HuskyADAPT: Toying with Accessibility
BioE students seek to increase access to accessible play through toy adaptation for children with disabilities, and foster knowledge of the benefit inclusive design can have on communities.
University of Washington iGEM team wins silver at international competition
In early November, the University of Washington’s student-led undergraduate iGEM team won the silver medal [...]
Ph.D. student Hal Holmes targets wildlife and timber trafficking with new devices
Bioengineering Ph.D. student Hal Holmes is developing a device that could help customs officials and agents of conservation combat wildlife and timber trafficking. Hal aims to create a field-deployable screening tool that can determine if a product was sourced from an endangered or protected species by looking at the information encoded in its DNA.