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Six MolES Faculty Named to State Academy of Sciences

September 13, 2013

Six distinguished faculty members from the Molecular Engineering & Sciences Institute, including its director, Patrick Stayton, were named to the Washington State Academy of Sciences. This group includes: Charles Campbell (Chemistry) David Castner (Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering) Samson Jenekhe (Chemical Engineering) Patrick Stayton (Bioengineering) Minoru Taya (Mechanical Engineering) Paul Yager (Bioengineering) Membership in the Washington State [...]

Posner, UW Engineers Receive US Department of Energy Grant to Design Clean, Fuel-Efficient Cookstoves

September 11, 2013

From UW Today: September 11, 2013 UW engineers get grant to make cookstoves 10 times cleaner for developing world Michelle Ma Nearly 500 million households roughly 3 billion people, or 42 percent of the world's population rely on burning materials such as wood, animal dung or coal in stoves for cooking and heating [...]

NME Undergraduate Track Program Grows to 120 Students in 2013

August 8, 2013

It was a banner year for the Nanoscience and Molecular Engineering (NME) program. The undergraduate track program started by Molecular Engineering & Sciences Associate Director for Education RenÃ© Overney now has more than 120 students from across the College of Engineering in its ranks. This June, 27 of those students, having completed the NME curricular [...]

David Ginger’s synthetic polymer for solar cell applications

August 8, 2013

Regulating electron "˜spin' may be key to making organic solar cells competitive Vince Stricherz Organic solar cells that convert light to electricity using carbon-based molecules have shown promise as a versatile energy source but have not been able to match the efficiency of their silicon-based counterparts. Now, researchers have discovered a synthetic, high-performance polymer that [...]

NME students showcase findings at UW Undergraduate Research Symposium

May 31, 2013

Each year, nearly 1,000 undergraduates pack Mary Gates Hall to present research talks and posters at the Annual UW Undergraduate Research Symposium. This year several rooms were dedicated to nanotechnology research, where 27 seniors in the Nanoscience and Molecular Engineering undergraduate option program showcased projects completed in UW research labs over the previous year. From [...]

Luscombe undergrad researcher David Coven receives Washington State Opportunity Scholarship, featured on King 5

May 28, 2013

This month the Washington State Opportunity Scholarship Program awarded scholarships to 800 freshman and sophomores who declared majors in science and engineering. Sponsored through a public-private partnership between Boeing, Microsoft, and the State of Washington, the scholarships are intended to encourage more students to enter the STEM fields and help fill the more than 25,000 [...]

Engineered biomaterial could improve success of medical implants

May 15, 2013

University of Washington engineers have created a synthetic substance that fully resists the body's natural attack response to foreign objects. Medical devices such as artificial heart valves, prostheses and breast implants could be coated with this polymer to prevent the body from rejecting an implanted object. [...]

Buddy Ratner Wins the 2012 George Winter Award from the European Society for Biomaterials

May 14, 2013

Buddy Ratner recognized for contributions to field of biomaterials The European Society for Biomaterials has chosen Buddy Ratner, a UW professor of bioengineering and chemical engineering, for the 2012 George Winter Award, recognizing outstanding contributions to the field of biomaterials. The committee cited Ratner's excellence in research, his vision and his leading role in the promotion of biomaterials [...]

Bill Atkins Named Inaugural Sid Nelson Endowed Professor

May 7, 2013

In a fitting tribute to our late colleague, mentor and friend, the School of Pharmacy is humbled to share that we have formally established the Sid Nelson Endowed Professorship in Drug Metabolism. The seeds for the professorship were sown in December 2011, after our much-loved professor of medicinal chemistry and dean emeritus passed away [...]

Pozzo Receives DOE Early Career, Undergraduate Research Mentor Awards

May 7, 2013

Congratulations to MolES faculty member and Chemical Engineering professor Lilo Pozzo, who recently received the following three awards for her accomplishments in the areas of research, mentoring, and commercialization: DOE Early Career Award, selected for the project “Neutron Scattering Investigation of the Relationship between Molecular Structure, Morphology and Dynamics in Conjugated Polymers.” Outstanding Undergraduate Research [...]

Mary Lidstrom elected to the National Academy of Sciences

May 1, 2013

The University of Washington's Mary Lidstrom and David Kaplan are among the 84 new members and 21 foreign associates from 14 countries just announced by National Academy of Sciences. Members are named for their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research, according to the academy. Lidstrom is vice provost for research and a professor of chemical engineering [...]

Jim Pfaendtner Wins Distinguished Teaching Award

May 1, 2013

The University of Washington has announced this year's Awards of Excellence recipients, recognizing achievements in teaching, mentoring, public service and staff support. The winners will be honored 3:30-4:30 p.m., June 13, at a ceremony in Meany Hall for the campus and general public. Being awarded for the first time this year is the Distinguished Alumni Veteran Award [...]

Kannan M. Krishnan named 2013 IEEE Fellow

April 16, 2013

Kannan M. Krishnan has been named a 2013 fellow of IEEE for contributions to nano-magnetic technology in medicine. IEEE Fellow is a distinction reserved for select IEEE members whose extraordinary accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields of interest are deemed fitting of this prestigious grade elevation. The IEEE Grade of Fellow is conferred by the Board of Directors upon [...]

High glucose levels could impair ferroelectricity in body's connective tissues

April 15, 2013

High sugar levels in the body come at a cost to health. New research suggests that more sugar in the body could damage the elastic proteins that help us breathe and pump blood. The findings could have health implications for diabetics, who have high blood-glucose levels. Researchers at the University of Washington and Boston University [...]

New device could cut costs on household products, pharmaceuticals

April 12, 2013

New device could cut costs on household products, pharmaceuticals By Michelle Ma Sometimes cost saving comes in nanoscale packages. A new procedure that thickens and thins fluid at the micron level could save consumers and manufacturers money, particularly for soap products that depend on certain molecules to effectively deal with grease and dirt. Researchers at [...]

CleanTech undergrads win the UW Environmental Innovation Challenge

April 8, 2013

Congratulations to MolES faculty Lilo Pozzo’s senior design team “Polydrop,” grand prize winners at the 2013 UW Environmental Innovation Challenge, an annual event sponsored by the UW’s Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship. Their prize-winning prototype is an additive that transforms regular coatings into conductive coatings to enable the use of carbon fiber composites in the transportation [...]

CleanTech and the Paradox of Reduce-Reuse-Recycle

April 3, 2013

Guest post by MolES faculty member and Chemical Engineering chair Daniel Schwartz on the Foster Unplugged blog When I think Cleantech, my mind goes straight to the triangular logo on my waste container at work: "reduce, reuse, recycle." These three words are central to most enduring cleantech innovations, though sometimes in paradoxical ways. "Reduce" is [...]

Kim Woodrow named on Newsweek/The Daily Beast’s 125 Women of Impact List

April 1, 2013

UW Bioengineering assistant professor Dr. Kim Woodrow’s was named on this list, compiled by Newsweek/The Daily Beast to accompany this week’s Women in the World Summit. Dr. Woodrow was cited for her work creating dissolvable female condoms that prevent pregnancy and protect against HIV, for which she received $1 million in funding from the Bill [...]

Tenfold boost in ability to pinpoint proteins in cancer cells

March 19, 2013

By Michelle MaMarch 19, 2013 Better diagnosis and treatment of cancer could hinge on the ability to better understand a single cell at its molecular level. New research offers a more comprehensive way of analyzing one cell's unique behavior, using an array of colors to show patterns that could indicate why a cell will or [...]

UW Freshmen to Present Research Findings in D.C.

March 5, 2013

Presenting at a research conference in Washington D.C. is an unimaginable dream for most college freshmen. For six University of Washington College of Engineering students, this dream is a reality; they will present their research at the Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI) Conference on March 9. Kasey Acob, Bailey Bonaci, David Coven, Daniel Corona, [...]