News from the Office of Connected Learning
Category: Research and Creative Projects for Undergrads
WRF Fellowships for two ISCRM Undergraduate Researchers
Undergraduate student researchers Dessirée Ortaç (Davis Lab) and Eesha Murali (Regnier Lab) have received Washington Research Foundation Fellowships (WRFF) that will support their time in the lab through the end of the 2023 school year. Dessirée Ortaç is a senior Biology major at UW Bothell and an undergraduate fellow in the lab of ISCRM faculty...
November 28, 2022
Long, long ago and far, far away: quasars
Introducing UW Bothell students to cosmology since fall 2018, Rodriguez Hidalgo also will talk about “Quasars: supermassive black holes and galaxies far, far away” in a Pub Night Talk on March 26 at McMenamins in Bothell.
November 7, 2022
Building a green-construction database
Mechanical Engineering students are helping the Northwest EcoBuilding Guild assemble a database of green-engineering innovations that can help architects and contractors design and build energy-efficient climate-friendly buildings.
November 7, 2022
Are you on camera? Detector can find out
Cybersecurity researchers at the University of Washington Bothell have come up with a way to detect spycams — tiny, wireless digital cameras so small they can be easily hidden.
November 7, 2022
Soda can solar heater built to warm tiny home
For their capstone project, four Mechanical Engineering students built a soda can solar heater to demonstrate how recycled aluminum cans could help heat a tiny house for the homeless.
November 7, 2022
Bees represent UW Bothell sustainability
If the University of Washington Bothell had an official insect it would be the bee. Bees embody the university’s commitment to environmental sustainability in academics and practice.
November 7, 2022
Preparing for wildfire smoke indoors
UW Bothell students are helping evaluate enhanced air filtering at Seattle community centers that offer residents fresh air when wildfire smoke falls over the city.
November 7, 2022
Sponge city: Planning climate change in China
Associate Professor Eric Salathé is creating a climate model for an area of southeast China that forecasts decades into the future. The simulation will help urban planners anticipate sudden, heavy rain storms and design a “sponge city” to prevent flooding.
November 7, 2022
Mask’s fit more important than fabric
When deciding on a face mask, fit is more important than fabric, says Dan Jaffe, a professor of environmental chemistry who is testing how well different masks filter particles from the air.
November 7, 2022
Artificial intelligence turned against COVID-19
A team led by Assistant Professor Dong Si is turning the power of artificial intelligence against the COVID-19 coronavirus with a new software tool that could help design vaccines and drugs.
November 7, 2022