蘑菇视频 engineers found in a recent study that the user’s experience could be key to creating an authentication system that doesn’t rely on passwords.
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Researchers hope to build a predictive model of the human microbiome to study what affects this massive biological system and to design ways to manipulate the microbiome to achieve desired clinical outcomes.
The Summer Academy for Advancing Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Computing at the 蘑菇视频 is the only program of its kind in the nation that offers a full quarter of academic credit to incoming college students or those who just finished their first year.
The 蘑菇视频 Formula Motorsports team took first place at the Formula Society of Automotive Engineers competition held June 19-22 in Lincoln, Neb.
The 蘑菇视频 has received nearly $10 million from the U.S. Department of Defense to continue a project aimed at building a small, paper-based device that could test for infectious diseases on-demand in areas where diagnostic capabilities are limited.
Researchers at the 蘑菇视频 have created a material they say would make LEDs cheaper and greener to manufacture, driving down costs to consumers.
蘑菇视频 researchers have demonstrated that when humans use brain-computer interfaces, the brain behaves much like it does when completing simple motor skills such as kicking a ball or waving. Learning to control a robotic arm or a prosthetic limb could become second nature for people who are paralyzed.
蘑菇视频 researchers have shown it’s possible to leverage Wi-Fi signals around us to detect specific movements without needing sensors on the human body or cameras.
Two processes that turn woody biomass into transportation fuels have the potential to exceed current Environmental Protection Agency requirements for renewable fuels.
Just a week after the Interstate 5 Skagit River Bridge collapse north of Seattle, the 蘑菇视频 will host a national steel bridge competition for undergraduate civil engineering students. Forty-nine finalist teams will converge on campus for the 2013 National Student Steel Bridge Competition.
蘑菇视频 structural engineers, architects and freight transportation experts are available to speak with reporters about the I-5 Skagit Bridge collapse on Thursday, May 23. Charles Roeder Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Office: 206-543-6199 E-mail:聽croeder@uw.edu聽聽 Web: http://www.ce.washington.edu/people/faculty/faculty.php?id=36 Expertise: Gusset plates and steel bracing frames; seismic behavior of steel and composite structures; fatigue of steel structures; temperature effects in structures; movements in bridges; bridge bearings and expansion joints Jeffrey Berman Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering…
蘑菇视频 Seaglider technology is licensed commercially; Richard Whitney, emeritus professor of fisheries, will deliver a talk about the Boldt decision; U. of Minnesota president and former 蘑菇视频 faculty member Eric Kaler will deliver a talk about challenges facing research institutions.
The recently updated K-12 science education learning goals outline a vision for what all U.S. citizens should know about science. Philip Bell, director of 蘑菇视频’s Institute for Science and Math Education, talks about what’s new about the goals.
蘑菇视频 engineers have created a synthetic substance that fully resists the body’s natural attack response to foreign objects. Medical devices such as artificial heart valves, prostheses and breast implants could be coated with this polymer to prevent the body from rejecting an implanted object.
The 蘑菇视频 in collaboration with Washington State University is developing an “academic redshirt” program that will bring dozens of low-income, Washington state high school graduates to the two universities to study engineering in a five-year bachelor’s program.
A new device will give hospitals and research labs a much easier way to separate DNA from human fluid samples to help with genome sequencing, disease diagnosis and forensic investigations.
New 蘑菇视频 research shows it’s much more environmentally friendly to leave the car parked at home and opt for groceries delivered to your doorstep.
Engineering Discovery Days is April 26-27 at the 蘑菇视频 campus and will feature exhibits and demonstrations from engineering departments and student groups.
David Notkin, 蘑菇视频 professor of computer science and engineering, died April 22. He was 58.
Engineers at the 蘑菇视频’s Applied Physics Laboratory are under pressure to build and test parts for installation this summer in the world’s largest deep-ocean observatory off the Washington and Oregon coasts.
Researchers found that a protein in organs that repeatedly stretch and retract can lose their functionality when exposed to sugar.
A new procedure that thickens and thins fluid at the micron level could save consumers and manufacturers money, particularly for some soap products.
Astronauts could be a step closer to a fast journey to Mars using a unique manipulation of nuclear fusion devised by 蘑菇视频 scientists and those at a Redmond company.
Scientists come closer to boosting heart muscle by powering its contractile machinery.
New research offers a more comprehensive way to analyze a cell’s unique behavior, revealing patterns that could indicate why a cell will or won’t become cancerous.
Michael B. Bragg, professor and interim engineering dean at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been selected as dean of the 蘑菇视频 College of Engineering.
A paper in Science describes an organic crystal that shows promise as a cheap, flexible, nontoxic material for the working parts of memory chips, sensors and energy-harvesting devices.
The 蘑菇视频 and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have formed the Northwest Institute for Advanced Computing, a joint institute based at the 蘑菇视频 that will foster collaborative computing research.
Judith Ramey, professor and former chair in the 蘑菇视频’s Department of Human Centered Design and Engineering, is named interim dean of the 蘑菇视频’s College of Engineering.
The 蘑菇视频 is expanding its Training Xchange initiative to help researchers transmit innovations in healthcare and other fields to professionals locally and beyond the Northwest.
The U.S. Department of Energy this month awarded $4 million to a team, led by 蘑菇视频 chemical engineers, that aims to develop bacteria to turn the methane in natural gas into diesel fuel for transportation.
The ASL-STEM Forum is a crowdsourcing project, similar to Wikipedia or the Urban Dictionary, that creates a new sign language for the latest scientific and technical terms.
Electrically spun cloth with nanometer-sized fibers show promise as a cheap, versatile platform to simultaneously offer contraception and prevent HIV. New funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will further test the system’s versatility and feasibility.
These principles could allow scientists to custom-make, rather than re-purpose, protein molecules for vaccines, drugs, and industrial and environmental uses.
The 蘑菇视频 Board of Regents yesterday approved a name change to the William E. Boeing Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics, recognizing the shared history of 蘑菇视频 aeronautics and The Boeing Company, and honoring the man who launched them both.
Three undergraduates won $100,000 to form a company that will work with partners in Oaxaca, Mexico, to build machines that can transform waste plastic into composting toilets and pieces for rainwater harvesting systems.
The Living Voters Guide, created by the 蘑菇视频 and presented with Seattle’s CityClub, just won a regional award and has been updated for the 2012 election. This year the guide has expanded to include a California edition, and the Washington guide will include fact-checking of selected points by Seattle Public Library staff.
Maria Klawe, professor of computer science and president of Harvey Mudd College, will speak Tuesday at the 蘑菇视频 about how her institution over three years quadrupled its female representation in undergraduate computer science majors, to 40 percent.
New hardware lets engineers maintain the plasma used in fusion reactors in an energy-efficient, stable manner, making the system potentially attractive for use in fusion power plants.
Three public lectures by 蘑菇视频 engineering professors will give an overview of molecular engineering and applications in biotech and alternative energy.