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  - 2006-08-07

  Staff Seattle -- Gary Smith is the new general manager of contractor Lease Crutcher Lewis's Seattle office. In his new position, Smith is responsible for all LCL operations in the Seattle-Tacoma area. He has 30...

  Tags: engineering, University of Washington

• MIVT Invited to Lecture on Proprietary Biocompatible Coatings for Implanted Medical Devices and Drug Delivery Systems; Company Scientist Presents Data on Next Generation Coatings and Applications for Localized Treatment of Diseases

  - 2006-03-02

  VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- MIV Therapeutics Inc. (OTCBB:MIVT) (FWB:MIV), a leading developer of next generation biocompatible coatings and advanced drug delivery systems for cardiovascular stents and other implantable medical devices, announced that one of its chief scientists presented a lecture at the University of Washington detailing recent research findings on...

  Tags: Company, Engineering, HEALTHCARE, polymer, Prof, University of Washington

• Facilitator hired for public input on DUSEL project.(Real Estate & Construction)(Deep Underground Science and Engineering Lab)

  - 2004-05-01

  The Port of Chelan County, acting on the recommendation of a five-member interview committee, has hired James Reid of the Falconer Group to facilitate the public information process on the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Lab. Reid is a founder and principal of the...

  Tags: Engineering, National Science Foundation, Outsourcing, University of Washington

• Graduate Study in Science, Engineering Fell Off in Decade in U.S.

  - 2003-01-10

  By Kristi Heim, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 10--College graduates in the United States lost interest in many science and engineering fields in the past decade, two recent studies have found, raising concerns about the future vitality...

  Tags: Benefits, engineering, HEALTHCARE, San Jose Mercury News, SOFTWARE, U.S., University of Washington

• Learning about learning: NSF grant will fund a national research center exploring engineering student education. (News).(University of Washington's Center for the Advancement of Engineering Education created with National Science Foundation grant)(Brief A

  - 2002-12-01

  A University of Washington professor received a $10 million National Science Foundation grant to establish a national center that will explore how students think and learn about engineering. "There isn't a lot of data out there about how ...

  Tags: engineering, National Science Foundation, University of Washington

• electronic activated pelican hook, The

  - 2002-09-01

  Release Mechanism for Deployment of Underwater Instrumentation and Other Marine Packages Oceanographic research operations frequently require deployment of underwater packages to monitor seafloor events and to acquire data or position tools and instruments on the seafloor used with remote or manned submersibles. Typically, these packages need to...

  Tags: Cable, Engineering, motor, NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, University of Washington

• Outcomes assessment of engineering writing at the University of Washington

  - 2002-07-01

  ABSTRACT Effective writing skills are crucial for engineers, and engineering programs have always struggled with how to prepare their students for the writing theywill do as professionals. Now, programs must also showthe Accreditation Board for Engineering andTechnology ABET that they have dear educational outcomes for engineering communication and have a...

  Tags: engineering, Engineering, University of Washington

• A six-year longitudinal study of undergraduate women in engineering and science

  - 1998-10-01

  A Six-Year Longitudinal Study of Undergraduate Women in Engineering and Science* Science ABSTRACT In 1991, the Women in Engineering WIE Initiative at the University of Washington was funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to conduct a longitudinal study of undergraduate women pursuing degrees in science or engineering. Cohorts of...

  Tags: engineering, University of Washington, women