Tue, 04/14/2020 | UW News

3D printers across the UW's three campuses were running 24/7 to print face shields for health care workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mon, 04/06/2020 | UW Foster School of Business

Aquagga, one of four ME-affiliated teams competing, was named the winner of the $15,000 Grand Prize at the 2020 Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge (EIC).

Tue, 03/10/2020 | UW Medicine

ME professor Nathan Sniadecki and graduate student Ty Higashi are part of a team that's sending beating heart tissue to space to study how microgravity and other physical forces in space exact their effects on heart muscle.

Tue, 03/10/2020

ME graduate student Courtney Otani shares personal stories and practical advice from women in fluid mechanics.

Fri, 03/06/2020 | Foster Blog

AeroSpec, led by ME's doctoral candidate Jiayang (Joe) He, will receive up to $25k in funding from the Jones + Foster Accelerator at the UW Foster School of Business.

Thu, 01/23/2020 | Office of Global Affairs

Congratulations to Professor Jonathan Posner on being awarded the Global Innovation Fund from the Office of Global Affairs for his cookstove-related BURN injury investigations in Nepal and Ghana (BURNING).

Fri, 01/17/2020 | College of Engineering

Congratulations to ME alumni James Skaggs and Allen Israel for winning the College of Engineering's 2020 Diamond Awards for Distinguished Achievement in Industry and the Dean’s Award, respectively. The 2020 Diamond Awards will be held on Saturday, June 6.

Fri, 12/06/2019 | Society for Experimental Mechanics

Professor Junlan Wang receives the 2020 M.M. Frocht Award from the Society for Experimental Mechanics (SEM), a prestigious award recognizing outstanding achievement as an educator in the field of experimental mechanics.

Thu, 11/14/2019 | NBC News Learn

Associate prof Kat Steele and her team's work to help kids move better was featured in an episode of NBC News Learn!

Tue, 10/22/2019 | College of Engineering

MedsForAll, an Engineering Innovation in Health project-turned-startup, is developing an affordable alternative to the EpiPen.

Mon, 10/07/2019

Join us in welcoming new faculty to the ME department and congratulating current faculty on recent promotions.

Thu, 10/03/2019 | CoMotion Blog

Read about Research Professor Eric Seibel's numerous innovations on CoMotion's blog series, “UW Researcher Spotlight.”

Wed, 09/11/2019 | UW Mechanical Engineering

Corie L. Cobb, Washington Research Foundation Innovation Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Clean Energy, is the recipient of a 2019 Young Faculty Award from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).

Thu, 08/29/2019 | SNAME

Emeritus Professor Bruce Adee was awarded the 2019 SNAME William H. Webb Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Education in Naval Architecture, Marine or Ocean Engineering.

Mon, 08/19/2019 | UW Mechanical Engineering

A UW research team led by ME associate professor Igor Novosselov will advance their work to develop a system that breaks down chemical warfare agents and toxic waste through a new $400,000 Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) from the U.S. Army Research Office (ARO).

Mon, 08/19/2019 | King5 News

A team of ME engineers are testing turbines in Lake Washington that are designed to turn tides into usable energy.

Mon, 08/19/2019 | UW News

Ashis Banerjee and a team of researchers used machine learning to develop a new system that can monitor factory and warehouse workers for ergonomic issues.

Wed, 08/14/2019 | UW News

Dr. Nancy Allbritton has been named the next Frank & Julie Jungers Dean of the College of Engineering.

Mon, 08/12/2019 | UW Mechanical Engineering

Elizabeth Rasmussen is developing a clean, scalable approach to synthesizing advanced materials, setting the stage for innovation in batteries, targeted drug delivery and more.

Tue, 07/23/2019 | Foster Blog

AeroSpec and DopCuff hope to take their venture to the next level in the Jones + Foster Accelerator at the UW Foster School’s Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship.

Wed, 07/17/2019 | UW News

Congratulations to ME Chair Per Reinhall for being elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences (WSAS) this year.

Tue, 07/09/2019 | Environmental Monitor

ME associate professor Brian Polagye and his research team offer a promising new way to harvest energy from waves at sea.

Mon, 07/08/2019 | Wired

ME faculty Igor Novosselov and Sawyer Fuller are developing small flying robots that can be powered by ion propulsion.

Mon, 07/08/2019 | The White House

Associate professor Steve Brunton is a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). The PECASE is the highest honor bestowed by the United States Government to outstanding scientists and engineers who are beginning their independent research careers and who show exceptional promise for leadership in science and technology.

Wed, 07/03/2019 | UW Mechanical Engineering

Ewurama Karikari shares how the UW STARS program helped her transform her passions for math and robotics into a mechanical engineering mechatronics degree.