91探花researchers investigated disparities in exposure to six major air pollutants in 1990, 2000 and 2010 by comparing models of air pollution levels to census data. While overall pollutant concentrations have decreased since 1990, people of color are still more likely to be exposed to all six pollutants than white people, regardless of income level, across the continental United States.
Researchers are modeling how tsunami debris pushes on a building 鈥� either by hitting it or getting lodged on it and creating a dam. They are also looking for patterns in the way floating debris moves around and against rigid shapes. The information may help in designing buildings in coastal communities that can better withstand damage by floating objects in tsunami events.聽
A team led by the 91探花has developed a new, non-destructive method that images entire 3D biopsies instead of a slice for determining prostate cancer aggressiveness. The 3D images provided more information than a 2D image 鈥� specifically, details about the tree-like structure of the glands throughout the tissue.
A 91探花class that normally is about air pollution has pivoted to focus on another airborne health hazard 鈥� coronavirus aerosols. As part of the class project, students are designing and building air purifiers and testing how effective they are.
A team led by the 91探花developed a chatbot that could ask emergency department visitors about social needs, including housing, food, access to medical care and physical safety.
91探花 researchers looked at almost 56,000 political ads from almost 750 news sites between September 2020 and January 2021.
A team led by the 91探花 has received a nearly $2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to further research into how urban societal systems can be organized to be both efficient and resilient.
91探花students created a rover that can inspect sewer pipes or culverts for any damage that could prevent fish from using them during migration.
The 91探花 is among the best universities in the world for the studies of computer science and engineering, according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2022.
Shyam Gollakota, a 91探花professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, has taken inspiration from nature鈥檚 tiniest creatures, creating inventions that allow humans to use technology to go where they haven鈥檛 gone before. He is being celebrated for those inventions as a 2021 Moore Inventor Fellow.
Three separate 91探花 research teams have been awarded $750,000 each by the National Science Foundation to advance studies in misinformation and the ocean economy.
On Sept. 28, the National Science Foundation announced $15 million, five-year grant to integrate AI tools into the scientific research and discovery process. The award will fund the Accelerated AI Algorithms for Data-Driven Discovery Institute 鈥� or A3D3 Institute 鈥� a partnership of nine universities, led by the 91探花.
Researchers at the 91探花 and 91探花Tacoma have been studying arsenic levels in the mud, water and in creatures from lakes in the south Puget Sound area. Eating contaminated fish or snails from these lakes could lead to health risks.
A team from the 91探花 and University of California San Diego has received the Golden Goose Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
The 91探花 School of Nursing tied for second-best in the nation for its undergraduate programs, according to a new ranking from U.S. News & World Report.
The National Science Foundation has announced it will fund a new endeavor to bring atomic-level precision to the devices and technologies that underpin much of modern life, and will transform fields like information technology in the decades to come. The five-year, $25 million Science and Technology Center grant will found the Center for Integration of Modern Optoelectronic Materials on Demand 鈥� or IMOD 鈥� a collaboration of scientists and engineers at 11 universities led by the 91探花.
91探花News asked Michael Motley, a 91探花associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, to explain how levees protect cities like New Orleans.聽
The 91探花will lead a new artificial intelligence research institute that will focus on fundamental AI and machine learning theory, algorithms and applications for real-time learning and control of complex dynamic systems, which describe chaotic situations where conditions are constantly shifting and hard to predict.
91探花researchers have developed a method that uses a gaming graphics card to control plasma formation in their prototype fusion reactor.
Twenty scientists and engineers at the 91探花 are among the 38 new members elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences for 2021, according to a July 15 announcement. New members were chosen for 鈥渢heir outstanding record of scientific and technical achievement, and their willingness to work on behalf of the Academy to bring the best available science to bear on issues within the state of Washington.鈥�
To understand how the UW’s transition to online-only classes affected college students’ mental health in the spring of 2020, 91探花researchers surveyed 147 91探花undergraduates over the 2020 spring quarter.
While there is currently no explanation for why the Champlain Towers South building collapsed, Dawn Lehman, a 91探花 professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been studying photographs, videos, drawings, reports and permits to investigate this tragedy to understand what happened. 91探花News asked her to help us understand why buildings fail.
91探花 Provost Mark Richards today announced the appointment of Mari Ostendorf as Vice Provost for Research, set to begin Sept. 1. Ostendorf has been serving as Associate Vice Provost for Research in the Office of Research since 2017.
91探花researchers have developed a deep learning method that can animate any flowing material, including waterfalls, smoke or clouds.
Researchers at the 91探花 have developed a method that uses smartphone-derived images to reveal potentially harmful bacteria on skin and in oral cavities. Their approach can visually identify microbes on skin contributing to acne and slow wound healing, as well as bacteria in the oral cavity that can cause gingivitis and dental plaques.
On Feb. 7, 2021, a wall of debris and water barreled down river valleys in India, destroyed two hydropower facilities and left more than 200 people dead or missing. A self-organized coalition of 53 scientists from 14 countries, including researchers from the 91探花, worked nonstop following the disaster to investigate the cause, scope and impacts.
The COVID-19 Mobility Survey, a partnership of the 91探花 and the Puget Sound Regional Council, showed how remote workers’ transportation, work and other lifestyle habits changed over the first several months of the pandemic.
The potted junipers on the steps of Suzzallo Library are undergoing a transformation. Flanking the entrance to one of UW’s most beloved buildings, they are viewed by hundreds of people walking through Red Square each week. Bioengineering postdoctoral researcher Le Zhen is transforming these shrubs into bonsai 鈥� miniature trees that are pruned, nurtured and trained with wire to look like their much older, full-sized counterparts living in nature. He hopes this prominent display of bonsai will signal to members of the AAPI community that 91探花is safe and welcoming.
Recent honors for 91探花faculty include the 2021 Presburger award for theoretical computer science, an Early Career Faculty Innovator research grant for a collaboration in environmental studies with the Karuk Tribe in California, and a fellowship to explore war regulations and raiding norms among early Arabian Jewish communities.
Creative Destruction Lab, a nonprofit organization for massively scalable, seed-stage, science- and technology-based companies, will launch its third U.S.-based location, CDL-Seattle, this fall. Based at the UW鈥檚 Foster School of Business, CDL-Seattle will be a partnership with Microsoft Corporation, the 91探花College of Engineering, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering and CoMotion, UW鈥檚 collaborative innovation hub. The initial area of focus for CDL-Seattle is computational health.
A team, which includes researchers from the 91探花, demonstrated that over the course of three years, a genetically engineered switchgrass could break down an explosive chemical in plots of soil at a military range.
Five faculty members and one affiliate professor at the 91探花 are among 120 new members and 30 international members elected to the National Academy of Sciences: Anna Karlin, professor of computer science and engineering; Rachel Klevit, professor of biochemistry; Randall LeVeque, professor emeritus of applied mathematics; Julie Theriot, professor of biology; Rachel Wong, professor of biological structure; and Julie Overbaugh, professor at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and a 91探花affiliate professor of microbiology.
A new study from researchers at multiple universities, including the UW, shows that exposure disparities among people of color and white people are driven by nearly all, rather than only a few, emission source types.
A new study led by 91探花researchers borrowed image-analysis methods from engineering to spot the minute movements of a stony coral.
91探花researchers worked with almost 260 people to understand online disagreements and to develop potential design interventions that could make these discussions more productive and centered around relationship-building.
A UW-led team has developed a method that uses the camera on a person’s smartphone or computer to take their pulse and breathing rate from a real-time video of their face.
An Intel Corporation award for work to make computers more energy-efficient, a Research Corporation for Science award for chemistry research and education, and two Google inclusion awards to create technology for underrepresented populations.
Tales of artificial intelligence and its effects on future life are gathered in “Telling Stories: On Culturally Responsive Artificial Intelligence,” presented by the 91探花Tech Policy Lab.
A new 91探花 study finds that an identification with all humanity, as opposed to identification with a geographic area like a country or town, predicts whether someone will engage in 鈥減rosocial鈥� behaviors particular to the pandemic, such as donating extra masks or coming to the aid of a sick person.
91探花researchers have developed a new skill for a smart speaker that for the first time monitors both regular and irregular heartbeats without physical contact.