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Aniruddh Vashisth

Fri, 04/22/2022 | UW News

Making Earth-friendly electronics

ME’s Aniruddh Vashisth and other UW Engineering researchers discuss their innovative methods to design and manufacture sustainable electronics.

Researcher working on an electronic equipment

Tue, 04/19/2022 | The American Society of Mechanical Engineers

3D cancer imaging

The latest issue of ME Magazine features ME Professor Jon Liu and team’s research to improve the diagnosis of prostate cancer.

Nanobubbles

Mon, 04/18/2022

Bubbles for toughness

UW researchers collaborate to investigate and advance nanofoams, a new tiny but mighty material.

Kilometer-Scale Space Structures concept

Tue, 04/12/2022 | Carnegie Mellon University

Folding space structures

UW and Carnegie Mellon researchers use NASA funding to advance foldable structures that fit into a tiny compartment for launch and expand into super-structures in outer space.

Headshot of Mehmet Kurt

Mon, 04/11/2022 | National Science Foundation

Mehmet Kurt receives NSF CAREER award

ME Assistant Professor Mehmet Kurt has received an NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Award for his research on nonlinear resonances of highly damped, soft materials.

Photos of four UW professors

Mon, 03/28/2022 | College of Engineering

Learning outcomes

ME's Brian Polagye and other engineering instructors share what they've discovered from more than a year of remote teaching.

An illustration of doctors performing surgery

Wed, 03/23/2022 | Newswise

Using sound waves to break up kidney stones

An innovative technique called burst wave lithotripsy developed by researchers, including ME Associate Professor Michael Bailey, may provide an effective, more accessible alternative for noninvasive treatment of kidney stones, according to initial human studies.

Patient in dental exam

Fri, 03/11/2022 | UW News

New dental prototype for cavity prevention

In a new study, UW researchers have shown that a dental tool they created can measure the acidity built up by the bacteria in plaque that leads to cavities.

Judges awarded $38,500 in prizes to student teams at the 2022 Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge at the University of Washington.

Mon, 03/07/2022 | Foster Blog

ME students win big

Congrats to the engineering teams that swept the 2022 Holloman Health Innovation Challenge. ME students were on the teams that won first, second and third place.

Kilometer-Scale Space Structures concept

Mon, 02/28/2022 | NASA

NASA innovation award for space tech concept

ME Assistant Professor Jeffrey Lipton and Zac Manchester of Carnegie Mellon have received NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Phase 2 funding to make kilometer-scale space structures from a single launch. The project will utilize materials developed by ME grad student Sawyer Thomas.