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MSE junior Max Stafford holds up a giant novelty check made out to SuperSurya.

Tue, 04/09/2024 | UW Foster School of Business

SuperSurya takes home Clean Energy Prize at 2024 Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge

The SuperSurya team, led by MSE junior Max Stafford, utilizes concentrating solar-thermal power to increase the efficiency of solar panels by 40% through the collection of waste heat.

Two female students wearing white lab coats, purple gloves, and lab goggles, hold up a small lithium coin cell.

Mon, 03/11/2024 | UW Engineering

Driven to advance vehicle electrification

MSE faculty Jun Liu and Jihui Yang are part of a college-wide push toward better electric vehicles.

Headshot of Assistant Professor Ting Cao on a gold background

Fri, 03/01/2024

Ting Cao receives NSF Early CAREER Award

Cao will use the funds to investigate light-matter interactions in van der Waals magnets.

Headshots for MSE professors Matt Yankowitz, Xiaodong Xu, Di Xiao and Ting Cao on a white background.

Thu, 01/25/2024 | UW Clean Energy Institute

CEI announces Collaborative Seed Grants

MSE researchers hope to develop ultra-efficient energy production and storage with advancements in quantum computing.

Assistant Professor Aniruddh Vashisth stands in a lab environment next to two machines used for automated welding.

Wed, 01/24/2024 | UW Mechanical Engineering

Advancing clean manufacturing research

MSE's Eleftheria Roumeli and Jun Liu are part of an interdisciplinary team looking to manufacture improved materials for electric vehicle batteries.

Jun Liu

Tue, 12/12/2023

Jun Liu elected to NAI Fellow

This honor recognizes researchers who translate academic research into commercial technologies that benefit society.

UW researcher in the field completing a glacial survey

Fri, 12/08/2023 | UW Population Health

Eleftheria Roumeli awarded pilot grant for climate change project

Roumeli and Tomás Méndez Echenagucia, assistant professor of architecture, will investigate the development of modular blocks made of sustainable biomaterials that can be used for sound insulation.

View of campus in the fall

Mon, 12/04/2023 | UW News

Four MSE faculty included on Highly Cited Researchers 2023 list

Guozhong Cao, Charles Marcus, Di Xiao and Xiaodong Xu were named on Clarivate’s annual list of Highly Cited Researchers.

Kannan Krishnan

Fri, 12/01/2023

Kannan Krishnan honored with TMS educator award

The Julia & Johannes Weertman Educator Award recognizes Krishnan's outstanding contributions to education in materials engineering.

Ocean wave

Mon, 11/06/2023 | UW College of Engineering

Addressing the climate crisis

Learn how the UW Engineering community is taking action through research, teaching and collaboration.