Prof. Cobb joined the University of Washington from Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), Inc. where she was a Senior Member of Research Staff leading research projects on advanced manufacturing technologies for solar cells, batteries and high strength and toughness materials.  Her research broadly integrates advanced manufacturing, materials processing, engineered materials, and computational design to advance lithium-ion and other energy storage technologies. Prof. Cobb is a recipient of the DARPA Young Faculty Award (2019), DARPA Director’s Fellowship (2021), and 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award (2019). She was elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) in 2024 and as a member of the Washington State Academy of Sciences (WSAS) in 2023. She holds a B.S. in Product Design and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.

Washington Research Foundation (WRF) Innovation Professor in Clean Energy, 2017-present
Professor – Mechanical Engineering, 2021-present
Adjunct Professor – Human Centered Design & Engineering, 2023-present
Adjunct Professor – Chemical Engineering, 2025-present
Member Faculty – Clean Energy Institute (CEI), 2017- present
Member Faculty – Molecular Engineering and Sciences Institute (MolES), 2017- present

Director, Advanced Experience Program in Clean Energy, 2018-present
Committee Member, Consensus Study on the “Future of Battery Technology Options for Defense Applications,” National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM)

Tenure-Track Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, 2017-2021
Senior Member of Research Staff, Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), Inc. (formerly Xerox PARC), 2015-2017
Member of Research Staff, Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), Inc. (formerly Xerox PARC), 2010-2015
Mechanical Engineer, Applied Materials, 2008-2010
Platforms Intern, Google, 2007
Graduate Research Intern, Bell Labs, 2003
Product Design Intern, Hewlett-Packard, 2002
Design Intern, Toshiba Design Center (Japan), 2001
Mechanical Engineering Intern, Hewlett-Packard, 2000

Chair, Pacific Northwest Section of The Electrochemical Society, 2023-2025
Vice Chair, Pacific Northwest Section of The Electrochemical Society, 2021-2023

2024 National Academy of Inventors Fellow
2023 Washington State Academy of Sciences
2021 DARPA Director’s Fellowship
2019 DARPA Young Faculty Award
2019 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award
2019 National Academy of Engineering EU-US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium (Invited Organizer)
2015 National Academy of Engineering China-America Frontiers of Engineering Symposium (Invited Participant)
2015 PARC Golden Acorn Award
2015 SiliconPV Award for Best Paper
2005 Alfred P. Sloan Scholar
2002 Bell Labs Cooperative Research Fellowship Program (CRFP) Fellow

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