Bionic Contact Lens One Step Closer to Reality

November 7, 2011

Bionic Contact Lens One Step Closer to Reality

Research on the “bionic contact lens” led by associate professor Babak Parviz has reached another milestone. According to their paper published in the Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, they have successfully demonstrated the safety of a single-pixel wirelessly powered display on a contact lens on a rabbit’s eye. Associate professor Brian Otis and graduate student…

November 6, 2011

University of Washington students win world synthetic biology competition

November 5, 2011

UW’s iGEM Team are World Champions!

Update November 7, 2011: This just in from the iGEM World Jamboree in Cambridge Massachusetts… the UW iGEM team has been declared World Champions of iGEM 2011!Congratulations to all of you! A team of students from the University of Washington was declared the winner at the recent 2011 iGEM Americas Regional Jamboree, held in Indianapolis…

November 4, 2011

More Recognition for Shwetak Patel

Shwetak talks with Secretary Chu Last week, Shwetak Patel was recognized during the UW vs Arizona football game as the University of Washington�s newest MacArthur Foundation �Genius Award� winner. Then, on Monday, Shwetak met with U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu in Washington D.C., where he demonstrated his ElectriSense and HydroSense sustainability sensing technology.Professor Patel…

November 3, 2011

UW’s Shwetak Patel Wins “Genius Award”

November 2, 2011

Eric Michielssen, University of Michigan

Akira Ishimaru Distinguished Lecture Transient Electromagnetic Simulation: Recent Advances and Future Directions November 15, 2011 10:30am – 11:30am EEB 105 Host: Vikram Jandhyala Biography Eric Michielssen is an NSF Early Career Award winner (1995) having received his PhD from the University of Illinois in 1992. His area of expertise is in development of fast frequency…

November 1, 2011