

Accelerating 3D imaging

This year, the Molecular Biophotonics Lab is scaling up its prostate cancer research to include collaborations with other universities. 

Bronze W with trees in the background

Fri, 10/21/2022 | UW Engineering Innovation in Health

Fall 2022 EIH projects announced

The EIH program announced 14 new health innovation projects for fall 2022.

Bee on white flowers carrying a sensor attached

Thu, 10/20/2022 | Springer Nature

Insects offer inspiration for robot advances

Assistant Professor Sawyer Fuller is featured in a story about how insects give researchers inspiration for micro-robot advances.

Igor Novosselov headshot

Mon, 10/17/2022 | OPB News

Researchers find new way to destroy forever chemicals

ME Research Associate Professor Igor Novosselov shares how the reactor works and the implications it can have for the future.

Two students with masks welding in a lab

Mon, 10/17/2022

Student clubs win big

Student clubs involving ME students recently won awards at in-person competitions.

A group photo of UW faculty and composites industry representatives.

Thu, 09/22/2022

Planning for the next generation of composites

A meeting for the planned Center for Data-driven High-rate Composites Manufacturing brought together UW researchers and industry representatives to discuss the future of composites manufacturing.

Metal objects on a table. There are two tubes and also two other hexagonal shapes.

Mon, 09/19/2022 | UW News

ME researchers develop a reactor that can destroy ‘forever chemicals’

Researchers created a reactor that can completely break down hard-to-destroy chemicals using “supercritical water."

Two researchers in a lab looking at a laptop screen

Thu, 09/15/2022 | UW NanoES

A new framework for manufacturing next-gen materials

ME alum Elizabeth Rasmussen, Research Associate Professor Igor Novosselov and Professor John Kramlich have developed a new method to quickly, cheaply and sustainably synthesize metal-organic frameworks.

3D printed robotic gripper holding a mustard bottle

Wed, 09/07/2022 | OPB News

UW researchers give assembly line robots a helping hand

UW researchers, including ME Assistant Professor Jeffrey Lipton, developed a new way to design and 3D print robotic grippers customized to pick up an array of different shaped objects. 

Man walking on a treadmill wearing an exoskeleton device

Tue, 09/06/2022

Taking steps toward supporting mobility in cerebral palsy

Ph.D. student Alyssa Spomer is exploring how a robotic exoskeleton device paired with real-time feedback can enhance rehabilitation therapy for children with cerebral palsy.