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Vrijeme pridruživanja: travanj 2009.

Medijski sadržaj

  1. . researchers have created AuraRing, a ring/wristband combo that can detect the precise location of someone’s index finger and continuously track hand movements. Details about how it works: |

    The ring for AuraRing is in the foreground and the wristband for AuraRing is blurry in the background.
  2. 30. sij

    Research in ME prof 's lab will impact emerging applications, such as self-powered wearable electronics, printed electronic skin, stretchable biosensors and more. 🤯 This and more nanoscale mechanical engineering research here: |

    Wearable electronics attached to a finger.
  3. 29. sij

    Congrats to CEE doctoral student Yasmine Farhat on earning an Outstanding Student Presentation Award for her presentation on how warmer temperatures can lead to higher concentrations of arsenic in rice grains. Her findings: |

    Portrait of Yasmine in a lab in Cambodia
  4. 28. sij

    . researchers won $5.9 million from for 2 projects that will make solar-generated electricity more affordable. They will develop power electronics to integrate solar with the grid and create new solar manufacturing technology: |

    The sun shining on solar panels
  5. 27. sij

    Insect-sized flying robots are hard to create. ME professor is looking to nature to solve some of these challenges. This and more nanoscale mechanical engineering research here: |

    A hand holding an insect-sized robot
  6. 23. sij

    “There are elevated ultrafine particle levels in the residential neighborhoods up to 10 km downwind of the [],” says CEE prof Tim Larson. He was part of a team that identified a type of pollution associated with aircraft: |

    A plane takes off from SeaTac airport with Mt. Rainier in the background.
  7. 22. sij

    . CEE and researchers used a new "non-targeted" approach to identify 64 chemicals never detected before in Puget Sound. 8 chemicals were at potentially hazardous concentrations that will need further investigation. More: |

    A view of Commencement Bay from a plane
  8. 21. sij

    “With TreeExplainer, we aim to break out of the so-called black box and understand how models arrive at their predictions," says prof about her lab's recent paper. Details:

    A graphic showing a black box approach where an outcome ("Mortality value") is just spit out with no context and TreeExplainer, which shows how different health factors affect the outcome.
  9. 17. sij

    . ISE prof Zelda Zabinsky was elected a fellow of for developing theory and algorithms for global optimization that have applications in engineering design, health care, and more. 🙌 Details:

    Zelda Zabinsky headshot
  10. 16. sij

    One can’t explain how we got from the just-make-do approach to to today’s precision engineering without talking about engineers. Today researchers continue to generate new ideas and innovations at the leading edge of the field.

    Patterning on a hydrogel. Two or three different colors and repeating shapes.
  11. 14. sij

    . CEE alum Maxwell Armenta worked on a new wastewater treatment system at West Point Treatment Plant next to Seattle’s Discovery Park. Researchers believe this system will improve surface water quality at a lower cost than other options: |

    A researcher wearing a hardhat adds liquid to a beaker filled with sludge.
  12. 10. sij

    Responding to hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides and wildfires, exceeded its target number of deployments for 2019 by 400%. Learn more about the RAPID Facility in the video below or in this story: |

  13. 8. sij

    It's been said that ChemEs don’t let ChemEs do homework alone. So it's a good thing that some classes are now "flipped" -- students do homework together in class and watch lecture videos at home. Anyone have a flipped class this quarter?

    People working in a classroom
  14. 7. sij

    A research team led by prof Behçet Açıkmeşe received $1.2 million from the to leverage insights from autonomous missions to Mars to advance humanitarian applications here on Earth: |

    A professor holds a quad rotor
  15. 6. sij

    Thanks to an achievement award, two apprentices got the opportunity to tour Boeing’s factories in Oregon and Washington. They also visited the 's College of Engineering as part of their trip. Details here:

    Two people at the Museum of Flight
  16. 3. sij

    The Husky Robotics student group builds Mars rovers and competes in the international Rover Challenge Series. Last year, they placed second in the world at the Canadian International Rover Challenge. See some of the highlights here: |

  17. 31. pro 2019.

    “Here’s the thing: There’s no easy solution,” prof tells KIRO Radio’s in a conversation about fake news on social media. Listen/read more here :

    Black and white photo of three people engaging with different kinds of screens -- a laptop, a computer and a tablet.
  18. 30. pro 2019.

    A team of STEM professionals, including CEE prof Faisal Hossain, hopes to use the power of storytelling to inspire children -- especially those from underrepresented and diverse backgrounds -- to pursue careers in the sciences: |

    New voices logo: illustrations of scientists doing all sorts of things -- from gymnastics to being Wonder Woman.
  19. 24. pro 2019.

    "This is deep, automated ergonomics work (imagine forking a squishy banana versus a cherry tomato)." , and team's robot feeding project is listed as one of 's best interactive designs of the year! |

    A person looks at a strawberry on a fork that a robot is holding.
  20. 23. pro 2019.

    "When we talk about the environmental impacts of , there are benefits and costs. But the net effect at this point is a little hard to discern," says CEE prof in this episode of the History of E-commerce podcast: |

    History of E-commerce logo

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