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Aerial view of cherry blossoms on UW Seattle campus

Thu, 04/10/2025 | UW News

UW MSE named top 25 graduate program

The 2026 U.S. News & World Report ranks UW MSE the 24th best materials engineering graduate program in the country.

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Thu, 03/20/2025

Research for good

MSE students showed how their projects can improve our health and help our planet at the Research & Industry Showcase on March 3.

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Fri, 02/14/2025 | UW News

The love of science

For Valentine's Day, UW News asked MSE's Navid Zobeiry to share his love story: What made him fall in love with his research?

Miqin Zhang and Avik Som

Mon, 02/03/2025 | UW News

Q&A: UW researchers are designing cancer therapeutics that can kill cancer cells and restore healthy tissue

MSE's Miqin Zhang and Avik Som are developing treatments that aim to simultaneously treat cancer and improve patients’ quality of life.

Xiaodong Xu sits at a computer in his lab

Thu, 01/23/2025 | UW College of Arts & Sciences

Xiaodong Xu named winner of 2025 NAS Award for Scientific Discovery

Xu is recognized for his experimental observation of the fractional quantum anomalous Hall effect.

Matthew Yankowitz

Mon, 12/23/2024

Yankowitz receives $1M for superconductivity research

The five-year award will allow Yankowitz to further develop his techniques applying pressure and strain to graphene flat bands.

Jack Grimm, UW doctoral student in materials science and engineering, stands behind a large white scanning electron microscope and prepares an enamel sample.

Thu, 12/19/2024 | UW News

By looking at individual atoms in tooth enamel, UW and PNNL researchers are learning what happens to our teeth as we age

A research team at the UW MSE and PNNL examined the atomic composition of enamel samples from two human teeth – one from a 22-year-old and one from a 56-year-old – and found sample from the older person contained higher levels of the ion fluoride.

John Felts next to a superimposed image of his company's product, a biodegradable packing foam.

Wed, 10/30/2024

The future of foam

A Q&A with MSE alum John Felts, whose biodegradable foam is making waves in the packing industry.

A realistic rendering of the new open-access battery lab, which aims to boost U.S. manufacturing and workforce development for electric vehicles and beyond

Fri, 10/25/2024 | UW Clean Energy Insititute

New open-access battery lab aims to boost U.S. manufacturing and workforce development for electric vehicles and beyond

On October 11, the UW Clean Energy Institute held an event with Governor Inslee to unveil plans for a new battery lab at the Washington Clean Energy Testbeds.

Three students and one faculty member stand in a lab setting. One student holds an arm attachment for a robot.

Tue, 10/15/2024 | UW Mechanical Engineering

Designing down under

Students applied engineering design fundamentals to hands-on projects while experiencing culture and wildlife in Australia.