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Thu, 11/18/2021 | The Daily

‘Reimagining Mobility’: Professors amplify disabled voices

UW's student newspaper The Daily features a series of lectures focused on issues surrounding mobility that are being organized by Professors Kat Steele and Heather Feldner.

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Mon, 11/15/2021 | GeekWire

UW spinout aims to detect eye and body movement using sensors embedded in paper

Somalytics, a new startup spun out of research by ME Associate Professor Jae-Hyun Chung, has developed ultrathin, flexible sensors that are built from tiny carbon nanotubes embedded in paper that can detect eye and body movement.
 

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Wed, 11/03/2021

Healable carbon fiber composite offers path to long-lasting, sustainable materials

A new paper describes a type of carbon fiber reinforced material that is as strong and light as traditionally used ones, but can be repeatedly healed with heat, reversing any fatigue and providing a way to break it down when it reaches the end of its life.

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Wed, 10/27/2021 | Nature

Optics shine a light on dental imaging

ME Research Professor Eric Seibel's innovations in oral health imaging are featured by Nature.

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Fri, 10/22/2021 | Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Institute

ARM Institute endorses UW in robotics education for manufacturing

The ARM (Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing) Institute has announced that it has evaluated and selected UW to receive the ARM Endorsement for academic program excellence in robotics education for manufacturing.

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Wed, 10/20/2021

Putting the 'AI' in airplanes

Machine learning presents tremendous opportunities to improve how we build airplanes. ME Assistant Professor Krithika Manohar is just getting started.

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Sun, 10/10/2021 | Geekwire

Is the tide turning on renewable marine power?

ME Associate Professor Brian Polagye is quoted in a Geekwire article about new wave energy generation devices.

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Fri, 10/01/2021 | NSF

New funding for nanocellular plastics

A grant from the National Science Foundation will support research by UW Engineering professors Lucas Meza, Vipin Kumar and Marco Salviato to study and develop nanostructured foam plastics that are both light and tough.

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Thu, 09/30/2021 | UW News

Spotlight: Shawn Swanson pursues medical innovations through social entrepreneurship

Shawn Swanson - ME PhD, Engineering Innovation in Health all star, MedsForAll founder and Population Health Social Entrepreneurship Fellow - is profiled by the UW Population Health Initiative.

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Wed, 09/22/2021 | Wired

Here’s a Sneak Peek at the Far-Out Future of Space Travel

NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) research is featured by Wired.