News from the Office of Connected Learning
Summer research strengthens math majors
Six promising UW Bothell math majors were selected for a National Research Experience for Undergraduates Program this summer. The Mathematical Association of America expects that immersing themselves in a research experience will strengthen their skills and encourage them to consider graduate school.
September 17, 2022
New environmental center at Saint Edward park
University of Washington Bothell faculty and staff are helping plan an environmental learning center that would utilize Saint Edward State Park as an outdoor classroom and living lab.
September 17, 2022
Scanning electron microscope at UW Bothell
03/16/2018 UW Bothell researchers in engineering, materials and biology have a powerful new tool in a scanning electron microscope installed in Discovery Hall. Seungkeun Choi’s research team is using it to develop organic solar cell technology.
September 17, 2022
UW Bothell helping bring back ‘little red fish’
UW Bothell faculty Jeff Jensen and Rob Turner and their students are working on a project to return once-plentiful kokanee salmon to Lyon Creek in Lake Forest Park. Jensen is using a remote site egg incubator, and Turner is monitoring the water quality of storm runoff.
September 17, 2022
UW Bothell working to reduce foul odor of latrines, airing issue in global sanitation
The University of Washington Bothell is helping develop a disinfectant to reduce the foul odor of latrines. Making pit toilets less offensive could improve sanitation in developing regions of the world where defecation in the open air spreads disease.
September 17, 2022
Computer modeling reveals secrets of teamwork
With a three-year $400,000 government grant, Deanna Kennedy employs student researchers to help study teamwork and discover how to keep people on the same page.
September 17, 2022
At the intersection of art and geography
Ted Hiebert and Jin-Kyu Jung, associate professors in different fields in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences and UW Royalty Research Fund (RRF) award recipients, are exploring how to merge geographic and artistic representations of information.
September 17, 2022
Listening to the noise that whales hear
Assistant Professor Shima Abadi has received a three-year $850,000 grant from the Navy to analyze underwater noise in the Pacific to better understand the impact of human activities on marine life.
September 17, 2022
The mysterious snerka of Lake Washington
Kokanee that once filled Lake Washington streams may not be entirely gone. Ichthyologist Jeff Jensen is studying kokanee-like fish known as snerka.
September 17, 2022
Engaging undergraduates in math research
Pietro Paparella, an assistant professor of mathematics, studies theoretical aspects of non-negative matrices, which found one profitable application when Google started ranking websites.
September 17, 2022