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Research Stars Light the Path page 5 Message from the Dean

ment helped dissipate that bias in and are outstanding role models. the 1980s, and the percentage of On another front, I’m excited women students rapidly shot up about two new federal grants high- from the single digits to a little over lighted on pages 3–4. A grant from 20 percent. However, the percentage the Department of Energy establishes has remained flat for the past two a collaboration between UW and decades, probably because many Oregon State University on marine young women still don’t resonate renewable energy. Additionally, with the image of the geek. UW and Caltech will partner on a A number of studies have shown National Science Foundation grant In contrast to gloomy news on the that women are much more drawn that will build a research focus on national and global fronts, we have to fields that clearly benefit human- molecular programming. good news from UW Engineering. ity. In recent years the profession Molecular engineering is becom- Foremost is the huge success of has presented itself not just as an ing a major new thrust for us. This Campaign UW: Creating Futures. economic engine, but also a way to field parallels the great advances at More than 10,000 friends helped change lives. This vision has been es- the end of the last century in design us raise $267 million, seven percent pecially true for disciplines working tools for mechanical and electrical more than our $250 million goal. at the interface of biology and engi- systems that can address many of the New student and faculty endowments neering — bioengineering, chemical great challenges of our time, such as created during the campaign will engineering, and materials science health, energy, and the environment. transform the college’s research and have attracted the highest percentage Two stories in the Innovator section educational programs. A section of of females into engineering. report some recent faculty work in this issue celebrates your generous When Professor Mary Lidstrom molecular engineering. support and the future it creates. was our associate dean for new Another new focus area bridges The feature story highlights the initiatives, she created a “biology for engineering and global health, the value of undergraduate research, engineers” course that had great latter a growing strength at the UW. with a focus on our efforts to create success demonstrating that bridge. Bioengineering and Industrial Engi- more opportunities for women engi- We are committed to opening more neering have new global health grants, neering students. pathways into engineering for young and you’ll hear a lot more about When I was in college in the women and to recruiting more these new initiatives in future issues. early 1970s, women were actively women faculty. As you will read in Matthew O’Donnell discouraged from studying engineer- this issue, women engineers at the Frank and Julie Jungers Dean ing. The emerging women’s move- UW are doing exceptional research of Engineering

Taking Charge In Rarified Company Thomas Calhoun is the new assistant dean for Buddy Ratner, professor the Engineering Advising and Diversity Center. of bioengineering and Previously he was executive director of GEAR UP, chemical engineering, will a statewide precollege program based at the be honored as one of the UW. He has a long career in education on the “One Hundred Chemical East Coast and in Chicago. He recently earned his PhD in educational leadership at the UW. Engineers of the Modern Era” by the American Insti- Thomas Calhoun Craig Benson Craig Benson became chair of Civil & Environ- tute of Chemical Engineers mental Engineering on July 1. An expert in as part of its centennial geotechnical engineering, he comes to the UW from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he chaired the geological engineer- celebration. These 100 “guided the ing program. Benson received his MS and PhD degrees in civil profession into the new century” after engineering from the University of Texas–Austin. World War II. Ratner was selected in the New Frontiers category for work Technical Communication did not need to look far for its new chair. in engineered biomaterial surfaces to Longtime faculty member Jan Spyridakis moved into the leadership role on August 1. She has won numerous awards for her research control surface interaction and synthe- on document design, usability, and online learning, and has been sized biostable radio-frequency films honored with the UW Distinguished Teaching Award. She earned and polymer scaffolds. The 100 were Jan Spyridakis her BA through PhD degrees at the UW. selected from nearly 1000 nominations.

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Caltech and UW Partner on $10 Million NSF Grant at the Frontiers of Computing and Molecular Design The National Science Foundation’s Expeditions in Computing program has awarded $10 million to researchers at the California Institute of Technology and the University of Washington to use the principles of computer science to design complex molecular and chemical systems. They will pursue far- Professor Keith Holsapple reaching research agendas that promise great benefit to society. Eric Klavins, Up in the Sky! It’s Venus, Mars, assistant professor of electrical engineering, will lead the UW research team. Holsapple, and Jupiter ... The main goals of the Molecular Programming Project (MPP) are to build computational devices out of biochemical molecules such as DNA or Okay, you can’t see the asteroid protein and create programming languages and compilers for these systems. 20360 Holsapple with your naked Such tools would allow unprecedented control of biological systems, includ- eye, but the rock does orbit the Sun ing embedding new molecular systems inside living cells. For example, MPP between Mars and Jupiter, and you researchers hope to build, from scratch, an artificial immune system for a could walk over to Guggenheim Hall bacterium that allows it to detect and disrupt bacteriophage infections. to see Keith Holsapple, professor of Klavins has been building a research thrust in molecular programming aeronautics and astronautics. that unites biochemistry and molecular biology with theoretical work in The International Astronomical control systems. “I believe we can design molecular systems in the same Union in July named the asteroid in way that we build electrical circuits or computer control systems,” Klavins his honor to recognize his work in said. “This incredibly complex and potentially powerful technology will be modeling the response of planetary and asteroidal material to stress and among the main tools required to bring artificial molecular systems ‘to life’.” shock. His namesake asteroid was first sighted by Arizona’s Lowell New Electron Beam Lithography System Observatory on May 1, 1998. Will Be a Magnet for Nanotechnology Researchers “It’s fun to have your name on Next summer, the most expensive something that could be around the universe for another 100 million piece of equipment ever purchased years,” Holsapple said. by UW Engineering will be installed High-resolution image of the UW seal He has developed software to in the Washington Technology created by electron calculate the effects of high-speed Center in Fluke Hall. The electron beam lithography. asteroid impacts and speaks at pro- beam lithography system, manufac- Several hundred would fit on the end fessional conferences on potential tured by JEOL, will be the only one of a human hair. methods to deflect a major threat in the Northwest and one of just a to the Earth. The History Channel few of its caliber in the nation. Electrical Engineering, the College recently filmed him for an episode of “It prototypes nanostructures of Arts and Sciences, the Washington “Stopping Armageddon,” to air later down to about 6 nm and gives Technology Center, and the center’s this year. He explains what would better results at about 100 times the NanoTech User Facility. happen if a “big one” hit Los Angeles. speed of current equipment,” said Michael Hochberg, a nanophotonics CoE Launches New Website researcher and assistant professor We invite you to visit www.engr.washington.edu and learn more about the of electrical engineering. “More opportunities to connect with UW Engineering. The new CoE website includes an than 30 faculty from multiple UW alumni and community section specially designed for you. Learn about upcoming departments will use it, and it will events, continuing education, and ways to stay connected. The site is designed to be a big draw for recruiting new be a valuable resource to our alumni, students, and partners. faculty and graduate students.” Hochberg led the effort to fund Please visit the site and the system, valued at $4.5 million. let us know what you think. Send comments or The Washington Research Foundation suggestions to: webmaster@ made the lead gift, its largest ever engr.washington.edu to the UW. Significant support also came from the Washington State Research Stars Program, the College News Spotlight of Engineering, the Department of continued on page 4

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Tidal Energy Research Gets Boost From Department of Energy In the Pacific Northwest tidal and wave energy are likely to be in our renewable energy future. Leading the research effort are the University of Washington

and Oregon State University. Recently the U.S. Charlie Redding, The Daily (UW) Department of Energy selected the universities to Where oh where has my laptop gone? collaborate on a Northwest Marine Renewable Psst...Ask the goddess Adeona Energy Center, one of two such DOE-funded centers in the nation. The other is in Hawaii. Hundreds of thousands of laptop The five-year, $6.5-million award will support thefts occur annually, which often Free-flowing turbine, courtesy research on wave and tidal energy, facilitate device means sensitive data is gone too. of Verdant Power, Inc. commercialization, and help inform policymakers. Now, a free laptop theft-protection OSU, the prime contractor, will focus on coastal wave energy and the UW tool acts as a virtual watchdog by will focus on tidal energy in estuaries and free-flow turbine applications. With reporting your laptop’s location support from OSU, UW, and other sources, total funding is $13.5 million. when it connects to the Internet, but “With renewable energy, you want to go with the source that’s most without letting anybody monitor appropriate for your location on the planet,” said Phil Malte, professor your whereabouts. It is named of mechanical engineering and co-director of the UW tidal energy center. Adeona after the Roman goddess of Research will calculate how much tidal energy Puget Sound could produce safe returns. Since its public release in before turbines would begin to impact the range of tides in the sound or June, more than 70,000 people have affect the volume of water Puget Sound exchanges with the ocean. downloaded the software under the The UW will continue its work with the tidal energy programs of the open source license. Yoshi Kohno, Snohomish County Public Utility District and the Electric Power Research assistant professor of computer Institute and will begin interacting with local and national firms involved in science and engineering, and Gabriel ocean energy, including BioSonics, Verdant Power, and the Pacific Northwest Maganis (BS ’08), created Adeona Economic Region. Oceanography Professor Mitsuhiro Kawase will co-direct with collaborators at UC San Diego. the interdisciplinary UW team involving ME and also the Applied Physics Lab. • visit http://adeona.cs.washington.edu

Protein-Folding Game Turns Hard Science into Fun Foldit, a free protein-folding game released on the Web in May, is engaging players around the world. While it may not seem quite as exciting as protecting the planet from alien invaders, it could lead to cures for diseases. Scientists don’t know how the 100,000 plus proteins in the human body fold up into complex shapes with crucial biological roles. The task of calculating all possible protein shapes is a mathematical problem so huge that all the computers in the Student-designed Recycling Bins world would take centuries to solve it. Software named Rosetta@home, devel- Now Installed on State Ferries oped by David Baker, UW professor of biochemistry, tapped into the computer In 2006 Washington State Ferries time of volunteers, but active human intervention was needed to find better contacted Vipin Kumar, professor of answers, so Baker enlisted help from Computer Science & Engineering. A CSE student/faculty team including doctoral student Seth Cooper and mechanical engineering, to request Associate Professor Zoran Popovic spent about a year developing Foldit, which help in designing new trash and taps into intuitive and 3-D problem-solving skills. Anyone can play — scientific recycling containers with improved expertise not needed. People can team up and chat with other players. Teams security and reduced risk of causing with names ranging from Freedom Folders, to back injuries when workers remove Rule Brittania, Team China, and Carnegie Mellon heavy bags. Three seniors in Kumar’s vie to score the most points. Eventually, the capstone design class took up the researchers hope to challenge players to devise a challenge. WSF approved the design, protein with the right shape to lock into a virus contracted out production, and and deactivate it, and in the process identify completed installation of the bins “protein-folding geniuses.” Winning designs will this past summer. Check them out be synthesized and tested in Baker’s lab. when you next ride a ferry. • More info and demo: http://fold.it/portal/adobe_main

4 TREND • Vol 58:2 • Autumn 2008 Research Stars Light the Path Associate Professor Yoky Matsuoka and undergraduate Carissa Conway examine the robot hand, a step toward a lifelike prosthesis.

he call came out of the blue to Yoky Matsuoka, asso- Matusoka said. “That was a big turning point. I realized T ciate professor of computer science and engineering. that acting airhead was not the right dual life for me.” An official from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Matsuoka also is on a mission to pave the way for Foundation instructed Matsuoka to sit down and put young women interested in science by changing the down her week-old baby. Then he revealed she had won image and ensuring them it’s okay to be smart. “I’d like a 2007 MacArthur Fellowship, the so-called “genius to be a role model. I want them to see what I’m doing award” with a $500,000 no-strings-attached prize. and encourage them to do better than me,” she said. Matsuoka directs the UW Neurobotics Laboratory. Carissa Conway, a computer science junior, is watch- She studies how our central nervous system produces ing closely. This past summer she participated in the Intel signals that control movements of the limbs and then Research Experience for Undergraduates. “I was ecstatic uses that information to create advanced robotic pros- that Yoky chose me to work in her lab,” Carissa said. thetics. Her team is working on a lifelike robotic hand She contributed to the research by developing a 3D that could approximate natural motion, directed by a computer representation of a skeletal finger. It uses a person’s brain and nerve signals. feedback device to take data on the velocity and position

UW Engineering wants to greatly expand research opportunities for undergraduates and encourage more women to pursue careers in engineering. In these pages we introduce you to three women on our faculty who are mentoring young women. Any faculty member, male or female, can be a first-rate mentor to any student, male or female, but in a field where men predominate, an extra dash of inspiration seems to infuse woman-to-woman mentorship.

Matsuoka earned a BS degree from UC–Berkeley of the tip of a user’s index finger. “The virtual finger will and a PhD from MIT, both in electrical engineering and execute the same motions as the user’s finger,” Conway computer science. UW CSE recruited her in 2006 from said. “This allows us to test passive behaviors in a virtual the Carnegie Mellon faculty. Winning the MacArthur environment before transferring them to the robot hand.” has earned her worldwide media coverage, including a Not many girls at her high school in Tenino were PBS NOVA segment in July, a story in the September 25 interested in math and science, so she is happy to be Nature, and participation in the New Yorker’s “Stories at the UW. “I just love solving problems and working from the Future” conference last May. through the code. Debugging it and getting it to work is Matusoka is just one highly visible example of the such a joy,” Conway said. “Being part of a research team extraordinary women on the Engineering faculty, all of is definitely challenging and has taught me a ton.” whom value the opportunity to introduce the challenges Conway hopes to pursue a doctorate in computer and excitement of research to women undergrads. science and then do research in academia or industry. She also is light years removed from the super-smart “Yoky has been so supportive and it’s just awesome teenager who didn’t want to be perceived as a math and working with her,” Conway said. “It’s nice to have a science nerd and so pretended she never studied. The woman to look up to. She’s an inspiration.” Cont. pg 6 “airhead” act worked until her second year at MIT. • To learn more about Matsuoka and the Neurobotics Lab: “My advisor pulled me aside and told me to stop it,” http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/yoky/

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“A lab is like a startup company and anyone coming in must contribute. We have no time to give undergrad- uates busy work,” Daggett said. “I think it’s really important that they have a good research experience. You don’t develop passion for science through a textbook or a lecture. To ‘catch the bug’ and stay excited about science, undergrads need to do hands-on Bioengineering Professor Valerie Daggett and junior Sara Calhoun discuss the structural aspects of binding in a protein complex Calhoun analyzed. work and see the principles in action.” Calhoun is focusing her passion for biology and cutting-edge technology into a career path that will A shared goal to help people enable her to help people, but the research experience As an undergraduate at Reed College in 1982, Valerie has changed her orientation. “Originally I was thinking Daggett proposed a senior research project applying about going into industry, but I really enjoy working quantum mechanics to protein folding. Her professors in this lab and now aiming for a PhD and going into told her it couldn’t be done, so instead she conducted academia seem more accessible,” she said. experiments on protein folding. During doctoral work Having a mentor like Daggett is a definite plus. “She in pharmaceutical chemistry at UC San Francisco she seems to know everything, and she asks hard questions wanted to do computational work on protein unfolding and challenges you to bring out your best,” Calhoun because protein instability is a factor in Alzheimer’s said. “It’s a great learning opportunity.” and other neurological disorders, but her ambitions still Daggett has only accolades for Calhoun and the exceeded the fledgling limits of computational biology. undergrads who have come through her lab. “The UW Single-minded and undeterred, Daggett pursued has such bright students — truly impressive. And the her goal during a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford. undergrads are so enthusiastic. I’m looking forward to She went on to establish one of the first labs anywhere bringing more into my lab.” to look at realistic atomistic simulations of protein • To learn more, visit: http://www.dynameomics.org and unfolding focusing amyloid diseases. Now there are at http://depts.washington.edu/bioe/people/core/daggett/daggett.html least 50 such labs around the world. Daggett’s lab in UW Bioengineering maintains the world’s largest collections of protein structures and more “Talking” fish with a mission than 5000 folding/unfolding simulations. She created a Recently hired as a software engineer at Boeing, field and also the term for it — dynameomics — the use Jennifer Zhang helps keep track of voluminous data on of molecular dynamics simulations to characterize the construction of the 787 Dreamliner. She graduated in native-state dynamics and folding-unfolding pathways June with a double degree in electrical engineering and of all known proteins. computer science. “My undergraduate research was “Now we are trying to make use of what we know invaluable in helping me land the job,” Zhang said. to develop applications and drug design to treat disease,” She spent three years working on the robofish team she said. Daggett is a world-recognized pioneer in a directed by Kristi Morgansen, assistant professor of science subspecialty that draws few women, even to her aeronautics and astronautics, who is the first and still own 20-person lab, where there are just three. the only female faculty member in A&A. Morgansen It might seem to be an intimidating place for dipping and her students are gaining widespread attention for a toe into research, but that didn’t deter Sara Calhoun, programming the fish so that a group of three can “talk” who has studied ballet since age three and knows where to each other underwater, without human intervention. to put her toes. The soft-spoken 18-year-old is already a Robofish emit and receive acoustic signals with data on bioengineering junior. She entered the UW through the time and location and take turns signalling so they can early admissions program for gifted young scholars and swim together or in different directions. this summer participated in the Intel Research Experi- Morgansen conducted research on “bio-inspired ence for Undergraduates program, mentored by Daggett. locomotion” during her own undergraduate days at Her project looked at the way two proteins collide Boston University, where she earned BS and MS degrees in various orientations until specific amino acid residues in mechanical engineering. At Harvard she earned a reach chemical stability and bind. She used molecular masters in applied mathematics and a doctorate in modeling software to model 25 protein pairs in their engineering with an EE focus. The UW recruited her bound and unbound conformations to analyze structural from the California Institute of Technology, where she aspects of protein binding interactions. was a senior research fellow.

6 TREND • Vol 58:2 • Autumn 2008 Leaders • Innovators • Mentors Morgansen’s team, a mix of about 15 graduate Mary Lidstrom, UW Vice Provost for Research, and undergrad students, was a perfect fit for Zhang, a Frank Jungers Professor of Chemical Engineering, Garfield High School graduate who won direct fresh- and Professor of Microbiology man admission to the EE and CSE programs. “As a kid “A strong undergraduate research program, with I watched The Jetsons, and liked Rosie the household its rich learning experience, sets a major research robot, but thought I could invent a better one. That’s university apart from other academic institutions. what got me interested in engineering,” Zhang recalled. Students say they learn ten times as much at the During her first summer in the lab she developed a bench as in the classroom. Undergraduates who mathematical model of the motion of real fish by using get into the lab and work with research teams data on spine segment positions and mapping them to begin to viualize themselves as scientists and the robofish. Her work earned her third authorship on engineers. This experience is especially important a paper presented at an international symposium. She for inspiring young women to go on to graduate later helped develop new hardware and software that school and to pursue research careers.” enable the robofish to communicate and swim together. Working on a multidisciplinary team under intense Eve Riskin, Associate Dean of Engineering, deadlines and knowing when to seek help when stumped Professor of Electrical Engineering, and Director by a problem aided her transition to the larger universe of the ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change of Boeing. “If you ask a question too early, others think “We have a great story to tell at UW Engineering you haven’t worked as about 18% of our faculty are women, exceed- hard enough to solve the ing the national average of 11–12%. We want problem. If you ask too this percentage to increase. Receiving a National late, they think you are Science Foundation ADVANCE Center grant in just banging your head,” 2001 enabled us to make rapid strides by develop- Zhang said. ing programs that provide a supportive environ- ment. Our women faculty are highly productive Zhang gained valu- and account for a disproportionately large share able leadership experience of research expenditures — and they encourage when Morgansen assigned more women students to become engineers.” her to coordinate the work of younger under- Mari Ostendorf, Professor of Electrical Engineering, graduates in the lab. 2008 CoE Faculty Innovator for Research, and Advisor “Jennifer is a natural at to Society of Women Engineers UW Student Chapter Assistant Prof. Kristi Morgansen and it,” Morgansen said. “This “Early in my career I was the only woman with Jennifer Zhang check out a robofish. is a hardcore experimental tenure on the EE faculty at Boston University. lab and it would stop functioning if we didn’t have Until I came to the UW I didn’t appreciate how undergraduates doing theoretical work, building important it is to have more than a few token components, and running experiments.” women. It makes a huge difference in creating an Morgansen intends to develop advanced robofish environment that enables us to do our best work able to work in lakes and the ocean. “They could be used in research and teaching. Many women students want to go into a field with clear social impact. for tasks that are dirty, dull, or dangerous. Schools of We need to tell them how the innovative work of robofish might monitor pollution or undersea volcanoes so many of our faculty directly benefits people.” and track marine life or even submarines,” Morgansen said. Media from Seattle to Singapore have reported her Suzie Pun, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, work, and both U.S. and Canadian Discovery Channel 2008 CoE Junior Faculty Innovator for Research, programs have shot film for upcoming documentaries. 2008 UW Undergraduate Research Mentor Award “Kristi has been a great mentor and role model,” “Dr. Suzie Pun has an amazing understanding of said Zhang, who wants to do research and development the needs of an undergraduate researcher. If you in industry, most likely in controls and robotics. In fall need to talk to her, she will make the time. This 2009 she returns to the UW to earn a masters in EE. makes me feel like I am part of the lab and not “Both CSE and EE are such diverse fields with applica- just passing through. Dr. Pun is an outstanding mentor for encouraging the growth and cultivat- tions that can help make people’s lives better. That’s a ing the talents of her undergraduate students and big reason I’ve chosen to be an engineer,” Zhang said. thereby upholding the University of Washington’s • To learn more: http://www.aa.washington.edu/faculty/morgansen/ reputation as an excellent research institution.” Kathy Wei, Senior, Bioengineering

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Spotlight on Molecular Engineering Quantum Dots: Silencing Genes with Nanoparticles

More than 15 years ago scientists discovered how to use Above: A fluorescent image of the cell taken 30 minutes short pieces of RNA to silence, or deactivate, a stretch after introducing the quantum dot(red)-siRNA(green) complex shows particles in the cell membrane. of genetic code and disable production of a protein. The Right: An image taken five hours later shows the si-RNA Nobel Prize-winning finding holds tantalizing promise is distributed throughout the cellular fluid. for medical science, but so far it has been difficult to apply RNA interference (or siRNA) in living cells. Now developed for cellular imaging, solar cells, and light- scientists at UW Bioengineering have solved the problem emitting diodes. by using nanotechnology known as quantum dots. The siRNA’s negative charge prevents it from pene- “We believe this is going to make a very important trating a cell’s wall. Gao and colleagues surrounded impact to the field of siRNA delivery,” said Xiaohu Gao, each quantum dot with a positively charged proton assistant professor of bioengineering and co-author of sponge, also known as amphipol, and attached them a study published online in June in ACS Nano, the new to the siRNA. With this chaperone, the more weakly journal of the American Chemical Society. charged siRNA complex crosses the cellular wall Quantum dots are fluorescent balls of semiconductor and accumulates in the cellular fluid, where it can material just six nanometers across (9,000 dots lined disrupt protein manufacture. Researchers can adjust up end to end would equal the width of a human hair). the chemical makeup of the amphipol coating of the Different sized dots emit light quantum dots to precisely control how tightly the dots of different colors and are being attach to the siRNA. Quantum dots were dramatically better than existing All jars of water contain the same techniques at stopping gene activity, and fluorescent substance. Suspended quantum dots quantum dots allow scientists to track the gene silencer’s absorb ultraviolet light and reemit it in a specific color that depends on path. Previous siRNA trackers gave off light for less than the particle’s size. Each quantum dot a minute, while quantum dots, developed for imaging, is about one ten-millionth of an inch emit light for hours. The new approach is also five to ten in diameter and is composed of a few hundred to a few thousand atoms. Continued on page 10

Lowly Barnacle, Big Problem: Molecular Engineering Goes to Sea Barnacles and seaweed on ship hulls may seem more naturally occurring proteins from binding to the surface. picturesque than problematic, but not if you’re the Jiang sees his work as a cycle, from molecular U.S. Navy and those marine hitchhikers slow down principles to product development. “We start with your aircraft carriers and add more than $30 million molecular-level understanding and design. Once we find to annual fuel costs. That’s why the Office of Naval a candidate material, we synthesize and characterize Research is funding work to develop new anti-fouling it. Then we perform biological studies, and develop coatings in the labs of Shaoyi Jiang, Boeing-Roundhill products for specific applications,” Jiang explained Professor of Chemical Engineering and adjunct profes- “Applications are very important — that’s the real sor of bioengineering. challenge,” Jiang said, “because you have to meet require- Current anti-fouling mechanisms in the marine ments in the real world” such as the recent ban on tin- industry are based on heavy metals based marine coatings and U.S. like tin and copper, which poison Navy requirements that replacement anything that attaches to a ship hull. coatings be environmentally benign Leaching of these metals into the and stable for 10 to 12 years. water causes environmental damage. Jiang’s team also researches Jiang’s team manipulates health-care applications for his surface microenvironments at the coatings. The body’s ability to molecular level to create coatings accept biomedical implants could be that interfere with protein binding. improved if proteins are prevented In these zwitterionic coatings, ions from sticking to their surfaces. Biomacromolecules and microorganisms repelled alternate perfectly between positive by poly(sulfobetaine methacrylate)(PolySBMA) or • For more information: http://depts.washing- and negative charges to prevent poly(carboxybetaine methacrylate)(PolyCBMA). ton.edu/jgroup/Index.htm

8 TREND • Vol 58:2 • Autumn 2008 Licensing Is First Step to Market for Tiny Scanner that Could Save Lives One of the largest technology transfer agreements in UW history could lead to more widespread screening for esophageal cancer. Although a relatively rare cancer in the United States, diagnoses have more than tripled in the last 30 years. Esophageal cancer now has the fastest growing incidence rate of any cancer in the U.S. and is the sixth leading cause of death from cancer in men. Above: Associate Professor Eric Seibel and Today’s screening technology is expensive because it ME doctoral student W. Jong Yoon examine an image of the broncheal lining of a dried requires sedating the patient to enable swallowing of an pig lung, taken with the scanning fiber endoscope — a miniature camera on a long, flexible tube endoscope. Right: The capsule holding the about 9 mm wide, about the width of a fingernail. Most scanning device is only 16-mm long. people learn they have esophageal cancer at the stage when the survival rate is less than 15 percent. green, and blue laser light. The device records video What if swallowing a pill with a tinier camera could images as the capsule is retracted up the esophagus. detect the early signs of a precancerous condition of the Software processes the data to create two-dimensional lining of the esophagus? What if this scan is easy on the color pictures at a resolution better than 100 microns, patient, does not require sedation, and is thus low cost? though lower than for traditional endoscopes. Visit the Eric Seibel, research associate professor of mechani- website noted below to see an animated illustration. cal engineering and director of the UW Human Photonics Seibel volunteered for the first human test of the Lab, and colleagues in ME, Computer Science, and device. “It felt like swallowing a regular pill and the Gastroenterology have developed a fundamentally new tether didn’t bother me,” he said. device they call a scanning fiber endoscope (SFE). The UW recently granted an exclusive license for “This could be the foundation for the future of scanning fiber endoscope technologies to Pentax Life endoscopy,” Seibel said. “Any screening method that Care Division of Hoya Corporation of Japan, one of the detected a treatable condition before it turned into world’s leading companies in medical imaging. Pentax cancer would save lives.” expects to develop and market the endoscope within the The SFE features a small capsule at the end of a next few years. Seibel and colleagues plan to develop soft, spaghetti-like tether. The capsule contains a single- scanning fiber technologies to detect cancers in other mode optical fiber for illumination multiplexed to three organs and for laser treatment devices. laser diodes. An electric current causes the fiber to swing • For more information: http://www.hpl.washington.edu/research/sfep/ back and forth 11,000 times per second so that its lone The research was funded by the National Cancer Institute and electronic eye sees the whole scene one pixel at a time. Pentax Corp., with early funding from the Whitaker Foundation At the same time the fiber spins and its tip projects red, and the Washington Technology Center.

Toxic Chemicals Found in Common Scented Household Products

Top-selling laundry products and air fresheners found in millions of homes contain dozens of different chemicals and some can be toxic. This unsettling finding emerged from a study by Anne Steinemann, professor of civil and environmental engineering and public affairs. “People were telling me that the air fresheners in public restrooms and the scent from laundry products were making them sick,” Steinemann said. “I wanted to know, ‘What’s in these products that is causing these effects?’” She studied three common air fresheners and three types of laundry products, selecting a top seller in each category. She bought household items at a grocery store and asked companies for samples of industrial products. Through laboratory analyses she found chemcials such as acetone, the active ingredient in paint thinner; chloromethane, a banned refrigerant; and Professor Anne Steinemann 1,4-dioxane and acetaldehyde, both carcinogens. Continued on page 10

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Engineering Teams Break Down Communication Barriers Can you see me now? Sign language over cell phones Deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans are a step closer to using sign language to communicate over a mobile phone. A UW team led by Eve Riskin, professor of electrical engineering, has developed software that enables two-way real-time video communication and has received a National Science Foundation grant for a 20-person field project to begin next year. A video of the prototype posted on YouTube has drawn many emails. “A lot of people are excited about this,” Riskin said. Mobile video sign language won’t be widely available until a commercial cell-phone manufacturer agrees to provide the service. • For more information: http://mobileasl.cs.washington.edu/index.html. The video is posted at http://youtube.com/watch?v=FaE1PvJwI8E. Online service lets blind surf the Internet from any computer, anywhere Roughly 10 million people in the United States are blind or visually impaired. Use of a computer has required special screen-reading software typically installed only on their own machines. New software called WebAnywhere now lets blind and visually impaired people surf the Web on the go. The tool reads aloud Web text on any computer with speakers or headphone connections. Jeffrey Bigham, a Computer Science & Engineering doctoral student, developed WebAnywhere under the supervision of Professor Richard Ladner. NSF funded the research. On July 8 in Paris, Bigham won the Accessible Technology Award for Interface Design at the Imagine Cup, a worldwide student programming contest sponsored by Microsoft. • The free program with audio and video demonstrations can be viewed at http://webanywhere.cs.washington.edu. For your eyes only: custom interfaces make clicking faster, easier Open any computer program and you’re largely subject to a design team’s ideas about button sizes, fonts, and layouts. Off-the-shelf designs are especially frustrating for people with disabilities and the elderly. A new approach for design would put each person through a brief skills test and then generate a customized version of the user interface opti- mized for his or her vision and motor abilities. Computer Science & Engineering doctoral student Krzysztof Gajos and Professor Dan Weld designed the system, called Supple.The first applications will likely be Web-based. • For more information and a video demonstration: http://uwnews.org/article.asp?articleID=42817

Toxic Chemicals (from page 9) dients or those in fragrances, even if toxic. “These chemi- “Nearly 100 volatile organic compounds were cals are a concern due to the potential for involuntary emitted from these six products. Plus, five of the six exposure,” Steinemann said. “I’d like to see better label- emitted one or more carcinogenic ‘hazardous air pollu- ing, and I hope this study will raise public awareness and tants,’ which have no safe exposure level according to help reduce exposures to potentially hazardous chemicals.” the Environmental Protection Agency,” Steinemann said. Her study has drawn media coverage in 13 countries For instance, a plug-in air freshener contained more by more than 20 newspapers, 9 magazines, 35 radio and than 20 different volatile organic compounds, seven TV stations, and more than 100 websites — among them regulated as toxic or hazardous under federal laws. CBS News, Scientific American, and the Hindustan Times. Environmental Impact Assessment Review published her study online in July. Steinemann has not disclosed Quantum Dots (from page 8) product brand names. A subseqent study (submitted for times less toxic to the cell than the chemicals now used. publication) analyzed 25 cleaners, personal care products, Quantum dots are not yet approved for use in air fresheners, and laundry products and confirmed that humans so the researchers are transferring their tech- all brands of fragranced products contained similar toxic niques to nontoxic iron oxide particles that have chemicals — even ones called “organic”and “natural.” been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. In earlier work, two national surveys published by “Eventually this method could be used to treat condi- Steinemann and a colleague in 2004 and 2005 found that tions ranging from cancer to deteriorating eyesight,” about 20 percent of respondents reported adverse health Gao said. “Our team also is working to target cancer effects from air fresheners and 10 percent reported such cells by attaching the quantum dots to specific markers effects from laundry products vented to the outdoors. on the cell’s surface.” While the Food and Drug Administration requires • For more information, http://faculty.washington.edu/xgao/ that cosmetic packaging list ingredients, no law requires The research was funded by the National Institutes of Health and the manufacturers of consumer products to list all ingre- the National Science Foundation.

10 TREND • Vol 58:2 • Autumn 2008 CAMPAIGN UW: 2000~2008 Creating Futures for Engineering UW’s Creating Futures campaign for Engineering came to a spectacular conclusion on June 30. Support from alumni and friends totaled $267,564,979 We are excited about every dollar, but what is most important is their impact. Gifts totaling $47.4 million created: 181 New Endowments 1 deanship, 5 chairs 13 professorships, 68 scholarships 58 fellowships, 36 academic support funds State-of-the Art Facilities Other private support helped construct two new buildings and upgrade a campus gem: The Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering William H. Foege Genome Sciences & Bioengineering Building Guggenheim Hall 10,000+ alumni, friends, foundations, and corporations participated in Engineering’s campaign. We are grateful. In this special section of The Trend, we celebrate your generosity. CAMPAIGN UW: CREATING FUTURES 2000~2008

Impressive Results Participants ~ New donors (first-time gifts to Engineering) THE POWER • 4,457 individuals OF NUMBERS • 968 organizations 6,055 donors made multiple gifts During the Beijing Olympics we learned the Chinese regard the number eight as auspicious, signifying prosperity. Matching Initiatives ~ Perhaps that holds for the UW community too, as we conclude eight years of Campaign UW in 2008. Engineers UW Matching Gifts Initiative know that numbers have power, at least in mathematical • 29 new endowments if not cultural expression, and our numbers are huge! • $20.6 million gift and match total Thanks to more than 10,000 alumni, friends, and corporate partners, we surpassed our goal and raised over Students First Initiative $267 million. We are deeply grateful for the generosity • 45 new scholarships and fellowships of so many whose gifts ranged from $1 to $16 million. • $20.7 million gift and match total No matter the size, each means someone cares about our Faculty, Staff, Retiree Campaign students and educational mission. • 54 faculty, staff, and retiree donors made gifts Extraordinary giving is both essential and transform- of $5000 or more through June 30. ative. Private support is now the third largest source of (FSR campaign extends through December 31) funding for engineering education and research. With state dollars primarily earmarked for faculty salaries, the college must rely on private giving to create scholarships and fellowships that provide access for students, establish Alumni Participation by Department professorships to recruit and retain outstanding teaching Percent and research faculty, and provide unrestricted support for 20 student programs and projects. Central to our success was an active and engaged Percentage of alumni donors campaign committee under the leadership of recently in each department making gifts to Campaign UW retired Weyerhaeuser CEO Steve Rogel. These volunteers (to Engineering and other units) advised on college priorities, assisted with outreach to 15 alumni and friends locally and across the U.S., and gave generously of their time and resources. “Thank you” can only begin to express our appreciation. Our Campaign UW numbers are already generating 10 impact. Over $27 million in new scholarship and fellowship endowments has begun opening Engineering’s doors to many more promising students. This fall we hired 16 exceptional new faculty members — some hires made possible by the $16 million in new professorships and chairs 5 that make us competitive with our peers. To all 10,000 campaign participants who demonstrated the power of numbers: Thank you! Your gifts will transform the future — and it’s an exciting one. 0 BIOE EE ME MSE CEE IE AA CSE TC CHEME Ma t t h e w O’Do n n e l l Frank and Julie Jungers Dean of Engineering Department

12 TREND • Vol 58:2 • Autumn 2008 A transformative gift Frank and Julie Jungers Endowed Deanship in Engineering

rank Jungers (ME ’47) knows “I like to support programs the University, in both activity and F plenty about leadership. He met in ways that have a big multiplier outside funding, are worth far more presidents, kings, prime ministers, effect,” Jungers said. “The endow- than the money I put into them.” and assorted VIPs over a 31-year ment was an opportunity to bring in Raised in North Dakota and career with Arabian American Oil a preeminent leader with vision and Oregon, Jungers served in the Navy Company (Aramco), the last five ability to do things in new ways to during World War II, then entered (1973–78) as chairman and CEO. move the college forward.” He feels the UW to study mechanical engi- Based in Saudi Arabia for 27 the results are already evident in the neering. In 1947 he joined Aramco years, he was in the hot seat during high caliber of recent faculty hires, in San Francisco. After a transfer to the 1973 OPEC embargo on oil to expanding research programs, and Saudi Arabia in 1949, he steadily the United States. Jungers became new methods of instruction. rose from field engineer at a refinery the “go-to-guy” for the U.S. media, An earlier endowment, the Frank into the ranks of management. including an interview by Mike Jungers Professorship in Chemical In retirement Jungers has been Wallace on “60 Minutes.” He criss- Engineering, drew Mary Lidstrom, a busy as an independent investor crossed the U.S. and Europe to con- highly regarded microbiologist, to and consultant and with service to fer with corporate CEOs, and even the UW in 1986. Lidstrom founded several corporate boards and two visited the White House for a brief and co-directs the NIH-funded higher education institutions. He meeting with President Nixon. Center of Excellence in Genomic was a founding member of the UW Jungers also led years of com- Sciences. An exceptional scientist and Foundation board (1988–1992). plex negotiations for the transfer administrator, she was appointed UW He and his wife, Julie, a talented of Aramco ownership from U.S. oil vice provost for research in 2001. photographer, reside in Portland and company shareholders to the Saudi “Both these endowments have Bend and enjoy traveling to locales government. He won plaudits for had tremendous multiplier effects,” such as Antarctica, Africa, India, the making the right decisions at the Jungers affirmed. “The returns they Middle East, and Myanmar, with right time, for his imaginative prob- are bringing to Engineering and China next on their itinerary. lem solving, and ability to engender trust and respect at all levels from Leadership + Private Support = CoE on the Rise oil field laborers to the Saudi royal family to the halls of U.S. govern- Visionary leadership, backed by strong private support, is taking the college to new ment and corporations. heights in educational and research excellence. A few highlights: With strong insight on the • CoE is attracting top-quality faculty who are winning major grants and prestigious transformative power of leadership, national awards. An all-time high of 16 new faculty are on board for the 2008–2009 it’s no surprise that he has created academic year. CoE is growing! endowments to attract and support • New cross-disciplinary initiatives in molecular engineering, alternative energy, and outstanding leaders for the college. global health are forging links across Engineering departments and the University. Prime among them is The Frank and • New professional masters degree programs in electrical engineering and Julie Jungers Endowed Deanship in pharmaceutical bioengineering are meeting community and industry needs. Engineering, the first of its kind at • Applications for our fall 2008 freshman class were up, including an increase in the UW. It enabled the college to underrepresented minorities and women — a testament to outreach programs recruit Matt O’Donnell in 2006. and to expanding scholarship support for promising students.

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Support for graduate students Steven and Connie Rogel Endowed Fellowship in Chemical Engineering

“ eyond everyone’s wildest dreams” is how Steve Rogel transition time in their lives. Rogel retired in April after B(ChemE ’65) sums up the great success of Campaign 11 years as CEO of Weyerhaueser, though he continues UW for the University and the College of Engineering. As serving as chairman of the board of directors. He and chair of Engineering’s Campaign Executive Committee Connie, an alumna of Seattle University and member he’s had a hand on the wheel of the ambitious initiative, of its board of regents, have built a waterfront home in and in encouraging alumni to get on board. Port Ludlow, where they plan to enjoy their boat and “More than 5,400 alumni, individuals, and organi- continuing proximity to Seattle and their alma maters. zations made first-time gifts,” Rogel said. “That is as They’ve had quite a journey from Ritzville, a small heartwarming as it was essential, given the magnitude wheat-farming community in Eastern Washington where of the campaign. We proved engineers can open their both were born and raised. The son of the local Buick wallets,” he added with satisfaction. and GMC dealer, Rogel was servicing cars and trucks More than doubling the number of student and by age 13 and running heavy farm machinery not long faculty endowments merits even louder toots of the after. Gritty summer manual-labor jobs convinced him horn. “We have excellent leadership at the college and that earning a UW chemical engineering degree would with more support, we can keep attracting the talent broaden his career opportunities. necessary to move to the next level of achievement and A summer internship at St. Regis Paper Co. drew recognition,” he said. him into the forest products industry, and following As the campaign headed into its closing months, graduation, assignments that would take him from Rogel and his wife, Connie, contributed generously to the southeastern U.S. to Canada. He joined Portland’s that effort by establishing an endowed professorship in Willamette Industries in 1972 and worked his way up Chemical Engineering. They made the gift at a significant the ranks to CEO in 1995, gaining a reputation as a strategic thinker with a sharp eye for cost efficiencies. Micron Gifts Further Innovation From there it was a short jaunt north to Federal Way in 1997 and the significantly bigger arena of Weyerhaeuser. A quest for ever faster and smaller semiconductor devices “I owe so much of my success to my engineering drives the need to develop and incorporate new combina- education that I felt a need to return something to tions of materials in chip structure. Boise-based Micron Tech- the UW,” Rogel said. He believes the Rogel endowed nology, Inc. and the Micron Foundation provided advanced professorship comes at an exciting transition time for equipment and funding to launch the Micron Laboratory the Chemical Engineering program. for Combinatorial Materials Exploration (CME) in Roberts “The stopwatch and bucket brigade measurement Hall, directed by Fumio Ohuchi, of flows and volumes is over,” Rogel said. He points professor of materials science to dramatic changes in the past 10-15 years, as the and engineering. This year discipline has moved off a primary focus on industrial Micron provided additional processes and into an interdisciplinary juncture with funds to set up a new X-ray bioengineering and medicine and work on the molecular photoelectron spectroscopy and nanotechnology levels. machine in a Micron CME lab “It’s a new world, and I hope our endowed professor- ship will enable the department to hire or retain excep- in the Physics Building, also tional faculty who will forge a leadership role for the used by Ohuchi and his team. department in this area.”

14 TREND • Vol 58:2 • Autumn 2008 Gift of property Campaign Leadership Campaign Executive to fund undergrads Committee Steven R. Rogel (ChemE ’65), Chair Richard E. and Mary Lou Amen Tom A. Alberg Richard E. Amen (EE ’65) Endowed Scholarship in Engineering Donald W. Baker (EE ’60) Jeet S. Bindra (ChemE ’70) member of the Engineering focused on the goal to build the Robert A. Davis (MSE ’64) Campaign Executive Commit- business,” he says. Tom H. Delimitros (MSE ’66) A Michael J. Denton tee, Rich Amen shares a hometown For his next CEO challenge, Emer Dooley (Business ’00) with Steve Rogel, a fellow alumnus with a corporation developing Hon. Daniel J. Evans (CEE ’49) of Ritzville High School in Eastern optical character scanners, he grew Jeremy A. Jaech (CSE ’80) Washington. “He graduated a year revenue 40-fold and completed its George W. Jeffs (AA ’48) ahead of me, and his wife Connie initial public offering. In 1988 his Agnes S. Kwan (CSE ’82) was my classmate,” Amen says. career took another turn when he Allan F. Osberg (CEE ’45) Amen was raised on a wheat and his wife, Mary Lou (a Seattle John P. Roundhill (ME ’73) farm, and like Rogel, operated University grad), founded Venture Donna M. Sakson (TC ’82) Henry T. Schatz (ME ’64) heavy-duty farm machinery and Management Associates (VMA), Howard W. Wahl (CEE ’57) loved fixing cars as a teen. A ham a private investment banking and Sophia Zervas-Berg (Cheme ’78, MBA ’97) radio hobby sparked an interest in corporate development firm. He electronics, and drew him to the guided strategy and managed more Honorary Committee UW Electrical Engineering program, than 30 merger, acquisition, and J. Ray Bowen bucking the Coug allegiance of his financing projects for businesses in Ark G. Chin (CEE ’52) parents and brothers. the information technology sector. Mrs. John M. Fluke, Sr. Now living on the Southern Max E. Gellert California coast and semi-retired for Sally Jewell (ME ’78) the past seven years, Amen turned Frank Jungers (ME ’47) his focus to real estate, buying and Donald R. Mack (EE ’48) Tomio Moriguchi (ME ’61) upgrading rental apartment buildings Donald E. Petersen (ME ’46) in the Phoenix area. “The tenants Joseph F. Sutter (AA ’43) love it,” Amen says. “Everything I’ve done over my whole career has had Computer Science & Engineering the same themes — building value, Campaign Leadership building success, and improving the Tom A. Alberg, Co-chair lives of people.” Jeremy Jaech (CSE ’80), Co-chair Those same themes motivated Tony Audino the Amens to make a gift of property Kirk (CSE ’83) and Melissa Glerum to be divided among their three alma David (CSE ’86) and Cathy Habib (CSE ’86) maters. Its sale will fund the Richard Brian (CSE ’83) and Suchada (CSE ’83) In 1965, degree in hand, Amen E. and Mary Lou Amen Endowed MacDonald headed to Palo Alto for a position Scholarship in Engineering, along Bill McAleer in design engineering and to earn an with 50 percent UW matching funds Linden Rhodes (Law ‘02) Rob Short (CSE ’87) and Emer Dooley MSEE at Stanford, where he later through the Students First initiative. (Business ‘03) returned for an MBA. By 1976 he “We’d like to see the scholar- Brad Silverberg had been recruited as CEO for a ships go to high-potential students Ben Slivka and Lisa Wissner-Slivka struggling tech startup producing from Eastern Washington, where (Business ’88) desktop word processors. “It was so many students need financial Tom (CSE ’87) and Anne Snyder much fun to come into a company support to be able to attend college and get people charged up and and improve their lives,” Amen says.

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At the forefront in creating value Tom H. and A. Jeannette Delimitros Endowed Fellowship for MSE

“ ngineering used to be described or music in college, he enlisted in the Houston-based producer of specialty Eas a calling, to be undertaken Army Chemical Corps to get away and oil field chemicals, which he with passion and intensity,” said and figure out what he wanted to do. grew to a $100-million company. Tom Delimitros, who applied that “I realized I wasn’t good enough Then came a move to Dallas as a philosophy to his own career in for a career as a violinist, and I liked general partner in a venture capital industry and as a venture capitalist science, so gadgets won and I enrolled firm. By 1987 he was a founding investing in high-tech companies. at UW to study engineering,” he said. general partner of AMT (Advanced “Engineers are at the forefront A talk by Professor Jim Mueller Materials Technology) and an in creating value in our society. convinced him that ceramics was an investor in high-tech companies. He I want to see many more young up-and-coming field, so he gravitated is now largely retired, though serves people thinking about an engineering to materials science and earned his on several corporate boards. career,” Delimitros said. “We need BS in 1963 and MS in 1966. Delimitros never let geographic more scholarships and fellowships At Boeing he helped develop distance get in the way of engagement to attract the brightest students.” rain erosion coatings for the SST. with his alma mater. He chairs To that end, Tom and his wife, His career took off when a friend MSE’s advisory board and helped Jeannette, established an endowed in New York offered him a position raise funds to build Mueller Hall. fellowship in Materials Science & at a company developing electronic Each year he speaks to an MSE class Engineering that supports its first ceramics. More doors opened and he on ethics in engineering work. He student this year (see sidebar). gained experience with companies served on the Campaign for Washing- Raised in Seattle, Delimitros was producing specialty chemicals for oil ton volunteer committee in the late both a “gadget-happy kid” and a field operations and water treatment 1980s, on Engineering’s executive talented violinist/concert master of plants. During his 14-year sojourn committee for Campaign UW, and the Lincoln High School orchestra. back East, Delimitros added to his for the past three years chaired the Unsure whether to study engineering skill set, earning an MBA at Harvard. selection committee for the college’s By 1979 he was president and annual Diamond Awards program CEO of Magma Corporation, a recognizing outstanding alumni. “Engineering offers a great skill set for self-expression that can take you in many directions,” Delimitros “I am thankful for the freedom the Delimitros affirmed. “I see our fellowship as fellowship gives me to pursue my research and a vehicle for that. You can make educational goals. I would like to work to improve things happen if you have passion, enthusiasm, and commitment.” our national electrical, transportation, and energy In that regard, he says, “being an infrastructure and promote sustainable global growth.” engineer can be just as good as being a musician.” Brent Apgar, the first recipient of the Delimitros Fellowship, is beginning MS Delimitros now will apply his work in Professor Raj Bordia’s research group. Apgar spent eight years in the Navy passion and enthusisam to help keep and was introduced to materials engineering in Nuclear Power School. He served the beat going on the University for four years on a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Apgar believes materials level as a new board member of the scientists can help solve “some of the greatest problems we have ever seen.” UW Foundation.

16 TREND • Vol 58:2 • Autumn 2008 Pastry-Powered T(o)uring Machines Endowed Fellowship in Computer Science & Engineering hat’s not to like about young alumni who work W hard, pedal hard, and can point you to the best bakeries in the region? And, they contributed to the Campaign UW pie by establishing a fellowship to support “a starving grad student” through surely the most creatively named endowment in UW history. Meet CSE alumni Lauren Bricker (MS ’93, PhD ’98), Ruben Ortega (MS ’94), and Paul Franklin (MS ’98). From left: Paul Franklin, Ruben Ortega, and They were among a dozen grad students and alumni Lauren Bricker. Their shirts, much-admired in the biking community, feature CSE’s Turing machine who formed a team to ride in the 1995 Seattle to mural on the back. The book Bakeries by Bicycle Portland (STP) bike race — with the team name inspired is an essential for training rides, and the team by CSE’s Steam-powered Turing Machine mural. motto is “We live to eat ... we bike to eat more!” Many team members continued riding together even as they pedaled off campus and into careers and “We got a great education at the UW, which opened family life. Bricker and Ortega have sons aged 17 and 9, the doors to great jobs, so we wanted to give back to the younger of whom rode the first half of the STP this CSE,” Ortega said. “Creating an endowed fellowship year. Ortega, an expert in search technology, worked at offered a terrific opportunity to do that and the timing Amazon.com for nearly 10 years and is now with the was right for all of us,” Franklin noted. startup Trusera.com. Bricker consults on user interface “You don’t have to be a team member to contribute architecture and teaches and does IT work at Lakeside to the endowment,” Bricker said. “Just visit the website School. Franklin is a software developer at Amazon. to learn more.” (http://pptm.cs.washington.edu). The three contributed to the Allen Center capital They plan to give the first fellowship recipient a campaign and this year organized a consortium through PPTM team jersey. If the student happens to be a the bike team to fund a Students First endowment. They biker, well, that would be ice cream on the pie because made generous lead gifts to enable the 50 percent match he or she could join the group on training rides. By the in UW funds, and by June 30 contributions had topped way, their favorite refueling stops are Alki Bakery and $256,000 with gifts from 11 alumni and friends. Café and Snohomish Pie Company. Consortium gifts tap power of collaboration

gifts up to $1000.” He gives annually to IE and Industrial Engineering Gains represents the new generation of young alumni Endowed Fund for Students philanthropists in the UW President’s Club. A native of Pasco, Rhone transferred to the or many alumni, a consortium endowment UW after a year at the University of Idaho on F is a perfect way to magnify the impact a football scholarship. He chose to major in of their gifts. The opportunity to contribute IE for its practical focus and the good tools it to IE’s first endowed student fund certainly provided for a career in business or industry. He appealed to Ed Rhone (BS ’01, MS ’03). At an credits Professor Cindy Atman for having a big early stage of his career, establishing his own influence on him. “Dr. Atman urged me to get endowment was out of the question. IE alumus Ed Rhone an MS and gave me a research assistantship,” Giving back to IE is a high priority, though, Rhone said. “Contributing to the IE Endowed and he made his first gift after joining Lake Partners, a Fund is a way I can repay that and help current students.” business strategy consulting firm in downtown Seattle. Gifts from 115 donors including alumni, faculty, staff, “The company instills the importance of supporting students, friends, and organizations total $122,737 to date, community organizations,” Rhone said, “and they match and qualified for $61,309 in Students First matching funds.

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$1 million and above $250,000 to $499,999 Betty Frick Tom A. Alberg Richard and Mary Lou Amen Ed and Kathy Fries Paul G. Allen Edward Ammer Richard Tait and Karen Fries C. Gregory Amadon William and Marilyn Conner Robert Fries and Debra Dahlen Anonymous Gifts-Friends Ronald Crockett Will Gillett David Auth Tom and Jean Gibbs Michael and Hannelore Gresser William and Elizabeth Baxter Robert and Cori Glaser Gerald and Carolyn Grinstein Wilma Bradley James Gray* Mark and Carolyn Guidry Donald* and Ruth Mary Close Donald and Cindy Hacherl Neil and S. Ann Hawkins Ursula Crawford Gary and Christine Kimura Warren and Sally Jewell Bill and Melinda Gates William Kipple Rodney and Methyl Knudson Jeremy and Jacquelyn Jaech Todd Laney John and Sharen LaVillette Frank and Julie Jungers Shun-Tak Leung Paul Leach and Susan Winokur Paul and Mei-Yea Liao Paul and Yaffa Maritz Daniel Ling and Lee Obrzut Charles and Helen Matthaei Anthony and Elizabeth Naughtin John and Cristi Ludwig Steven Mylroie Alan Nelson Brian and Suchada MacDonald Allan and Inger Osberg Raymond and Louise Pedrizetti Louis and Patricia Marsh Jonathan Pool Richard and Terri Rashid Roy and Darlene Martin Linden Rhoads Andy Studebaker William and Colleen McAleer Barbara Robinson Robert and Irene* Sylvester James and Betty McCurdy Frank Robinson John and Patricia Torode Clifford and Betty McNeal Steven and Connie Rogel David and Marsha Weil Beverly Morgan Henry Schatz Flora Winter A. Pat and C. Beverly Miller Brad and Jan Silverberg Lionel Ng and Chi-Chuen Chan Charles Simonyi $100,000 to $249,999 Ruben Ortega and Lauren Bricker Karsten* and Louise Solheim Christopher and Mary Allard Harlyn and Eileen Prouty Howard and Carroll Wahl Eugene Allen* John Purvis Benjamin Slivka and Lisa Wissner-Slivka Tony and Michelle Audino David and Valerie Robinson Michael Wolf and Anne Dinning Jonathan and Shelley Bagg Stephanie Rosenbaum Rex and Reva Bates Jonathan Mark and Donna Sakson $500,000 to $999,999 Marjorie Bevlin Theodore Sarchin Corin Anderson A. Kumar and Roberta Bhasin James and Patricia Schader John and Sandra Baxter Jagjeet and Janice Bindra Richard Scherrer Edward and Wanda* Bock David and Caroline Browne John and Carolyn Schwager Dale and Sally Brooks Kenneth and Joanne Burkhardt Robert and Kristine Shanafelt Jeff Dean and Heidi Hopper John and Laurel Coltart George W. Snyder* Max and M. Carol* Gellert Walter Cook Mary Thornton Kirk and Melissa Glerum Robert and Claribel Davis Theron and Kalee Tock David and Catherine Habib Tom and Jeannette Delimitros Mark Tuttle and Lisa Messing Tuttle Kenneth and Margaret Hoyt Michael Denton Rao and Usha Varanasi George and Lorraine Johansen Donald* and Phyllis Dorset Frank and Jane Wagstaff Thomas and Tricia Rehm Herbert and Patricia Drosdat Wen-Hann and Irene Wang Jean Schuler Gilbert Drowley Gary Williams Robert Short and Emer Dooley Cornelius Duffie Craig and Gretchen Wittenberg Charles and Virginia Wright Michael Elke Brian Yamasaki and Debora Chen Donald and Diane Emon *Deceased

Jungers CAMPAIGN UW Engineering Milestones u deanship gift 10/03 Paul G. Allen Center First TC First $1-million gift naming gift Allen Center endowed 9/00 2/02 opens scholarship 9/03 12/03

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 131 Endowments $100 million Market value $64.7 million reached 12/02

18 TREND • Vol 58:2 • Autumn 2008 $50,000 to $99,999 $25,000 to $49,999 Stephen Arnold and Laurie Bauman Paul and Kathleen Anderson Lyle and Marsha Asplin Jean-Loup and Diane Baer Winslow and Linda Buxton David and Leigh Bangs Harold and Anita Campbell Pauline Batchelor* Rose Christie Samuel and Ardis Beard David and Devon Cohn Gwendolyn Bell Douglas and Jill Crow Gordon Bell David Cutler and Debbie Girdler Philip Bernstein and Luisa Recalcati Paul Franklin Robert and Nancy Betcher Nicholas and Mary Graves Ted Biggerstaff and Patricia Downey Allan Hoffman Carl Binding Naveen and Anu Jain Byron and Sheila Bishop George and Enid Jeffs David Bonn Harold Kawaguchi and Shaun Hubbard Stephen and Sylvia Burges Scott Kildall Robert and Nancy Burr Kristin Kildall Richard and Martha Draves Pavel Khijniak Joseph Duncan Agnes Kwan Richard Edwards and Anita Gale Scot and Diana Land Daniel and Nancy Evans Mark and Nicole Lawrence Bruce Forstall and Linda Plato* Steven and Arlene Lazarus Jennifer Flexman Michael McKibben and Sarah Merner Donald Lobo and Mari Tilos Steven Frank Richard and Kathryn Miyauchi Lawrence Medwin and Eleanor Hertzberg Rolf-Dietrich and Beate Fromm Peter Model Richard and Susan Martin Tetsuya Fukuoka David and Jacquelyn Moore Ruth Meese* Peter and Beth Golde Joseph and Marian Mullally Dorothy Mills Hellmut and Marcy Golde Craig and Marie Mundie Dale and Marjorie Myers Dwight and Dorothy Gowdey Cameron and Linda Myhrvold Russell and Whitney Paul-Jones Keith* and Claire Grinstein Brandt and La Vey Norquist Arthur and Linda Pederson Keith Grochow David Notkin and Catherine Tuttle Gary and Pauline Sager Scott and Susan Hauck Kenneth Oien Katie Sako and Kendall Flint Paul Hertzberg Judith Ramey Mary Tecklenburg James and Suzanne Hewitt Rao and Satya Remala Arthur Thue Gregory and Lisa Hitchcock Bard and Julie Richmond Jack and Sallie Tuttle Lin Holley Louis and Carol Scharf James* and Virginia Webster Takashi and Tetsuko Honda Michael and Jackie Schmidt Stewart and Teresa Wu James Hoskins and Jean Hertzberg Richard and Joanna Segal Dennis Irvin* William and Christa Shackleford Bruce and Gretchen Jacobsen Thomas and Anne Snyder William King Charles Stephens H. William* and Barbara Kirschner Michael Templeman Charles Klawitter J. Hayden Thomas and Shannon Bell Albert and Elizabeth Kobayashi Padma and Sridevi Venkata Richard and Linda Koffenberger Douglas and Margaret Walker Michael and Deborah Koss Daniel Weld and Margaret Rosenfeld Bruce Kuramoto and Yumi Takeuchi Edward Wenk and Betty Wagner Edward Lazowska and Lyndsay Downs Raymond West Rebecca Liebman Jo-Anne Wisniewski Greg and Corina Linden Wayne and Wei Liu Yamamoto Marilyn Lytle Continued on page 18 Donald and Sally Mack Mary Maybee Kelly McGee

First IE endowed Dean Guggenheim scholarship First ME Foege Bldg O’Donnell renovation 6/08 endowed chair opens arrives completed 6/04 3/06 8/06 9/07 312 Endowments Market value $151.4 million 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 $150 million $250 million $268 million reached reached reached 12/04 2/08 6/30/08

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$10,000 to $24,999 Charles and Carol Hirsch August and Margo Rossano Douglas and Barbara Allan Brian and Lee Horman Keth Rowe and Ann Stover David and Vickie Allstot Tai and Yuang Hou Barbara Sando James and Maureen Anable Roderick and Patricia Howard Friedrich and Roberta Scholz Arnold and Ellen Andersen Patricia Hsu Richard and Judith Schweikhardt Charles and Barbara Anderson George and Margaret Huang Ralph and Loraine Scriba Dennis and Connie Anderson Tudor Huddleston and Elizabeth Otis Jonathan Shakes and Xi Tian Thomas Anderson and Robin Briggs Wendell and Carrilou Hurlbut Olga Shen Leo and Judith Azure Satoru Izawa James Shibley Frederick Bachmann* Herve Jamrozik and Ana Tessadro Ward Spear Gregory Badros Alex and Meei-Jane Jen Paul Goodrich and Shannon Sperry Leonard and Dorothy Barlow James Jensen Scott Stark Joseph Benezra* David Johnson Thomas and Janet Stoebe Mark and Judith Benjamin Larry and Naomi Johnson Adam Stone Arvid Berg and Sophia Zervas-Berg William Joyce and Diane Melde Helmer Sundt* Jay* and Mary Berkman Yoshio Kataoka Joseph Sutter Christophe Bisciglia and Theresa MacDuff Chris and Lisa Kenworthy John* and Martha Swanson Curt Blake and Kelli Curtis Karl Kirker Stephen and Terri Thomas Karl Bohringer Alexander Knight John Thomas Derek Booth Edward and Arlene Koetje Ritchie and Lorna Tilson David Bosi Janet Koplowitz Gerard Tolentino J. Ray and Priscilla Bowen Leonard and Carolyn Kosonen Brian Valentine David Bradlee and Kathryn Gardow Mary Kravik Taylor Van Vleet Suzanne Brainard Jesse and Sharon Krider Cathy Wasem Douglas and Nancy Calkins Dave Larson Elsie Wetter Craig and Sylvia Chambers Robert Larson* Hugh Williams Ark and Winifred Chin Walter and Heather Lee Daniel and Joann Wilson Richard Christie Dennis and Jean Lee Ross and Bonnie Wolf Sung Chung Henry Levy and Ronit Katz William P. Wood* John Colleran and Michelle Kastner Yi-Bing Lin and Sherry Wang Phil Wood and Judy Mahoney Brian and Mimoza Countryman Henry and Fayne Loew Jimmy and Gloria Yoshinaka Clyde Crawford and Michael and Vanessa Lorengo Clark Zentrum Sidnee Andersen-Crawford Henrique and Regina Malvar Douglas Zongker Daniel and Sheila Dahlgren Udi and Rachel Manber Damon and Ania Danieli John Manferdelli and Catherine Stricklin John Davis Matthew and Carol McIlwain $5,000 to $9,999 Kurt and Suzan DelBene James and Patricia McManus Einar Andersen Christopher D’Hondt and John and Diane Milton Arthur Anderson Theresa Avanti-D’Hondt Wilmarth and Josephine Mootz Brian and Jane Andrew Wesley and Evelyn Dickson Willa Mylroie Anonymous Gift – Friend John and Marilyn Dimmer Allison Myrick John Brew and Mary Asmundson Chris and Mary-Ellen Diorio Robert Nelsen and Ellyn Hennecke John Balciunas Dempster and Sylvia Drowley Mahlon and Jeanne Nichols Alan and Lois Bauer Larry and Virginia Erickson Warren and Ellen Nielsen Lois Baugh Oren and Ruth Etzioni Bruce Oberg Emilio Beltran Brian and Mary Fabien Matt and Catherine O’Donnell Kermit Bengtson* Peter Farrell Grace and Richard Okita Andrew and Deborah Berman Bruce and Patricia Finlayson Wayne Olson Brian and Carol Bershad John and Susan Fluke, Jr. Steven Omoto Jeffrey and MacKenzie Bezos Frank and Norma Fogde Lloyd and Sue Otteman Eric Blohm Daniel Frech Jerome and Linda Paros Milton and Ann Bohart Curtis and Kristine Fuehr Leo and Irene Peden Gaetano Borriello and Melissa Westbrook Bill and Mimi Gates Richard and Edna Perrault Christopher Bradley Joseph Gerberg George Petersen Vladimir and Sophia Brayman Harry and Lynn Glaze, Jr. Dmitriy Portnov Aaron Bregel Keith Golden and Ellen Spertus Allen Potvin Richard Brown James and Betty Gustafson Andrew and Carol Price Charles Brown Christopher and Rebecca Guzak Ceon Ramon and Barbara Hlavin George Butler and Barbara Krieger-Brockett William* and Ann Hadley Mamidala and Vinati Ramulu Neal Cardwell and Genevieve Guenther Alon and Oriana Halevy Lois Rathvon Ronald Champoux Michael and Molly Hanlon Paul and Sharon Reeves Arthur and Lisa Chan Richard and Mary Kay Hansen Garth Reistad J. Bradley Chen and Elizabetta Conti Gary Hansen Betty Richey Cary Cherng Richard and Jo Ann Harbert Larry and Beverly Ricker Stephen and Robin Ching Brett and Simone Helsel James and Joyce Riley James and Susan Claypool Noel Henry Scott and Catherine Roberts Tinsely Coble

20 TREND • Vol 58:2 • Autumn 2008 Robert Cochran and Lauri McNeal Geoffrey and Erika Keith Kenneth Pierce Addison and Ann Cole Heng-Pin and Shirley Kiang Ernest and Emma Pogge Larry Cooper Yongmin and Eunai Kim Rahda Poovendran Brian and Jelena Curless Jeffrey and Kimberly Johnson James Prekeges Daniel and Helen Dahlgren Alan and Carolyn King Carol Purvis Denice Denton* Michael and Nancy Kirk James Ramsey* David Dion and Shelley Pennell Dion Stephan Kleine and Gloria Van Dusen V.N. Padmanabha and Visweswari Rao Jeffrey and Jacqueline Dirks Donald* and Julia Krick Dorothy Reed John and Christa Donahue Yasuo and Tomoko Kuga Eddie Rhone John and Kathleen Ehrenberg Philip Kummer and Cynthia Weeks-Kummer Jeffrey and Joanna Richey A. Herbert and Billee Ershig Alan and Sue Lampson Norman Ringlee Jake Ferderer Chuck Lenzmeier Gary Garrabrant and Eve Riskin Hugh Ferguson A. Gudran LeRose Andris and Inara Rogainis John and Lynn Ferguson Gene LeRose Theodore and Shannon Romer David and Patricia Fischbach Derek Leslie-Cook Samuel and Josephine Roskin Harold and Marilyn Fogelquist Dennis Lettenmaier Kevin Ruddell and Heather Kroll Patricia Foley Marc and Alice Levin Patrick Russell Eric Forbes Mark and Bernadette Lielke Scott and Mary Rutherford Harold and Betty Forsen Jing Jing Long Gerald and Sylvia Rutledge Joseph Garbini and Jamie Leschen Mark and Cynthia Lucovsky Bruce and Christine Schwager John and Derenda Gray William and Kiesha MacLean Daniel Schwartz and Susan Damon Maya Gupta Philip Magnusson William and Joan Scott Jeremy and Kathryn* Hales Norm* and Judy Maleng James Seferis and Anne Vernez-Moudon Charles and Dolores Harbert Erik Mattson Jane Shafer James and Debra Hartl Carol Matsumoto I-yeu and Judy Shen Terry and Carol Hartman Edwin and Grace Merrill James and Betty Skaggs Darryl and Sherri Havens Thomas and Teresa Miller Leon and Marian Smoot Robert and Mary Hawthorn Emmett and Carol Miller Stephen Snelling Lucille Hebner Kent Murdoch George and Adeena Snyder Stanley and May Holm Mark Murray George Soli Allen Holmes Joshua Newman Anne Steinemann Frank and Lynda Holmstrom Brian Ngo H. David and Patricia Stensel Richard and Debra Howarth Jerre* and Margarete Noe Richard and Margaret Storch Donald and Jing Huang Jonathan Nowitz Duane Storti Harry Hull Rebecca Oliver Hilmer Swanson Allen and Nettie Israel Christopher and Allyson Olsen Tsuneo Tanaka Ivor and Doreen James Eugene Onishi Cameron Tangney Samson Jenekhe Vincent Orgovan Arthur Teare Patrick Jenny and Kathleen Higgins U-Sun and Haijoo Park Ingrid Tenggren Edwin and Kathleen Johnson M. Dean Parsons David Thompson and Judy Jesiolowski Simon Kahan William and Becky Parzybok Phillip and Jeanne Thompson David and Anita Kaplan Frank and Cheryl Perazzoli Jon and Kay Tompkins John and Gloria Kasonic John Perkins Michael and Melissa Trumbore Alberto and Jean Velez

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The Boeing Company The partnership between Boeing and the UW College of Engineering dates to the earliest days of both institutions. Each year the college turns out high-caliber, innovative graduates — and thousands have launched careers at Boeing. Since 1986, Boeing has endowed nine faculty positions, several honoring UW Engineering graduates who became world leaders in shaping the aerospace industry. These endowed positions encourage exceptional faculty to pursue fascinating, leading-edge research and to train and mentor the next generation of engineers. Boeing has been a true partner with the college, touching many aspects of our mission. The company has funded directed research and donated surplus equipment and supplies for research and student design projects. Boeing engineers have collaborated with college faculty and offered advice

Sam Jenekhe, Boeing-Martin Professor of and guidance on several student-led design projects. The company continues Engineering and professor of chemistry, is to provide critical funding for scholarships, curriculum development, using nanotechnology methods to develop and programs. Perhaps most significantly, Boeing consistently supports organic solar cells with self-assembled polymer nanowires. He watches a thermal evaporator our diversity initiatives, including outreach efforts for student recruiting, complete the final steps of fabrication. partnerships for K-12 initiatives, and retention programs that help students thrive within the engineering fields once they arrive at the UW.

PACCAR An endowed professorship established by PACCAR in 2001 rotates between Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering. PACCAR technical experts continue long-standing collaborative partnerships with these departments, serving on advisory boards and providing guidance and support for student-led design projects. A favorite student field trip is a visit to the PACCAR Technical Center test track in Mount Vernon to learn about the company’s technical innovations and observe vehicle tests. Engineering faculty and PACCAR technical experts collaborate on research that benefits both organizations, such as fluid dynamics, advancements in manufactur- Jim Riley, PACCAR Professor of Engineering and professor ing processes, and combustion research. These experiences at the of mechanical engineering, conducts research on fluid company help to bring classroom learning to life for our students. dynamics and turbulent flows.

Weyerhaeuser For many years, Weyerhaeuser has supported UW efforts to increase the number of students from diverse backgrounds who enter the science, math, and engineering fields. As an early supporter of Washington MESA (Mathematics, Science, Engineering Achievement), Weyerhaeuser plays a significant role in expanding programs to serve teachers and develop curricula in school districts with a significant percentage of students from groups traditionally underrepresented in science and engineering. To honor the success of MESA, Weyerhaeuser in 2004 established the first endowed scholarship program for MESA program participants studying at UW. The Weyerhaeuser Foundation furthered its commitment to the college by establishing the Weyerhaeuser Endowed Professor in Chemical Proud of their Awards Middle school students are Engineering to support a professor teaching and conducting research excited about winning individual medals and a related to the forest products industry. plaque for their school during a Seattle MESA Day math, engineering, and science program.

22 TREND • Vol 58:2 • Autumn 2008 ~ Corporations and Foundations~ Cumulative gifts and pledges of $100,000 and above between July 1, 2000 and June 30, 2008. $10,000,000 and above Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation HDR Engineering, Inc Fidelity Foundation The Boeing Company High Q Foundation Fordham Street Foundation Intel Corporation Honda Research and Development Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Microsoft Corporation Company, Ltd GE Foundation Industrial Technology Research Institute General Dynamics $1,000,000 to $9,999,999 Insitu Group Incorporated Genie Industries Alfred P. Sloan Foundation J.S.S. Foundation Genzyme Corporation American Heart Association Kimberly-Clark Corporation Health Services of Fox Chase Cancer Center The David & Lucile Packard Foundation Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Health Center High Speed Connectivity Consortium Eastman Kodak Company LG Electronics, Inc Hydrogen Power Inc Ford Motor Company Martin Marietta Space Group Information Storage Industry Consortium Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Microvision, Inc. Insightful Corporation The Grainger Foundation Inc National Action Council for Minorities in Institute for Responsible Management Hewlett-Packard Company Engineering, Inc Institute for Systems Biology Hitachi, Ltd National Space Biomedical Research Institute Integration Partners, Inc Howard Hughes Medical Institute R & D Institution of Metals & Composites International Vision IBM Corporation RealNetworks Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc Intel Foundation SAMSUNG Isotron Corporation M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust Siemens Corporation J. David Gladstone Institutes Madrona Venture Group Smartronix Inc JP Innovations, LLC Pentax Corporation Social Venture Partners Kronos Advanced Technologies, Inc The Seattle Foundation Sony Corporation LaZure Scientific, Inc Semiconductor Research Corporation Stroud Water Research Center Lightwave Microsystems Corporation SRI International Sun Microsystems, Inc Lockheed Martin Corporation Tektronix, Inc. Telcordia Technologies, Inc Materials Resources International, Inc United Way of King County Texas Instruments, Inc MathSoft, Inc Wallace H. Coulter Foundation Unmanned Systems Technology Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd Washington Research Foundation Laboratory, Inc Medina Foundation The Whitaker Foundation Xilinx, Inc Medtronic, Inc Mesosystems Technology, Inc $500,000 to $999,999 $100,000 to $249,999 Micro Magnetics Inc Adobe Systems Incorporated Alcoa Foundation MicroEnergy Technologies, Inc Alias Wavefront, Inc Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc Battelle Memorial Institute American Institute of Steel Construction Inc. Molecular Sciences Institute Canon, Incorporated American Society of Civil Engineers National Applied Science, Inc Electric Power Research Institute Amgen, Inc National Hemophilia Foundation Google Inc. Apple Computer National Semiconductor The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc Archer OpTx, Inc National Steel & Shipbuilding Company Institute for the Study of Learning ATR Research Laboratories New Energy and Industrial Technology and Expertise Avago Technologies Limited Development Organization International Computer Science Institute Barlow Scientific, Inc Newaz Technologies, Inc Lumera Corporation Biomolecular Switches, Inc Nintendo of America, Inc Merck & Co., Inc. Bosch Corporation Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corporation Micron Technology Foundation, Inc Boston Scientific Corporation Nokia Micron Technology, Inc Cabot Microelectronics Corp PATH Montefiore Medical Center Cambridge Systematics, Inc PJM Interconnection, LLC MSNW Carl M. Hansen Foundation, Inc The Procter & Gamble Company PACCAR Foundation Ceramatec, Inc Sakson & Taylor, Inc Pacific Earthquake Engineering CESI Centro Elettrotecnico, Ltd Scripps Institute of Oceanography Research Center Chongqing Holley Holdings Seattle Art Museum Scripps Clinic & Research Foundation Chunghwa Telecom Company, Ltd Sequoia Scientific, Inc Teranode Corporation Citigroup Global Impact Funding Trust, Inc Shannon & Wilson, Inc Universities Space Research Association College Spark Washington Solar Turbines, Inc VisionGate Inc. Community Foundation Silicon Valley SunPlus Technology Co, Ltd Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation Crane Aerospace & Electronics Susan G. Komen for the Cure DaimlerChrysler AG Swiss Federal Institute Zurich Institut $250,000 to $499,999 Dow Chemical Company Foundation Fuer Polymer Advanced Technology Institute Dr. Clark Research Association Syshubs Global Service, Inc Agilent Technologies Economic and Engineering Services Inc T-Mobile USA, Inc Akibene Foundation Electronic Arts Toray Industries, Inc American Chemical Society EM Photonics Inc Toyo Kohan Company, Ltd Andrews Space & Technology EMX Group Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program Archus Orthopedics, Inc Engineering Information Foundation Voyager Capital, LLC Areva T & D ERA Digital Media Inc. Water Environment Research Foundation Artemisinin Research Foundation ERC Inc Western Digital Corporation Chevron Corporation Ewing Technology Associates Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Dragoon Technologies, Inc Ex One Corporation Yadav Technology, Inc Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund Extrude Hone Corporation Yahoo! Inc Foster-Miller, Inc Exxon Mobil Foundation ZymoGenetics

TREND • Vol 58:2 • Autumn 2008 23 2008 Engineering Lecture Series Engineering Inspired by Nature

Join us for these exciting, free programs • 7 pm ~ Kane Hall 110 UW Seattle

Beyond Oil: Powering the Future Thursday, October 30, 1008

Mi l e s P. Dr a k e , Senior Vice President, Research and Development, and Chief Technology Officer, Weyerhaeuser Da n i e l Sc h w a r t z , Boeing-Sutter Professor, UW Chemical Engineering, and Associate Dean of New Initiatives, UW College of Engineering

Transportation consumes 70 percent of the oil used in our country. But as worldwide demand for oil soars, supplies tighten and prices skyrocket, how will we keep transportation moving? Current and emerging technologies can quickly convert a wide range of plant matter to transportation biofuels, offering a partial solution. Solar, wind, hydro, nuclear, tidal and wave power will contribute to an increasingly diversified and “greener” energy future.

Back to Nature for the Next Technology Revolution Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Ba b a k Pa r v i z , Associate Professor, UW Electrical Engineering

Just 40 years ago, a computer had 2,000 transistors. Today’s CPUs have one billion and tomorrow’s units will have billions and billions of tiny components. But they can’t be manufactured with today’s technology. So where do we turn? Engineering researchers such as Bakak Parviz are studying nature on the nanoscale to create the next technology revolution. Imagine using DNA as a template to ”grow” electrical devices, or custom designing molecules to build transistors. It could transform our future.

The lecture series is sponsored by the College of Engineering in partnership All lectures are free, but seating is limited. REGISTRATION REQUIRED. with the UW Alumni Association. Register online at UWalum.com or by calling 206-543-0540.

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