Hackathon to design adaptations for people w/ disabilities
Save the date for a hackathon where teams will design adaptations to everyday challenges for people with disabilities!
Students interested in learning about the design and fabrication of such adaptations are encouraged to attend. Saturday, January 31, 12:30-5 p.m. , Bellevue Library Makerspace , Sign-up info to be provided, Attendees will be coached in fabrication skills, including: 3D printing , CAD , lo-fi prototyping , soldering , basic circuitry , sewing , coding, CREATE and HuskyADAPT are partnering with the King County Library System for a second year to host this event.
Bus route suggestion:
From the 15th Ave NE & NE 40th St stop (across from the Population Health building), take the 271 bus until the NE 8th St & 106th Ave NE stop. From there, it is approximately an 11 minute walk to the final destination (1111 110th Ave NE, Bellevue, WA, 98004).
Questions? Email apfist8@uw.edu.
Interested in volunteering to support teams in design and fabrication? Apply by Friday, January 9 at 11:59 p.m.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: apfist8@uw.edu. Event Types: Diversity Equity Inclusion. Special Events. Student Activities. Target Audience: Teams & individuals interested in design/fabrication of adaptations for people w/ disabilities.
Saturday, January 31, 2026, 12:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
Bellevue library.
For more info visit forms.cloud.microsoft. Advanced Composites Center Seminar: Bill Kuykendall
We are pleased to welcome Bill Kuykendall, UW Mechanical Engineering lab engineer, for an Advanced Composites Center (ACC) seminar.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: Interdisciplinary Engineering Building G106. Accessibility Contact: merecept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
ME Seminar: Nicholas Colonnese
We are pleased to welcome Nicholas Colonnese from Meta for an ME seminar.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: Interdisciplinary Engineering Building G106. Accessibility Contact: merecept@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Leadership Seminar: Wade Marquette | From PhD to Industry
Wade Marquette, Innovation Engineer, Amazon
Wade Marquette is a 2025 PhD graduate from the University of Washington's Mechanical Engineering department, where his research focused on robotics for confined space manufacturing in collaboration with the Boeing Advanced Research Center (BARC). During his PhD work, he developed and patented robots while conducting controls research to simplify robot teleoperation. Wade joined Amazon as a Postdoctoral Scientist in early 2025 and is now an Innovation Engineer in the Worldwide Engineering & Innovation team, where he develops automated material handling equipment and robotic technologies for Amazon's delivery stations. He owns projects from conceptual design through implementation, delivering innovative solutions that drive efficiency and reliability across Amazon's delivery station networks.
Location: Winkenwerder Forest Science Lab – Room 201.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Winkenwerder Forest Sciences Laboratory (WFS). Accessibility Contact: NaEun Kim nkim95@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, February 13, 2026, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM.
PhD Qualifying Examination: Julian Reis
Committee Members: Alberto Aliseda | Faculty Advisor | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Juan Carlos del Alamo | Departmental Representative | Department of Mechanical Engineering , John Palmore Jr. | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Robert Wood | Committee Member | Department of Atmospheric and Climate Science.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Julian Reis. Event Types: Academics.
Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
PhD General Examination: Bahetihazi Maidu
Supervisory Committee Members: Juan C del Alamo | Committee Chair| Department of Mechanical Engineering , Patrick Boyle | GSR | Department of Bioengineering , Alberto Aliseda | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Nazem Akoum | Committee Member | Department of Medicine.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Bahetihazi Maidu. Event Types: Academics.
Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
PhD General Examination: Xiaohai (Bob) Hu
Dissertation Title: Learning-based Control and Perception: From Tactile-Informed Grasping to Reinforcement Learning-Driven Agile Humanoid Behaviors, Supervisory Committee Members: Xu Chen| Committee Chair |Department of Mechanical Engineering , Amir Taghvaei | GSR | Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics , Santosh Devasia |Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Steve Shen |Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Bob Hu. Event Types: Academics.
Thursday, March 5, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM.
PhD Qualifying Examination: Qixuan Jiang
Committee Members: Jie Xiao | Faculty Advisor | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Xu Chen | Departmental Representative | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Mohmmad Malakooti | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Ting Cao | Committee Member | Department of Materials Science & Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Qixuan Jiang. Event Types: Academics.
Thursday, March 5, 2026, 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM.
PhD Final Examination: Yiwen Zheng
Dissertation Title: Computational Design and Modeling of Vitrimers, Supervisory Committee Members: Aniruddh Vashisth | Committee Chair| Department of Mechanical Engineering , Navid Zobeiry | GSR | Department of Materials Science and Engineering , Steve Brunton | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Vikram Iyer | Committee Member | Department of Computer Science and Engineering.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Yiwen Zheng. Event Types: Academics.
Monday, March 9, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.
PhD Qualifying Examination: Shineui Hwang
Committee Members: Jie Xiao | Faculty Advisor | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Junlan Wang | Departmental Representative | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Corie Cobb | Committee Member | Department of Mechanical Engineering , Bo Zhang | Committee Member | Department of Chemistry.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Shineui Hwang. Event Types: Academics.
Wednesday, March 18, 2026, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM.