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Woman explaining data on a computer to two male students

Tue, 12/20/2022 | UW College of Engineering

Preparing tomorrow’s clean energy leaders

A story about a multi-disciplinary course that trains students across the scales of clean energy includes ME graduate student Malia Steward.

Two women looking at a computer in a lab

Tue, 12/20/2022

An empowering education

Ph.D. candidate Malia Steward shares her journey to researching renewable energy and how she’s working to improve solar cell efficiency.

Collage illustration of two men in a car repair shop

Fri, 12/16/2022 | UW Magazine

EcoCAR competition highlights UW’s ingenuity and compassion

A group of UW students, including ME students, built a car that made it to the finals of the EcoCAR Mobility Challenge last spring.

Raymond Haug

Mon, 12/05/2022

ME student speaks at STEM-OPS conference

ME student Raymond Haug spoke at a STEM Opportunities in Prison Settings (STEM-OPS) conference. 

Three UW students and Jeopardy's co-hosts

Mon, 11/14/2022

ME undergrad competes on ‘College Bowl’

Shruthika Kandukuri shares her recent experiences on the television game show. 

Collage of three researchers' headshots

Wed, 11/09/2022

Shining a light on 3D pathology researchers

Meet three former researchers from the Molecular Biophotonics Laboratory, led by ME Professor Jonathan Liu, who are bringing their skills to unique fields.

prostate biopsy 3D dataset

Mon, 10/31/2022

Accelerating 3D imaging

This year, the Molecular Biophotonics Lab is scaling up its prostate cancer research to include collaborations with other universities. 

Bronze W with trees in the background

Fri, 10/21/2022 | UW Engineering Innovation in Health

Fall 2022 EIH projects announced

The EIH program announced 14 new health innovation projects for fall 2022.

Bee on white flowers carrying a sensor attached

Thu, 10/20/2022 | Springer Nature

Insects offer inspiration for robot advances

Assistant Professor Sawyer Fuller is featured in a story about how insects give researchers inspiration for micro-robot advances.

Igor Novosselov headshot

Mon, 10/17/2022 | OPB News

Researchers find new way to destroy forever chemicals

ME Research Associate Professor Igor Novosselov shares how the reactor works and the implications it can have for the future.

Two students with masks welding in a lab

Mon, 10/17/2022

Student clubs win big

Student clubs involving ME students recently won awards at in-person competitions.

A group photo of UW faculty and composites industry representatives.

Thu, 09/22/2022

Planning for the next generation of composites

A meeting for the planned Center for Data-driven High-rate Composites Manufacturing brought together UW researchers and industry representatives to discuss the future of composites manufacturing.

Metal objects on a table. There are two tubes and also two other hexagonal shapes.

Mon, 09/19/2022 | UW News

ME researchers develop a reactor that can destroy ‘forever chemicals’

Researchers created a reactor that can completely break down hard-to-destroy chemicals using “supercritical water."

Two researchers in a lab looking at a laptop screen

Thu, 09/15/2022 | UW NanoES

A new framework for manufacturing next-gen materials

ME alum Elizabeth Rasmussen, Research Associate Professor Igor Novosselov and Professor John Kramlich have developed a new method to quickly, cheaply and sustainably synthesize metal-organic frameworks.

3D printed robotic gripper holding a mustard bottle

Wed, 09/07/2022 | OPB News

UW researchers give assembly line robots a helping hand

UW researchers, including ME Assistant Professor Jeffrey Lipton, developed a new way to design and 3D print robotic grippers customized to pick up an array of different shaped objects. 

Man walking on a treadmill wearing an exoskeleton device

Tue, 09/06/2022

Taking steps toward supporting mobility in cerebral palsy

Ph.D. student Alyssa Spomer is exploring how a robotic exoskeleton device paired with real-time feedback can enhance rehabilitation therapy for children with cerebral palsy.

Two rendering illustrations of a small movement tracking device

Mon, 08/29/2022

Light, efficient sensors recognize body and eye movement

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

Ayokunle Olanrewaju headshot

Fri, 08/19/2022 | UW Bioengineering

Meet the researcher: Ayokunle Olanrewaju

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.

Xu Chen and Jeffrey Lipton

Mon, 08/15/2022

ME faculty receive UW + Amazon Science Hub awards

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

Close up of arm with three pieces of medical tape

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

Creating a medical tape for young patients

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.

Close up of hands with purple gloves holding a small and stretchable generator that converts body heat to electricity.

Mon, 08/08/2022

Harvesting thermal energy to power wearable electronics

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

Leg with prosthetic socket

Mon, 08/01/2022 | UW Bioengineering

UW develops first successful auto-adjusting prosthetic socket

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

22 objects on a table top. Objects include white 3D printed shapes and also random household items such as a drill, a mustard container, a bowl and a tennis ball

Fri, 07/29/2022 | UW News

3D printed gripper

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.

Closeup of water in a tank lab

Fri, 07/29/2022

How do microplastics behave at the ocean surface?

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

Corey Clay headshot

Mon, 07/25/2022

Meet Corey Clay

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.