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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.

A female professor stands at a piece of equipment, demonstrating how to use it to a group of about a dozen students.

Wed, 11/01/2023

Batteries and baklava

Two MSE students furthered their understanding of nanoindentation during a summer program in Greece.

An illustration of the stem cell seeding and proliferation process within a chitosan scaffold.

Thu, 09/21/2023

A game-changer for stem cell development

A material found in the outer skeletons of shellfish may be the key to increasing the supply of clinical-grade stem cells used in regenerative medicine.

Photo of two people seated next to each other. The one on the right, an intern, is wearing lab safety gear and holding an object. The one on the left, a mentor, in regular work attire, is pointing at the object.

Fri, 09/08/2023 | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Eastern WA National Lab Interns Contribute to Energy, Security, Scientific Discovery

MSE senior Andrew Tong spent his summer interning at PNNL, designing and testing a device that helps determine how well different metals retain their strength after being embedded with hydrogen.

Anthony Gironda standing in front of a piece of equipment during a tour of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Wed, 08/30/2023

Gironda awarded renewable energy scholarship

He was recognized by the Renewable Energy Scholarship Foundation for his work investigating materials for nuclear waste disposal.

MSE professor Xiaodong Xu superimposed over a blurry blackboard with chalk diagrams and equations

Thu, 07/20/2023 | Department of Energy's Office of Science

Xiaodong Xu: Then and Now / 2012 Early Career Award Winner

In this feature from the DOE Office of Science, Xu reflects on his 2012 Early Career Award to investigate emerging quantum materials and how it propelled him to the groundbreaking research he's working on today.

A digital illustration of a sheet of graphene stacked onto bulk graphite at a small twist angle. The graphene sheet's “exotic” properties present at the graphene-graphite interface are bleeding down into the graphite itself.

Wed, 07/19/2023 | UW News

Researchers put a new twist on graphite

A team led by MSE's Matthew Yankowitz reports that it is possible to imbue graphite — the bulk, 3D material found in No. 2 pencils — with physical properties similar to graphite’s 2D counterpart, graphene.

A diagram illustrating how a peptide, derived from the protein used to develop teeth, covers sensitive tissue with new mineral microlayers.

Tue, 07/11/2023 | UW News

UW-developed dental lozenge could provide permanent treatment for tooth sensitivity

A special peptide rebuilds a tooth's worn down enamel, and can be integrated into nearly any type of oral health product.