This RSS news feed maintained by uwnews.org, the University of Washington Office of News and Information, includes the last 10000 by Rob Harrill(rharrill@u.washington.edu). http://uwnews.org/apps/uwnews/public/rss.aspx?q=uwnByAuthorId&authorID=82&numToShow=10000 http://uwnews.org/images/uwnewslogo_small.jpg http://uwnews.org/ uwnews.org, the University of Washington Office of News and Information (c)2010 University of Washington News and Information | http://uwnews.org | uwnews@u.washington.edu | 206-543-2580 Bob Roseth | roseth@u.washington.edu Ken Fine | kenfine@u.washington.edu Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:22:16 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ UW researchers are leading an effort to build a new type of solar cell that is flexible and durable enough to wrap around an airplane's fuselage. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=26400 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=26400 Thu, 24 Aug 2006 08:00:00 GMT University of Washington researchers have succeeded in building a cooling device tiny enough to fit on a computer chip that could work reliably and efficiently with the smallest microelectronic components. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=26374 Science Technology Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=26374 Wed, 23 Aug 2006 08:00:00 GMT Forty people from around the country have gathered at the University of Washington this week for a workshop to discuss how to achieve success in science and engineering and how to use the newest access technology in their intellectual pursuits. The participants vary widely in age and experience – some are high school students, others hold doctoral degrees, many are somewhere in-between. But all have one common trait: Each of the participants is blind. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=25862 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=25862 Tue, 25 Jul 2006 08:00:00 GMT More than 50 college-bound high school students with disabilities will gather on the University of Washington campus next month to participate in an annual summer study program designed to give them a technological edge in achieving college and career success. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=25310 Education Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=25310 Fri, 30 Jun 2006 08:00:00 GMT Henry Levy, a longtime UW professor and expert in operating systems and computer architecture, will be the next chair of the university's Department of Computer Science & Engineering. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=23361 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=23361 Mon, 27 Mar 2006 08:00:00 GMT The University of Washington is launching a new national program -- the AccessComputing Alliance -- that will consolidate its position as a leader in helping people with disabilities enter the world of computing. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=23363 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=23363 Mon, 27 Mar 2006 08:00:00 GMT Matthew O'Donnell, chair of the Biomedical Engineering Department at the University of Michigan and a researcher who explores imaging technologies in biomedicine, has been named new dean of the University of Washington College of Engineering http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=23196 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=23196 Thu, 16 Mar 2006 08:00:00 GMT Susan Eggers, a professor in the UW's Department of Computer Science & Engineering and co-inventor of a revolutionary computer processing technology that changed commercial industry standards, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=22465 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=22465 Mon, 13 Feb 2006 08:00:00 GMT Spyware programs represent an extensive threat to Internet users, according to a new study that surveyed the World Wide Web to find out what proportion of Web sites are trying to infect people with the covert and sometimes malicious programs. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=22331 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=22331 Thu, 02 Feb 2006 08:00:00 GMT According to a new study that used motion-capture technology to analyze and accurately recreate the moves of dancing Jamaican teens, people appear able to pick genetically superior partners based on how they dance. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=21432 Science Arts and Humanities Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=21432 Wed, 21 Dec 2005 08:00:00 GMT A derivative of the sweet wormwood plant used since ancient times to fight malaria and shown to precisely target and kill cancer cells may someday aid in stopping breast cancer before it gets a toehold, according to a study by a pair of UW bioengineers. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=21353 Health and Medicine Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=21353 Mon, 19 Dec 2005 08:00:00 GMT UW bioengineering has received a $2.9 million national award aimed at smoothing the path to bringing promising technologies from the laboratory into clinical practice. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=13504 Science Health and Medicine Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=13504 Thu, 10 Nov 2005 08:00:00 GMT The 2005 Engineering Lecture Series, Engineering the Unexpected, focuses on how University of Washington engineers are taking the lead in designing ways to respond when disaster strikes. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=12803 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=12803 Tue, 18 Oct 2005 08:00:00 GMT The University of Washington has once again topped the nation in biomedical engineering research funding from the National Institutes of Health with $20.06 million from the federal agency. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=12632 Science Health and Medicine Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=12632 Thu, 06 Oct 2005 08:00:00 GMT A Pacific Northwest group led by the University of Washington will receive $3.2 million to train the next generation of scientists to delve into nanotechnology in the fight against cancer. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=12264 Science Health and Medicine Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=12264 Thu, 22 Sep 2005 08:00:00 GMT Mechanical engineering alumnus Frank Jungers and his wife, Julie, have given the UW's College of Engineering $4 million to create the first deanship ever at the University of Washington. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=11839 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=11839 Mon, 29 Aug 2005 08:00:00 GMT An international gathering of robot researchers will be in Seattle for the 2005 International Conference on Advanced Robotics to share the latest information in the field. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=11225 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=11225 Fri, 15 Jul 2005 08:00:00 GMT The University of Washington has been awarded a $15.4 million grant as lead partner of a regional group to develop a portable device that promises to bring the technological power of a modern medical diagnostic center to remote regions of the world. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=11066 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=11066 Thu, 07 Jul 2005 08:00:00 GMT Four assistant professors at the University of Washington were among 58 of their peers honored at the White House today as the nation's most promising young scientists and engineers. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=10709 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=10709 Mon, 13 Jun 2005 08:00:00 GMT Richard Ladner was at the White House this week with eight other scientists from across the nation to accept a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. This makes two years in a row that a member of UW Engineering has been so honored. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=10294 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=10294 Fri, 20 May 2005 08:00:00 GMT More than 7,000 participants are expected for the 2005 Engineering Open House, where they will learn about engineering principles and practices through more than 100 hands-on exhibits and activities http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=9724 Science Community Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=9724 Mon, 18 Apr 2005 08:00:00 GMT The UW mathematics department has continued its winning streak in the highly competitive Mathematical Contest in Modeling, keeping pace with elite math powerhouses like MIT, Harvard and UC-Berkeley. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=9582 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=9582 Wed, 13 Apr 2005 08:00:00 GMT A UW mechanical engineering alumnus who invented more than 30 biomedical devices, including a shunt that made kidney dialysis practical, is the inagural recipient of the Northwest Pioneers of Biomaterials and Medical Devices Award. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=9001 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=9001 Wed, 16 Mar 2005 08:00:00 GMT A group of UW students involved in the university's Tactile Graphics Group will give blind students and staff copies of a map they can read with their hands--the first updated map of its kind to be offered in years. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=8591 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=8591 Tue, 01 Mar 2005 08:00:00 GMT Researchers at the UW have blended the past with the present in the fight against cancer, synthesizing a promising new compound from an ancient Chinese remedy that uses cancer cells' rapacious appetite for iron to make them a target. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=8139 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=8139 Tue, 08 Feb 2005 08:00:00 GMT Mani Soma, a professor of electrical engineering whose research includes the design of integrated circuits and bioelectric systems, has been named acting dean for the UW's College of Engineering. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=7440 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=7440 Tue, 11 Jan 2005 08:00:00 GMT A statement on Denice D. Denton, dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Washington, being named chancellor of the University of California's Santa Cruz campus. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=7041 Campus Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=7041 Tue, 14 Dec 2004 08:00:00 GMT More than a thousand scientists and engineers from around the world will be in Seattle this month to discuss the latest work in such hot research areas as climate change, cardiovascular disease and the development of tiny devices fractions of a millimeter in size. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=6071 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=6071 Tue, 09 Nov 2004 08:00:00 GMT A group of promising cancer fighting compounds derived from a substance used in ancient Chinese medicine will be developed for potential use in humans, UW officials announced this week. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5826 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5826 Thu, 14 Oct 2004 08:00:00 GMT Two University of Washington computer scientists are part of a team that has discovered a pair of rare, naturally occurring RNA "switches" in a class of bacteria. The finding could support the notion of an "RNA world," or an evolutionary period when RNA played a much greater role in metabolic processes. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5774 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5774 Fri, 08 Oct 2004 08:00:00 GMT A UW computer science professor and a team of students have developed a prototype system for a watch that can keep track of essentials -- cell phone, keys, wallet -- to make certain they're not left behind. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5748 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5748 Wed, 06 Oct 2004 08:00:00 GMT From disposable diapers to life-saving long-term dialysis, the creations of UW chemical engineering graduates have changed the way we live. This weekend, the department looks back on 100 years of innovation with a centennial celebration. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5528 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5528 Wed, 15 Sep 2004 08:00:00 GMT Mark Tuttle, a UW professor of mechanical engineering whose work includes studying the design and durability of the kinds of composite materials scientists say will make up the next generation of air and spacecraft, has been named new chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5307 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5307 Tue, 17 Aug 2004 08:00:00 GMT Talents from two very different worlds -- public administration and engineering -- join forces under a new UW program to break logistical logjams and get relief to global disaster areas. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5288 Science Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) and Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5288 Wed, 11 Aug 2004 08:00:00 GMT Next week, more than 40 college-bound students with disabilities will gather at the University of Washington to explore challenging careers and strategies for success in the academic world as participants in the annual DO-IT Scholars Summer Study Program. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5150 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=5150 Mon, 26 Jul 2004 08:00:00 GMT A new UW study records drops of as much as 97 percent in pain-related brain activity in some brain centers when subjects use virtual reality while experiencing pain. It's the first time that scientists have documented a link between virtual reality and pain reduction in terms of an actual physiological response. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=4788 Science Health and Medicine Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=4788 Mon, 21 Jun 2004 08:00:00 GMT Bonnie Dunbar, one of the world's most experienced women astronauts and a 1970s-era engineering graduate, will be honored this week as the UW's Alumna Summa Laude Dignata winner for 2004. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=4634 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=4634 Tue, 08 Jun 2004 08:00:00 GMT A preliminary plan for a national science and engineering laboratory deep underground in the Cascade Mountains near Leavenworth is being unveiled this week as a starting point for a formal proposal. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=4365 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) and Vince Stricherz (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=4365 Mon, 17 May 2004 08:00:00 GMT Denice Denton, dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Washington, is among nine scholars being honored by the White House with a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=4279 Science Campus Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=4279 Thu, 06 May 2004 08:00:00 GMT Annual gathering draws thousands of students, teachers and their parents for the largest engineering fair in the Pacific Northwest. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=4211 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=4211 Wed, 28 Apr 2004 08:00:00 GMT Two University of Washington physicists, responding to a new National Science Foundation plan, are preparing a proposal to place a Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory beneath the Cascade Mountains in Eastern Washington. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3905 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) and Vince Stricherz (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3905 Fri, 02 Apr 2004 08:00:00 GMT A three-member team of University of Washington students - all local residents and all products of public education - have taken top honors in an international mathematics competition, beating teams from such math powerhouses as MIT, Yale and the University of California, Berkeley. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3879 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3879 Tue, 30 Mar 2004 08:00:00 GMT A hand-held device that can precisely pinpoint a person's location could mean freedom for many seniors whose navigational abilities are failing. University of Washington graduate student Don Patterson will be on Capitol Hill in Washinton, D.C., Tuesday to demonstrate such a device, dubbed "Opportunity Knocks." http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3609 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3609 Fri, 12 Mar 2004 08:00:00 GMT Prolonged exposure to low-level magnetic fields, similar to those emitted by such common household appliances as blow dryers, electric blankets and razors, can cause damage to brain cell DNA, according to new study. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=8217 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=8217 Wed, 18 Feb 2004 08:00:00 GMT In the not too distant future, if you miss a meeting, you'll likely be able to check a database prepared by a computerized secretary. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1483 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1483 Fri, 13 Feb 2004 08:00:00 GMT Four faculty members in the University of Washington's Department of Electrical Engineering have been elected fellows of in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, bringing the total number of IEEE fellows in the department to 22. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1378 Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1378 Wed, 28 Jan 2004 08:00:00 GMT Budding computer engineers at the University of Washington can get valuable hands-on experience early in their academic programs thanks to high-tech testing equipment recently donated by Tektronix Inc. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1414 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1414 Fri, 23 Jan 2004 08:00:00 GMT Tiny microheaters that can prompt chemical changes in surrounding material may provide the means to more easily grow replacement tissue for injured patients and form the basis for medical sensors that could quickly detect pathogens http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1379 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1379 Wed, 07 Jan 2004 08:00:00 GMT The University of Washington is one of 13 major research universities teaming up under a $70 million federal grant to form the world's largest network dedicated to studying science on the smallest of scales. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1464 Science Campus Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1464 Wed, 24 Dec 2003 08:00:00 GMT It takes a lot of heart to fight evil - just ask Secret Agent Guy Simplant, who in his latest adventure is teetering on the losing edge of a battle with the ultra-naughty Evil Spy, and with his own poor health-care choices. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3430 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3430 Tue, 18 Nov 2003 08:00:00 GMT Just in time for Halloween, a new study of the use of virtual reality to treat spider phobia indicates that touching the fuzzy creepy-crawlers can make the therapy twice as effective. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3428 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3428 Thu, 30 Oct 2003 08:00:00 GMT The public will have a chance to hear from three of the University of Washington's world-class researchers on some of today's hot technology topics via "Engineering the Future," a fall lecture series that begins next week. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2196 Science Campus Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2196 Wed, 15 Oct 2003 08:00:00 GMT A lecture exploring how human needs must be considered as new computing technologies emerge, followed by a book signing. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2192 Science Campus Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2192 Mon, 13 Oct 2003 08:00:00 GMT The Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the University of Washington is celebrating the 100th anniversary of flight with a lecture series that begins this week. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2194 Science Campus Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2194 Mon, 13 Oct 2003 08:00:00 GMT Dedication and open house for the new $72 million Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3424 Science Campus Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3424 Thu, 02 Oct 2003 08:00:00 GMT A virtual reality researcher from the University of Washington and a Weill Cornell Medical College therapist have engaged the virtual world to treat victims of the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3416 Science Health and Medicine Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3416 Tue, 09 Sep 2003 08:00:00 GMT An internationally recognized cosmologist will explain the latest theories about "dark matter" and "dark energy," the invisible components that scientists say make up most of the universe. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2165 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2165 Fri, 29 Aug 2003 08:00:00 GMT The University of Washington's Department of Computer Science & Engineering has started to move across campus into the department's new building. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3408 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3408 Thu, 03 Jul 2003 08:00:00 GMT President George W. Bush has selected a University of Washington computer scientist as co-chair of the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee, the White House announced today. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3391 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3391 Thu, 08 May 2003 08:00:00 GMT A group of students in the University of Washington Department of Mathematics - all but one of them local residents and most products of public education - have taken top honors in an international mathematics competition. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3389 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3389 Mon, 28 Apr 2003 08:00:00 GMT Researchers at the University of Washington and the University of Southern California have developed a new computer program that approaches a 90 percent score in saving money by predicting air fares. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2094 Science Business Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2094 Tue, 01 Apr 2003 08:00:00 GMT An effort initiated by the University of Washington to broaden the scope of education in one of science's hottest and most rapidly evolving fields has attracted a national audience of researchers. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2083 Science Health and Medicine Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2083 Thu, 06 Mar 2003 08:00:00 GMT Leaders in the fields of biology and engineering and researchers from around the Puget Sound region involved in exploring the intersection of these rapidly advancing fields. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2082 Science Campus Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2082 Wed, 05 Mar 2003 08:00:00 GMT http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2075 Science Campus Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2075 Wed, 26 Feb 2003 08:00:00 GMT According to Vogel, director of the University of Washington's Center for Nanotechnology, understanding how nature does things at the molecular level and adapting those techniques into the synthetic world could drastically alter just about every aspect of our lives. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3362 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3362 Fri, 14 Feb 2003 08:00:00 GMT The founder and president of the company that makes the world's top-selling civilian helicopter has given $1 million to help promising engineering students from Whidbey Island attend the University of Washington. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3360 Science Campus Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3360 Fri, 07 Feb 2003 08:00:00 GMT The new Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington is starting the new year as a fully enclosed structure. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3355 Science Campus Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3355 Tue, 21 Jan 2003 08:00:00 GMT Fourteen teams of undergraduate students will vie for mechanical mastery to see whose robot can sink the most golf balls in a series of one-on-one matches between the competitors. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2538 Science Campus Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2538 Mon, 16 Dec 2002 08:00:00 GMT Researchers at the University of Washington have applied research in how proteins bind with different molecules to create a molecular switch that enables them to turn an enzyme on and off. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2536 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2536 Fri, 13 Dec 2002 08:00:00 GMT The DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking and Technology) Scholars program is now accepting applications from high school sophomores and juniors with disabilities who are interested in preparing for college and careers in challenging fields. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2530 Science Community Campus Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2530 Wed, 04 Dec 2002 08:00:00 GMT OneWorld Challenge, a Kirkland-based syndicate that will compete in New Zealand next year for the America's Cup, the world's premier sailing competition. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2524 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2524 Mon, 02 Dec 2002 08:00:00 GMT Researchers at the University of Washington have discovered a cellular basis for what many have long suspected: Men, as well as women, have a reproductive clock that ticks down with age. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2521 Science Health and Medicine Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2521 Mon, 25 Nov 2002 08:00:00 GMT People living in the Pacific Northwest will likely face a difficult choice in coming decades as global warming alters the region's climate -- they can have water for hydroelectric power or water for salmon runs, but not both. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2520 Science Law and Policy Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2520 Thu, 21 Nov 2002 08:00:00 GMT A national UW-led program that teaches students with disabilities to use technology as a prominent ingredient in their recipes for success is celebrating a landmark birthday with new programs to reach out to university administrators and encourage students to pursue careers in science and engineering. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2516 Science Community Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2516 Fri, 15 Nov 2002 08:00:00 GMT An international gathering of computer scientists, students and technology mavens http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3490 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3490 Fri, 04 Oct 2002 08:00:00 GMT An engineering professor at the University of Washington has received a $10 million federal grant for a national center to explore how engineering students think and learn -- knowledge that experts consider essential to teach today's undergraduates the skills they need to solve tomorrow's problems. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2486 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2486 Thu, 26 Sep 2002 08:00:00 GMT Computer scientists from around the world will gather at the University of Washington in Seattle next month to discuss, debate and disseminate information about the latest in designer wear. Or maybe that should be "ware." http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2479 Science Campus Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2479 Mon, 23 Sep 2002 08:00:00 GMT By training, Mary Lidstrom is a biologist. By choice, she operates as an engineer. The advantages of combining both fields are just too great to pass up, she saysIt's a message that Lidstrom has been endeavoring to pass along to UW students for the past two years via a federally funded program to teach biology to engineering undergraduates. This week, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute announced that her efforts will get a major boost. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2478 Science Community Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2478 Fri, 20 Sep 2002 08:00:00 GMT The field of microfluidics, a discipline that deals with movement and control of fluids at the microscopic level, is poised for a boom similar to the microelectronics revolution that transformed computing, according to two University of Washington researchers. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3485 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3485 Fri, 16 Aug 2002 08:00:00 GMT The Assisted Cognition Project is a collaborative effort by the UW, Intel Computers and Elite Care, a private company developing a state-of-the-art retirement community in the Portland area that utilizes so-called ubiquitous computing to keep tabs on residents' needs. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3218 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3218 Tue, 23 Jul 2002 08:00:00 GMT When your doctor sends you for an ultrasound, you can thank University of Washington alum Donald Baker for making the non-invasive procedure an option. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3468 Science Health and Medicine Campus Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3468 Wed, 26 Jun 2002 08:00:00 GMT The second annual PRIME Showcase, highlights hands-on projects the partnerships have developed during the year to learn math, science and engineering principles. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2396 Science Campus Community Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2396 Tue, 21 May 2002 08:00:00 GMT The speed and efficiency of computer network and database servers could increase as much as 400 percent because of an idea developed by two University of Washington computer scientists that is reaching mainstream computing. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2394 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2394 Thu, 16 May 2002 08:00:00 GMT The weekend of April 26 and 27 will offer visitors to the University of Washington campus an unprecedented opportunity to learn more about research into engineering, medicine and health sciences through interactive exhibits and hands-on activities. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=7663 Science Health and Medicine Campus Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) and Walter Neary (206-685-1323) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=7663 Tue, 23 Apr 2002 08:00:00 GMT Students from the University of Washington have won a place on a team that plans to launch mice into space, seeking answers to the little-explored question of how Martian gravity affects mammals. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=7660 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=7660 Wed, 17 Apr 2002 08:00:00 GMT Three University of Washington undergraduates have earned a place among the world's college math elite in an international mathematics competition. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=7657 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=7657 Thu, 11 Apr 2002 08:00:00 GMT Teams from across the western United States and Brazil will gather at the University of Washington March 29 and 30 to test their mechanical mettle in a regional robotics contest. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2353 Science Campus Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2353 Wed, 13 Mar 2002 08:00:00 GMT The promise of upward mobility -- a centerpiece of the American dream, which fosters the notion that anyone can get ahead with hard work -- may have disappeared with the 20th century. Prospects for upward mobility were on the decline long before the current economic downturn and the aftereffects of the Sept.11 terrorist attacks, contends Martina Morris, a University of Washington professor of sociology and statistics. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2322 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2322 Tue, 19 Feb 2002 08:00:00 GMT Investor and philanthropist Paul G. Allen has given $14 million to the University of Washington to ensure the completion of a new facility for the university's nationally ranked Department of Computer Science & Engineering, officials announced this evening http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3452 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3452 Tue, 19 Feb 2002 08:00:00 GMT SWAT Robotics, a team that combines students from the UW's Department of Electrical Engineering and Roosevelt High School, will host a robotics competition to test their latest creation against the handiwork of other area teams in preparation for a regional competition. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2316 Science Campus Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2316 Fri, 15 Feb 2002 08:00:00 GMT http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2317 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2317 Fri, 15 Feb 2002 08:00:00 GMT The award-winning University of Washington-based DO-IT program is using cyberspace to reach a national audience with strategies for creating a level academic playing field for students with disabilities. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2314 Science Campus Community Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2314 Tue, 12 Feb 2002 08:00:00 GMT Beds of thousands of tiny pulsating artificial "hairs" can provide a precise method for steering small satellites to docking stations on larger vessels, according to a study led by researchers at the University of Washington. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3202 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3202 Mon, 31 Dec 2001 08:00:00 GMT UW robotics students, K-12 observers, College of Engineering faculty and staff and 13 self-controlled robot golfers participate in a tournament featuring student-designed and built golfing robots http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2755 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2755 Mon, 17 Dec 2001 08:00:00 GMT Two bioengineering researchers at the University of Washington have discovered a promising potential treatment for cancer among the ancient arts of Chinese folk medicine. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2727 Health and Medicine Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2727 Mon, 26 Nov 2001 08:00:00 GMT After three years of work, University of Washington students have nearly completed one of the world's smallest self-propelled satellites and are preparing to deliver it to the Air Force and NASA for launch. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3195 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3195 Fri, 02 Nov 2001 08:00:00 GMT When sperm whales talk, Michael Dougherty listens. Not only that, the University of Washington researcher and electrical engineering doctoral student can recognize the voice and tell you exactly which whale is speaking. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3273 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3273 Mon, 29 Oct 2001 08:00:00 GMT A professor at the University of Washington is one of seven university educators nationwide selected to receive a new National Science Foundation award for integrating research into education, the NSF announced today. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2634 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2634 Wed, 19 Sep 2001 08:00:00 GMT University of Washington faculty members can help reporters with many issues related to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., both with short-term and long-term impacts. Contact UW media-relations officers Steven Goldsmith, Rob Harrill and Joel Schwarz at (206) 543-2580 for assistance. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2632 Science Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) and Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2632 Thu, 13 Sep 2001 08:00:00 GMT The University of Washington and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will hold their first nanoscience workshop since joining forces in the spring to form the Joint Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2614 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2614 Mon, 13 Aug 2001 08:00:00 GMT Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates announced today that the company has given $7.2 million toward a new building to house the University of Washington's nationally ranked Department of Computer Science & Engineering. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2612 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2612 Tue, 07 Aug 2001 08:00:00 GMT A team of robot dogs programmed by University of Washington computer science students to kick, pass and head-bump their way to victory on a small-scale soccer field is undergoing final preparations for an international competition in Seattle that begins at the end of the week. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2459 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2459 Mon, 30 Jul 2001 08:00:00 GMT A summer camp of a different stripe will begin later this month at the University of Washington. More than 40 college-bound high school students with disabilities from Washington and other states will gather at the UW campus in Seattle for the summer study sessions of the Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking and Technology (DO-IT) Program. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2453 Science Campus Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2453 Fri, 20 Jul 2001 08:00:00 GMT University of Washington students, middle school teachers and their students at five area schools are involved in the Partnership for Research in Inquiry-based Math, Science and Engineering Education, or PRIME, a program to develop hands-on projects to learn math and science. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2371 Science Community Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2371 Wed, 16 May 2001 08:00:00 GMT A new technology for transmitting audio that taps into the subtleties of human sound recognition could make listening to your favorite song on the Internet as clear and uninterrupted as tuning in on a radio -- even if your computer is a 90-pound weakling in the bandwidth department. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2364 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2364 Fri, 11 May 2001 08:00:00 GMT Gerald Pollack's latest work, "Cells, Gels and the Engines of Life: A New, Unifying Approach to Cell Function," challenges the traditional notion that cells are tiny watery reservoirs held intact by membranes that keep cell contents from mixing with surrounding fluid. Rather, the membrane isn't key to cell integrity because the water inside the cell isn't normal water - it's organized by proteins to form a gel that maintains cellular integrity and offers convincing - and simple - explanations for a wide array of cell functions. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=12517 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=12517 Wed, 25 Apr 2001 08:00:00 GMT More than 3,000 schoolchildren, their teachers and parents, and University of Washington engineering faculty, will attend the open house. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2338 Science Campus Community Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2338 Wed, 18 Apr 2001 08:00:00 GMT Scientists at the University of Washington have been analyzing data since the Feb. 28 Nisqually earthquake that shook both structures and nerves in the Puget Sound region, and have some conclusions to present this week at a national conference. They also have a mystery or two. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2334 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2334 Tue, 17 Apr 2001 08:00:00 GMT The University of Washington and the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have formed the Joint Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology to study an area of science that holds the promise to dramatically change the way we live in the new century. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3158 Science Campus Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3158 Tue, 17 Apr 2001 08:00:00 GMT Kevin Zatloukal, a senior in the University of Washington's Department of Computer Science & Engineering, is one of two winners of the Computing Research Association's 2001 "Outstanding Undergraduate" award. Zatloukal, whose work as an undergraduate has resulted in three publications and one patent, will be honored this Sunday at an awards banquet in San Jose, Calif. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2272 Science Campus Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2272 Fri, 09 Mar 2001 08:00:00 GMT Ed Lazowska, Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science and chairman of the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2253 Science Campus Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2253 Wed, 21 Feb 2001 08:00:00 GMT University of Washington engineering students and students from Tacoma's Bellarmine Preparatory School, and three other area high school teams have built robots for a national competition. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2241 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2241 Thu, 15 Feb 2001 08:00:00 GMT Imagine a world in which the borders between medical practice and virtual reality begin to blur: physicians hone their surgical skills by suturing a virtual wound, feeling the resistance when needle meets skin and the give when it punches through. They practice removing a gall bladder using laparoscopic instruments -- and repeat the procedure until they get it just right.It's already happening in The University of Washington's Human Interface Technology Laboratory, which has received an international award for its work using virtual reality for medical applications. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2231 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2231 Fri, 02 Feb 2001 08:00:00 GMT A number of University of Washington sources can help reporters put the current energy situation in perspective, both in terms of short-term issues and long-term effects. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2223 Science Law and Policy Steven Goldsmith (206-543-2580) and Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) and Vince Stricherz (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2223 Thu, 18 Jan 2001 08:00:00 GMT Recent computer engineering graduate and newly awarded Rhodes scholar Emma Brunskill will be the featured speaker at a gathering to honor the achievements of some of the UW's top students. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1934 Campus Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1934 Tue, 26 Dec 2000 08:00:00 GMT Thirty-five senior electrical engineering students are gearing up for a mechanical fight on Monday to see who has created the top robot in a competition that provides the climax for a new senior design course in mobile robotics. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1947 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1947 Thu, 30 Nov 2000 08:00:00 GMT The University of Washington's nationally ranked Department of Bioengineering has established its first endowed professorship, a move that will help the department maintain its leading role in the fast-paced field of bioengineering, officials announced today. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1944 Science Campus Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1944 Thu, 16 Nov 2000 08:00:00 GMT Thanks to work by a group of University of Washington engineers, mass transit riders can keep tabs on nearly 1,000 King County Metro Transit buses with the punch of a few buttons. All they need is a cellular telephone that can access the World Wide Web. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3314 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3314 Wed, 15 Nov 2000 08:00:00 GMT An optical telecommunications breakthrough developed by a University of Washington chemistry professor has spawned a new company to develop and market the technology, and could lead to establishment of a center at the UW for the growing science of photonics. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3318 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) and Vince Stricherz (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3318 Mon, 30 Oct 2000 08:00:00 GMT Two University of Washington professors - one developing new methods to combine disparate digital information and another studying ways to heal damaged hearts - were named by President Clinton today as winners of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1964 Science Campus Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1964 Tue, 24 Oct 2000 08:00:00 GMT Researchers at the University of Washington and The Insitu Group this week announced plans to attempt the first unmanned flight across the Pacific Ocean http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1962 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1962 Fri, 20 Oct 2000 08:00:00 GMT Engineers at the University of Washington and The Insitu Group, who collaborated in 1998 to make the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an unmanned aircraft. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1958 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1958 Tue, 17 Oct 2000 08:00:00 GMT If David Allstot and his University of Washington colleagues have their way, a few years from now you may find yourself talking to the Internet through your wristwatch. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1981 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1981 Wed, 13 Sep 2000 08:00:00 GMT A Magic Book looks like a traditional book - it has text and colorful pictures. But look at it through a lightweight viewer and moving, three-dimensional images jump off the page. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3320 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3320 Tue, 12 Sep 2000 08:00:00 GMT A statewide program designed to involve elementary through high school students in math, science and engineering has won a presidential award for mentoring, White House officials announced today. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1973 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1973 Thu, 07 Sep 2000 08:00:00 GMT Professor David Notkin, an internationally recognized expert in software engineering, will become the new chairman of the University of Washington's nationally ranked Department of Computer Science & Engineering tomorrow when current chairman Ed Lazowska steps down after leading the department for eight years. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3192 Science Campus Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3192 Thu, 31 Aug 2000 08:00:00 GMT Transcontinental business travelers could be singing in the shower rather than enduring the weary griminess that marks the end of globe-hopping flights if Dan Brunton has his way. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2026 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2026 Fri, 25 Aug 2000 08:00:00 GMT Computer professionals at the University of Washington will get hands-on training in Internet security on Thursday when a couple of teen-age cyber aficionados attempt to hack digital safeguards set up by the university. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2025 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2025 Wed, 23 Aug 2000 08:00:00 GMT Computer scientists, mathematicians and architects will join artists, musicians, writers and poets on the University of Washington campus next week to explore the junctures where their disciplines overlap - zones that have helped revolutionize art in the past and promise to take creative endeavors in new directions in the future. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2022 Science Campus Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2022 Wed, 16 Aug 2000 08:00:00 GMT The University of Washington is launching the nation's first doctoral degree program in nanotechnology, an undertaking designed to prepare students as leaders in a world in which engineering the very small will soon become big business. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2016 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=2016 Mon, 24 Jul 2000 08:00:00 GMT Where art and technology meet, you'll find David Salesin. The University of Washington associate professor of Computer Science & Engineering and senior researcher at Microsoft Corp. has been expanding what's possible at that juncture for more than a decade, bringing techniques from the fine arts to the computer screen. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3524 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3524 Fri, 21 Jul 2000 08:00:00 GMT Students in the University of Washington's civil and environmental engineering department hope to paddle their way to national acclaim later this month in a canoe made of concrete. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3512 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3512 Tue, 13 Jun 2000 08:00:00 GMT The department of electrical engineering at the University of Washington has grabbed worldwide academic attention in recent months with a groundbreaking push to teach its engineers the ins and outs of intellectual property law. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1925 Science Law and Policy Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1925 Fri, 26 May 2000 08:00:00 GMT Bioengineering researchers at the University of Washington will lead a multi-million-dollar effort to grow functional human heart tissue. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3345 Science Health and Medicine Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3345 Mon, 22 May 2000 08:00:00 GMT You might call it real virtuality. That's how some University of Washington freshmen are describing the chance to finally meet Japanese students from Tohoku University with whom they collaborated fall quarter via cyberspace on a series of engineering projects. The teamwork was part of a new class designed to introduce beginning college students to hands-on engineering in the international arena. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1904 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1904 Mon, 08 May 2000 08:00:00 GMT Engineering from A to Z: Opportunities for learning abound at more than 100 exhibits at UW College of Engineering Open House http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1894 Science Campus Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1894 Wed, 26 Apr 2000 08:00:00 GMT Since January, volunteers with Black Data Processing Associates, a national non-profit organization, have been meeting with local high school and middle school students, providing them with a forum in which to nurture computer skills. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1888 Science Community Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1888 Thu, 20 Apr 2000 08:00:00 GMT Thousands of schoolchildren, their teachers and parents are expected to gather at the University of Washington campus April 28 and 29 to learn about engineering by participating in hands-on demonstrations during the College of Engineering Open House http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1881 Science Campus Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1881 Fri, 14 Apr 2000 08:00:00 GMT A robot designed by Tacoma high school students with help from University of Washington engineering undergraduates and members of the Seattle Robotics Society took a top award in regional competition over the weekend, and now the team is headed to nationals. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1871 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1871 Wed, 05 Apr 2000 08:00:00 GMT Researchers at the University of Washington have discovered a method of treating malaria with magnetic fields that could prove revolutionary in controlling the disease the World Health Organization calls one of the world's most complex and serious human health concerns. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3302 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3302 Thu, 30 Mar 2000 08:00:00 GMT Four-student teams from 12 Western Washington high schools competing to show their science and mathematics mastery. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1852 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1852 Fri, 03 Mar 2000 08:00:00 GMT http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1844 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1844 Wed, 16 Feb 2000 08:00:00 GMT A $1.6 million gift from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will allow expansion of a statewide program designed to involve students in math, science and engineering into the elementary grades, a move the program's leaders call crucial in encouraging more women and minorities to enter science and engineering careers. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1841 Science Campus Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1841 Wed, 09 Feb 2000 08:00:00 GMT Richard Johnston isn't looking to build a better mousetrap. He wants to get rid of the mouse, period. The former University of Washington researcher and founder of a new start-up company called Dot On has found a way to demouse home computers. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3294 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3294 Tue, 08 Feb 2000 08:00:00 GMT Phytoplankton high in a certain essential fatty acid may be a major factor in supporting thriving fish populations and clear water in lake ecosystems, according to researchers in California and Washington. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1807 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1807 Tue, 04 Jan 2000 08:00:00 GMT University of Washington researchers have developed a method of crafting medical implants from an antibacterial polymer that could prevent thousands of patients from dying of hospital-acquired infections each year. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1797 Science Health and Medicine Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1797 Tue, 14 Dec 1999 08:00:00 GMT Microwaves similar to those emitted by cell phones may affect long-term memory, according to a new study by a University of Washington researcher. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1785 Science Health and Medicine Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1785 Tue, 30 Nov 1999 08:00:00 GMT Fuzzy logic can deliver exacting answers about the ever-changing status of area freeways to help move traffic more efficiently, according to researchers at the University of Washington. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1777 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1777 Wed, 24 Nov 1999 08:00:00 GMT A reconnaissance team of Washington engineers who visited Taiwan after the devastating Sept. 21 earthquake to observe and evaluate damage will present their findings and discuss lessons learned during a briefing at the University of Washington. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1772 Science Campus Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1772 Tue, 16 Nov 1999 08:00:00 GMT Graduate math, science and engineering students desiring a PRIME experience should consider applying for one of 12 fellowships in a new University of Washington program that seeks to involve UW students in revamping how middle school math and science are taught and learned. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1764 Science Campus Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1764 Fri, 12 Nov 1999 08:00:00 GMT Mary C. Potter, MIT professor of brain and cognitive science and chairwoman of the committee that issued a nationally recognized report detailing systematic discrimination against women faculty members in MIT's School of Science, will speak at the UW about the report and its aftermath. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1755 Science Campus Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1755 Mon, 01 Nov 1999 08:00:00 GMT University of Washington freshmen are building tiny electro-mechanical valves, constructing a solar-powered fiber-optic laser, developing next-generation materials for ceramic fuel cells and sorting through other technical challenges this term in a new hands-on engineering course - all with the help of some overseas friends. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1739 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1739 Thu, 28 Oct 1999 08:00:00 GMT More students in the University of Washington's high-demand computer science and electrical engineering programs will soon have the opportunity to conduct hands-on research into embedded system design and how it applies to the transportation industry, thanks to a five-year, $3.85 million grant from Ford Motor Co. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1723 Not Classified Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1723 Tue, 05 Oct 1999 08:00:00 GMT A group of international scholars and leaders in the public and private sectors, including Vinton Cerf, one of the four men credited with founding the Internet, will gather at the University of Washington for a conference to discuss how the Internet is transforming politics and economics on a global scale. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1710 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1710 Wed, 22 Sep 1999 08:00:00 GMT http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1709 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1709 Tue, 21 Sep 1999 08:00:00 GMT A group of researchers at the University of Washington's Human Interface Technology (HIT) Lab, in collaboration with ATR International of Japan, will demonstrate Shared Space in Los Angeles next week at the 1999 SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group on GRAPHics) conference, the Association of Computing Machinery's annual international gathering that attracts more than 30,000 people from academia and industry. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1662 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1662 Wed, 04 Aug 1999 08:00:00 GMT About 60 high school students from across the nation with ambitions to attend college will gather at the University of Washington in July and August for programs filled with typical summer camp activities - games, classes, treasure hunts and late-night pillow fights. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1655 Campus Community Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1655 Tue, 20 Jul 1999 08:00:00 GMT The University of Washington Board of Regents today approved a new graduate certificate program aimed at giving UW bioengineering graduates an entrepreneurial edge as they enter the fast-paced and often high-risk world of commercial biotechnology. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1653 Campus Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1653 Fri, 16 Jul 1999 08:00:00 GMT The only thing worse than waiting for a tardy bus is arriving at the bus stop a minute late and having no clue whether your ride has come and gone, says University of Washington Electrical Engineering Professor Daniel Dailey, whose latest creation can help commuters keep closer tabs on their transportation. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1651 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1651 Fri, 09 Jul 1999 08:00:00 GMT A group of undergraduate University of Washington students have completed the initial design for a nanosatellite that will study the earth's ionosphere and experiment with flying in precise formation with other satellite. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1629 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1629 Wed, 09 Jun 1999 08:00:00 GMT Despite this year's record snowfall in the Pacific Northwest, the amount of water stored as mountain snowpack is projected to drop significantly in the long run, a change that could repaint the face of the region and drastically alter how water is used and allocated, according to University of Washington researchers. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1623 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=1623 Tue, 01 Jun 1999 08:00:00 GMT With an assist from Latvia's lady luck, the third time was Third time's the charm for an Aerosonde miniature robotic airplane and its developers in their bid to complete the first trans-Atlantic crossing by an autonomous aircraft. http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3221 Science Rob Harrill (206-543-2580) http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleid=3221 Fri, 21 Aug 1998 08:00:00 GMT