News
Fri, 02/25/2022 | NSF
New funding for dynamic systems and controls
A National Science Foundation grant will support research by ME Associate Professor Xu Chen to study how to enable engineered systems to rely on and respond to real-time data collected from multiple sources.
Tue, 02/22/2022
Mechanical engineers in tech
What do mechanical engineers do in the world of tech? ME alumni at Microsoft, Amazon and Oracle share their career stories and advice.
Wed, 02/09/2022
UW and Amazon announce creation of the Science Hub
The collaboration will focus on advancing innovation in core robotics, and AI technologies and their applications. Professor Ashis Banerjee is part of the joint advisory committee.
Mon, 02/07/2022 | UW Medicine
How to do heart research during a pandemic
Researchers at the Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine share how they’ve adapted space technology to understand how the heart can be injured by the coronavirus.
Mon, 01/24/2022 | UW Mechanical Engineering
Corie L. Cobb awarded DARPA Director's Fellowship
ME Professor Corie L. Cobb, the Washington Research Foundation Innovation Professor in Clean Energy, has been selected as recipient of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Director’s Fellowship Award.
Thu, 01/20/2022
Award-winning medical robotics paper aims to improve access to bladder cancer detection
With research aiming to increase access to critical cancer detection technology, ME graduate students Andrew Lewis and Chen Gong won the Best Paper Award at the 2021 International Symposium on Medical Robotics.
Thu, 01/13/2022
On a path to health innovation
From student to teacher to researcher and intern, Shayla Payne shares the path that has led her toward a career in engineering for human health.
Tue, 01/11/2022 | National Science Foundation
Composites: faster, smarter
A new NSF grant supports UW planning for an Industry-University Cooperative Research Center (IUCRC) on Data-driven High-rate Composites Manufacturing to partner with industry on high-performance, lightweight materials.
Mon, 01/03/2022 | NanoES
UW researchers developing miniaturized imaging device to treat heart attack, strokeWith new funding from NSF, a UW research team aims to develop a dramatically smaller endoscope to image previously inaccessible areas of the heart and brain.
Thu, 12/09/2021
Welcome new faculty
The ME department welcomes new faculty members for the 2021–2022 school year.