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    EnVitrum Turns Trash Glass into Green Building Material

    Bricks and glassware date back to the earliest civilizations, and the raw materials and basic technologies haven’t changed much over six millennia. Now, two UW Engineering graduate students have exercised techno creativity to rethink both bricks and glass, driven by a goal to develop a useful product from vast heaps of low-grade glass that ends up in landfills. UW graduate students Grant Marchelli and Renuka… View More

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    Lodespin Targets Opportunity in Next-Generation Medical Imaging

    A new University of Washington spin-off company, Lodespin Labs, is emerging as a key player in the development of what could be the next big advance in medical imaging technology – magnetic particle imaging (MPI). It capitalizes on the magnetic properties of nanoscale iron oxide particles that can be injected into the bloodstream for real-time imaging of coronary blood flow and other heart functions. Lodespin… View More

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    UW Computer Security Researchers Release Tabletop Card Game: Control-Alt-Hack

    UW Professor Yoshi Kohno and PhD student Tamara Denning had a goal: to raise the public’s awareness of the vulnerability of computer systems and to create a new generation of programmers and managers who are on the alert for security holes. To accomplish this, they created an entertaining, high-quality game that will expose players to the world of computer security. “We designed Control-Alt-Hack to be… View More

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    Plasma startup creates high-energy light to make smaller microchips

    By Hannah Hickey for UW Today To bring their solution to market two UW engineers have launched a startup, Zplasma, that aims to produce the high-energy light needed to etch the next generation of microchips. “In order to get smaller feature sizes on silicon, the industry has to go to shorter wavelength light,” said Uri Shumlak, a UW professor of aeronautics and astronautics. “Were able… View More

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    UW Researchers Improve Spirometry Testing and Asthma Care for Kids

    Spirometry, the measuring of breath, is the most common of the pulmonary function tests (PFTs), measuring lung function, and an important tool for assessing conditions such as asthma. Properly performed diagnostic spirometry and its correct interpretation are typically missing in primary care, and there are increasing calls for widespread training efforts to mitigate this deficiency. University of Washington researchers developed a suite of online resources… View More

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    Pavia Takes Expressway to Market

    Most drivers don’t give a nanosecond’s thought to the asphalt under their tires, at least not until they dodge a pothole or slow to pass a hard-hat crew repaving an adjacent lane. We tend to take our highways and byways for granted, but the lifeblood of our economy passes through this four-million-mile arterial network. Besides moving people to jobs and other destinations, the network transports… View More

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    Breakthrough Test for Bone Loss Stands Test of Time

    More than 10 million adults in the United States have osteoporosis — weak, brittle bones vulnerable to fracture. Another 35 million have low bone density that can progress to osteoporosis. Health care costs for osteoporosis-related fractures total about $20 billion annually in the U.S., and are rising with our aging population. Most people have no symptoms of the disease and may receive no treatment to… View More

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    Neurosurgeon and Bioengineer Aim for Paradigm Shift in Treatment of Hydrocephalus

    Advances in medical technology and surgical techniques have dramatically improved diagnosis and treatment of most disorders, saving and extending lives. Yet the technology revolution has bypassed a simple device used for 50 years to treat a relatively common but devastating condition in newborns — hydrocephalus, the excess accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain. If this fluid is not continuously drained through a catheter and shunt system, the pressure buildup can damage brain tissue and expand the skull bones leading to fatal consequences. Continue reading →… View More

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    CSE Professor Seeks to Transform Home-Monitoring Technology

    A new class of low-cost and easy-to-deploy sensing systems for homes being developed at the UW could revolutionize home monitoring, alerting homeowners to humidity or moisture in the attic, plumbing that could spring a leak, or the presence of carbon monoxide. The system employs UW Assistant Professor Shwetak Patel’s Ubicomp research lab technology. Patel joined UW as an assistant professor in both Computer Science and… View More

  • Dance Method DVD Expands a Teacher’s Audience

    “When are you going to make a video?” is a question Jennifer Salk, MFA, associate professor in the University of Washington dance program would get often from dance teachers attending her master classes and workshops. An expert in weaving anatomy instruction into dance technique classes, Salk has taught at the American Dance Festival, the International Association for Dance Medicine and Science, and National Dance Education… View More