News

Mon, 08/29/2022

UW ME researchers are creating sensors that can better detect human movement and can be used with a new wearable eye tracker.

Fri, 08/19/2022 | UW Bioengineering

The ME and BioE assistant professor shares how his research addresses medical challenges in treating infectious and chronic diseases, what attracted him to UW, and more.

Mon, 08/15/2022

Xu Chen and Jeffrey Lipton will advance AI and robotics research with new grants.

Mon, 08/15/2022 | UW WE-REACH

A team including ME Research Professor Eric Seibel, ME Affiliate Assistant Professor Len Nelson and ME graduate student Shawn Swanson have developed a medical tape that becomes "unsticky" when time for removal.

Mon, 08/08/2022

UW researchers, led by ME Assistant Professor Mohammad Malakooti, have developed a wearable, stretchable thermoelectric device that converts body heat to electricity. 
 

Mon, 08/01/2022 | UW Bioengineering

Researchers, including ME Professor Joseph Garbini, have developed the first auto-adjusting prosthetic socket.

Fri, 07/29/2022 | UW News

A UW team, including ME Assistant Professor Jeffrey Lipton, has created a tool that can design a 3D-printable passive gripper and calculate the best path to pick up an object.

Fri, 07/29/2022

Postdoctoral researcher Luci Baker and Assistant Professor Michelle DiBenedetto are using fluid mechanics to research microplastics in the ocean.

Mon, 07/25/2022

ME’s new Diversity Equity and Inclusion Officer shares the experiences that led him to DEI work and efforts underway to increase representation in the department.

Thu, 07/14/2022 | GeekWire

GeekWire profiled Aquagga, a startup – co-founded by ME Ph.D. graduate Brian Pinkard – developing technology to break down and destroy PFAS or “forever chemicals.”