Tag: Infrastructure

Jake Betzen, a grad student in the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, is quoted on his research on the decline of the bigleaf maple tree in Washington. https://t.co/kQOlxTEJ5B

— UW Graduate School (@UWGradSchool) October 15, 2018

RT @UW: .@UWArtSci faculty and @burkemuseum curators are literally going to the end of the Earth to gather data on one of the least understood fossil records in the world: Antarctica’s. https://t.co/OvBCXkfaJx
📷 by UW Professor @ChristianSidor pic.twitter.com/l9qzV3MCgl

— UW Arts and Sciences (@UWArtSci) July 30, 2018

Researchers from the UW Clean Energy Institute (@UW_CEI) and Molecular Engineering & Sciences show perovskites are among one of the best materials for thin-film solar cells. https://t.co/W5tRQjPL32 pic.twitter.com/CtpP1aCZJI

— UW Arts and Sciences (@UWArtSci) July 27, 2018

The San Francisco startup @HashiCorp, founded by a pair of @uwcse graduates, is now valued at $1.9 billion. 🤯 https://t.co/JG7SPTSzCU

— UW Engineering (@uwengineering) November 1, 2018

“Engineers have to learn how to work with failure because failure makes us into stronger problem-solvers." @UW ME sophomore Livia Anderson (left) and her @UWEcoCAR teammates introduced 5th graders to engineering last month. Read more here: https://t.co/4ePXfmtVnp #HuskyExperience pic.twitter.com/oqrYL96Lje

— UW Engineering (@uwengineering) October 29, 2018

The #UrbanFreightLab at the @SCTLCenter will be helping UPS evaluate how delivering packages on e-bikes will affect dwell time, carbon-dioxide emissions and use of parking space. Read more in @mlbaruchman's story. https://t.co/I9m7p6fjVM

— UW Engineering (@uwengineering) October 29, 2018

.@theAGU has given civil and environmental engineering prof Rebecca Neumann an award for her research on finding solutions to food and water security challenges around the world! Read more here: https://t.co/yocW6xMxlJ pic.twitter.com/1TaUm86pYy

— UW Engineering (@uwengineering) October 16, 2018

Could common carrier parcel lockers reduce traffic congestion in Seattle? Two @SCTLCenter reports are investigating this issue. Read more here: https://t.co/o5KSoplknZ

— UW Engineering (@uwengineering) October 12, 2018

A new study from @UW and @WSU researchers makes chemicals from tiny bits of car tires a prime suspect in the untimely deaths of coho salmon. https://t.co/WKhKW9oHo9

— UW Engineering (@uwengineering) October 4, 2018

From football helmets to fossils. Both @VicisPro and @burkemuseum have used the @UW civil & environmental engineering's CT scanner to get 3-D models that show the inside of these objects without cutting into them. Read more here: https://t.co/vySVQoWQY0 pic.twitter.com/jZbLkPcToJ

— UW Engineering (@uwengineering) October 3, 2018

“Say I sound sick when I am talking to Alexa, maybe they would show me medicine as a suggestion on Amazon,” said @uwcse prof @franziroesner. “What happens when the inferences are wrong?” https://t.co/pW8VoUY5Fm

— UW Engineering (@uwengineering) September 24, 2018

Last week, 54 fifth-grade students from Marshall Elementary lived in dormitories and learned about engineering @UW. They designed and built #gravitycars. 🚗🚙 Check out @KariBray's awesome story in the @EverettHerald for the details! #STEM #STEMed https://t.co/Nmk8wSqbl8

— UW Engineering (@uwengineering) September 18, 2018

The U.S. Army's new drones that will never need to land are powered similarly to our #RoboFly! Read more here: https://t.co/WXqwNEyJUK @uwcse @UWEENews pic.twitter.com/0uDQPC6EWh

— UW Engineering (@uwengineering) September 6, 2018

"The researchers used computational modeling to help design the helmet. Trying to jostle the brain on a computer sure beats doing it in real life." @UW startup @VicisPro's new football helmet is designed to protect the brain. #UWinnovateshttps://t.co/h9vdRa1vQq

— UW Engineering (@uwengineering) September 4, 2018

When talking about autonomous vehicles, one huge question remains — will they be as safe as those driven by people? @UW Civil and environmental engineering prof @DonMacKenzie9 discusses his answer in this video: https://t.co/VPa5C3EE3r

— UW Engineering (@uwengineering) August 30, 2018

"In February, researchers at the @UW and @Microsoft put 200 megabytes of data into 13 million DNA oligonucleotides — among the files was @okgo's music video for 'This Too Shall Pass.'" 😱🧬https://t.co/DjJSDKPkvg

— UW Engineering (@uwengineering) August 28, 2018

"In a city with crowded infrastructure like Seattle, every second counts at the bus stop. But a new study from the @UW asked: Would those schedules be hampered if we allowed private shuttles to use those public bus stops?" https://t.co/3eUZa7imY9

— UW Engineering (@uwengineering) August 27, 2018

"They call it Herb2. It’s a dapper #robot, wearing a bowtie even while it sits at home in its lab at the @UW. All perfectly normal stuff for a robot—until the machine speaks: 'Hello from the hackers.'" 🤖 https://t.co/hzab54l9dZ @uwcse

— UW Engineering (@uwengineering) August 24, 2018

"Boxy robot prototypes have been developed with design input from teens, who, KNKX notes, seem to be more comfortable with WALL-E-style #robots than humanoid-style bots that can be perceived as more threatening." 🤖https://t.co/Liv2WsTa9u @ProjectEMAR @elinbjorling

— UW Engineering (@uwengineering) August 22, 2018

Check out @UW civil and environmental engineering prof @DonMacKenzie9 in @grist's video feature on #dockless bikesharing: https://t.co/lbqp7rzD1J #bikeshare

— UW Engineering (@uwengineering) August 22, 2018

“We asked questions like: To what degree are buses arriving late? And does that change after the pilot starts?” New research from @DonMacKenzie9: Does having private shuttles stop at @kcmetrobus stops change how reliable your bus is? 🚌 Find out here: https://t.co/tRtIKmRKWK pic.twitter.com/95QcIMNft5

— UW Engineering (@uwengineering) August 21, 2018

"Voice-activated assistants are a bottomless source of entertainment, offering knock-knock jokes, bedtimes stories, and animal facts on demand. There’s just one problem: Alexa and her smart-speaker ilk don’t always know how to come out to play." https://t.co/dw7cjHvBye

— UW Engineering (@uwengineering) August 13, 2018

"Around 88% of @venmo users who responded to a small survey carried out by researchers affiliated with the @UW 'indicated indifference towards whether their transactions were shared or private.'" This is research by @hcdeUW prof @smunson! https://t.co/IuAzxwrFgR

— UW Engineering (@uwengineering) August 8, 2018

Tech for the whole family: "Engineers need to facilitate more nuanced responses from voice-activated devices instead of the terse 'Sorry, I didn’t get that' currently stated by personal digital assistants like Alexa or Siri." @uw_ischool @lisa_stiffler https://t.co/wxaLwBtHxU

— UW Engineering (@uwengineering) August 7, 2018

"Marver, who founded the company in 2013 with @UW ME chair Per Reinhall and @UWMedicine neurosurgeon Dr. Samuel Browd, said the ZERO1 has a 'deformable' outer shell." 120 football teams now use @VicisPro's helmet, says @dereknhall. https://t.co/90ZuhsO2SZ

— UW Engineering (@uwengineering) August 3, 2018

How do you spot a Russian bot? “If an account has more than 50 to 60 tweets a day, that suggests automation,” explains @hcdeUW grad student Ahmer Arif. Read other tips in @dcostaroberts' story for @MotherJones: https://t.co/q86zdKgT1y

— UW Engineering (@uwengineering) August 1, 2018

"Researchers at the @UW are training robotic hands that have all the same digits and joints that our hands do. That is far more difficult than training a gripper or suction cup. An anthropomorphic hand moves in so many different ways." #robotics 🤖https://t.co/aA9URXovZo

— UW Engineering (@uwengineering) July 31, 2018

@UWaeroastro @uwengineering on cutting edge of drone tech: No GPS? No problem! Researchers test new and improved systems to track drones https://t.co/V5EM59BwN8 via @GeekWire

— UW Aero & Astro (@UWaeroastro) August 16, 2018

Great vindication for Parker Solar Probe's namesake: https://t.co/1OVGk3VDmz

— UW Aero & Astro (@UWaeroastro) August 13, 2018

UW team notches a personal best in hyperloop competition — and meets Elon Musk (via @katherinelong) https://t.co/xLwJ5fMdWP

— The Seattle Times (@seattletimes) August 1, 2018

Greg Wilson, co-founder of @swcarpentry, offered a lecture on "A hard-boiled egg: #datascience, software engineering, and a plausible path to a slightly better future" – check it out on our YouTube page! https://t.co/DFfXxiDhEw

— UW eScience Institute (@uwescience) October 24, 2018

Hot off the presses! Issue six of our #DataScience for Social Good Summer Blog. Get student insight on #datacleaning and #geospatialanalysis in this new post! #DSSG2018 https://t.co/rRT02mhGGq pic.twitter.com/iMpLApV4Ve

— UW eScience Institute (@uwescience) August 14, 2018

Supersized #solar farms are sprouting around the world (and maybe in space, too) w/ @UWEENews Professor Daniel Kirschen https://t.co/TJZNICOLze @meharris @NBCNewsMACH @uwengineering

— Clean Energy Inst. (@UW_CEI) August 20, 2018

I just published Can Compassion Make Innovation Better? https://t.co/fTTpDGisJU

— Vikram Jandhyala (@vikramjandhyala) October 19, 2018

Curious about whether robots can be curious? University of Washington joins initiative to find out https://t.co/N5Ty9FLOEp via @GeekWire

— Washington Research Foundation/WRF Capital (@wrfseattle) October 25, 2018

UW team notches a personal best in hyperloop competition — and meets Elon Musk (via @katherinelong) https://t.co/xLwJ5fMdWP

— The Seattle Times (@seattletimes) August 1, 2018

Engineers at @uwengineering have developed a device that wirelessly tracks how #3Dprinted objects are used without #batteries or #electronics. https://t.co/BHVSjNMcUP pic.twitter.com/HT8ZAk5pk2

— engineering.com (@engineeringcom) October 25, 2018

A team of #UWAllen, @UWECENews and Mechanical Engineering researchers have developed a way to make 3D-printed smart objects even smarter, thanks to built-in analytics that can track and store data about their use. #UWinnovates #IoT #3Dprinting https://t.co/Pu5A1BbeNa pic.twitter.com/O1tZzXfFX3

— Allen School (@uwcse) October 10, 2018

“With DNA, Nature really nailed information storage at the molecular scale. Our goal at MISL is to explore how to build revolutionary systems around it. #MemoriesInDNA gives everyone an opportunity to participate." – @luisceze https://t.co/zmT96fGSee via @universetoday

— Allen School (@uwcse) October 8, 2018

Could #AR/#VR be useful in a prison environment: Could it help people transition out of prison (lower #recidivism), or reduce stress or increase the effectiveness of existing #prison programs? They asked, and we thought it deserved a look. https://t.co/3fT20Uf7Mg #UWAllen pic.twitter.com/Wli4WCGcK5

— UW Reality Lab (@UwRealityLab) August 23, 2018

Another example of how @UWCoMotion meaningfully partners with the community to create innovation mechanisms that both support and benefit from the @UW ecosystem. Enormous thanks to @BECU for their support as well as to the innovators and startupshttps://t.co/sPWQMvMqTa

— Vikram Jandhyala (@vikramjandhyala) October 19, 2018

This fall, our faculty welcomes Rolf Hapel (@Hapelr), all the way from Denmark. He brings a unique perspective on the future of #libraries. Learn about him: https://t.co/QMICTSqNIu

— UW iSchool (@UW_iSchool) September 12, 2018

Who will teach Silicon Valley to be ethical? Academia will. The @UW_iSchool teaches ethics to 900+ students a year, including 280 majors and minors, many of whom take jobs in Silicon Valley. Demand that colleges & unis in your region do too. https://t.co/hFbMTeuMSa @karaswisher

— Andy J. Ko (@andyjko) October 22, 2018

Facebook Network Breach Impacts Up to 50 Million Users via @NYTimes https://t.co/eApnjF05G2

— Risk Detective (@anniesearle) September 28, 2018

.@AAlphaBio is developing a platform that can measure thousands of protein interactions simultaneously and how drugs affect them https://t.co/HWFCm74JqJ #drugdevelopment #drugdesign @thebioreport @dslevine @DavidAYounger

— SynBioBeta (@SynBioBeta) August 26, 2018

Univ. of Washington spinout Membrion raises $1.8M for molecule filter technology https://t.co/NBN30V8PnS via @GeekWire

— UWChemE (@UWChemE) September 12, 2018

@UW Chemical Engineering Professor @lilopozzo featured in current @ColumnsMag @UWalum for her work to restore power in #PuertoRico after #HurricaneMaria #UWChemE @UW_CEI @uwengineering https://t.co/NiNoT68Otg https://t.co/XzXV0zwQQn

— UWChemE (@UWChemE) September 5, 2018

@UWChemE Prof/Chair Francois Baneyx to lead new @doescience Energy Frontier Research Center – The Center for Synthesis Across Scales (CSSAS) with @PNNL, @uwprotiendesign & other partners #energy #Proteins #proteinsynthesis https://t.co/ZFsTeIs9v3 pic.twitter.com/o0wRFKwv3S

— UWChemE (@UWChemE) August 6, 2018

WIRED talked to @UWChemE / @CEI Director Dan Schwartz about the new $1.3T spending bill-@dt_Schwartz shared his enthusiasm for increased funds for R&D facilities and clean energy programs run by US Dept of Energy (DOE), @NSF, & @NIST https://t.co/CxhaDBrvwO

— UWChemE (@UWChemE) March 26, 2018

UW ChemE Prof @lilopozzo and student @matt_murbach featured in nytimes! https://t.co/n5IpKil6TY

— UWChemE (@UWChemE) December 11, 2017

#CoMotionLabs #startup alum @ID_Genomics launches nonprofit ARMADA to fight deadly antibiotic-resistant infections with comprehensive database. It's considered a 'superbug shield'! #moleculardiognostics #resistance #health @geekwire @claremcgrane https://t.co/bD3PTxY4zg

— UW CoMotion (@UWCoMotion) July 25, 2018

Could a simple design tweak prevent people from confusing correlation with causation? #dataviz https://t.co/vZDzCClrWf

— UW Epidemiology (@uwepidemiology) October 8, 2018

Know your data set, how it's collected and its limitations. Even CDC data can be unreliable. https://t.co/v1Z72GxZ9O

— UW Epidemiology (@uwepidemiology) October 8, 2018

China has withheld samples of the H7N9 #flu virus undermining other nations' ability to protect citizens from the virus and violating @WHO protocol. https://t.co/SUhrLu4JYe

— UW Epidemiology (@uwepidemiology) August 28, 2018

How's the #Seattle #sodatax doing in its first six months? Ask Epi Associate Professor Jessica Jones-Smith. https://t.co/pEwUII91U4

— UW Epidemiology (@uwepidemiology) August 9, 2018

Ever heard of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)? It’s the longest continuously running phone survey in the world that measures changes in the health of people in our state and across the U.S.
Learn more 👉https://t.co/bkMYL24XY1

— UW Epidemiology (@uwepidemiology) August 1, 2018

The family of #Ebola viruses has just gotten a bit bigger. https://t.co/5sOBQHm7yS

— UW Epidemiology (@uwepidemiology) July 30, 2018

Seattle households raising backyard chickens beware. Remember to always wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water after handling live poultry. https://t.co/n4nUrKmaK6

— UW Epidemiology (@uwepidemiology) July 27, 2018

It might be time to rethink those late dinners. New research by visiting professor @KogevinasM https://t.co/UTdTMQYfLe

— UW Epidemiology (@uwepidemiology) July 19, 2018

.@UW researchers contribute to international study finding genetic link to psychiatric disorders https://t.co/kWfKRcwxAd @NACCalzheimers @UWMedicine pic.twitter.com/b37cfEhq6W

— UW Epidemiology (@uwepidemiology) June 25, 2018

Improved treatment has nearly tripled viral suppression rates among people living w/ HIV in the US over the past two decades, but disparities still exist, according to a new @UW study https://t.co/2rQeB9WQS2 pic.twitter.com/n911O3aFQv

— UW Public Health (@uwsph) September 7, 2018

Check out this cool story from @uwengineering about a team of @UW students who are using technology to reduce hunger and food waste https://t.co/skAA8PG0pe

— UW Public Health (@uwsph) August 23, 2018

With much of the western U.S. on fire, it is concerning to look at recent studies that have tied fine particle #airpollution to heart and lung disease, asthma and even mental health issues https://t.co/Uxtzimtxkj via @Revelator_News

— UW Public Health (@uwsph) August 22, 2018

New @Harvard study found that eating more 🥦🥬🥕🍠 every day may lower the risk for breast cancer https://t.co/poUT8JN3Gd via @nytimes

— UW Public Health (@uwsph) July 27, 2018

Is an STI known as M. genitalium the next superbug? Professor Lisa Manhart from @uwepidemiology talks to @people about the bacterium, and how it is diagnosed and treated https://t.co/lPlMKmfm4J

— UW Public Health (@uwsph) July 16, 2018

.@SeattleCouncil passed a bill yesterday to require gun owners to safely store their firearms. This comes just months after a @uwsph study found that only 37% of WA firearm owners stored their gun unloaded and locked https://t.co/XPJTBFptE9

— UW Public Health (@uwsph) July 10, 2018

New @uwsph study suggests gillnet fishermen along Alaska's Copper River, who catch and sell what some call the world's finest salmon, face high rates of hearing loss and other chronic health problems https://t.co/tpAz60CjcN pic.twitter.com/vRM2BczBDU

— UW Public Health (@uwsph) June 26, 2018

Yep, the forest fire smoke is back. Dr. Joel Kaufman, one of our environmental and occupational health specialists, has tips for how to deal with it. https://t.co/FBv0hl7f7Q

— Harborview Seattle (@harborviewmc) August 14, 2018

“This paper shows that we are living at the edge of a precipice, that if we don’t commit to trying to defeat the AIDS epidemic, we could see a resurgence within the next 20 years in… sub-Saharan Africa” says Dr. Richard Horton, editor of @TheLancet. https://t.co/XpamuKq2lS pic.twitter.com/6Jnlzkrl4d

— IHME at UW (@IHME_UW) November 2, 2018

It's probably best to stick to the flu shot this year, says Dr. Fred Rivara, a pediatrician @harborviewmc. https://t.co/bPuDXEZy9o

— UW Medicine (@UWMedicine) October 11, 2018

Watch your step! 🐟 #salmonrun #alaska pic.twitter.com/gQvEdBIu89

— UW SAFS (@UW_SAFS) September 14, 2018

Estuary provides vital refuge after #dam removal for bull #trout. Full story: https://t.co/1pN1lKSbBL pic.twitter.com/muQ8z7kjVQ

— UW SAFS (@UW_SAFS) September 11, 2018

Alaska Salmon Program video https://t.co/6BwMtz9xWR #AKSalmonProg #SAFS #salmon #GoFishing #Alaska

— UW SAFS (@UW_SAFS) August 29, 2016