June 17, 2015
UW team “Hackcessible” wins Hack The Commute Competition
UW team wins City of Seattle sponsored Hack the Commute with a web-based map that helps those Hackcessible Access Map (in beta) >
Data Science & Spatial Analysis | Diversity, Equity & Justice | Infrastructure & Transportation
Common Birds Bring Economic Vitality to Cities
Is it worth having birds in the city? If you live in Seattle or Berlin, the answer is yes, to the tune of $120 million and $70 million a year for each city, respectively.
May 17, 2015
High speed battery charging for smart grids.
SCL (Michael Pesin) and UW Electrical Engineering (Daniel Kirtchner). Develop new energy storage technologies that facilitate variable energy output, which more closely mirrors how electricity is used in modern grid scenarios.
Climate & Energy | Infrastructure & Transportation | Innovation & Technology
May 14, 2015
Ken Smith: Going Beyond the Metrics
In case you missed it. Ken Smith’s lecture, a part of the UW Landscape Architecture Lecture Series on May 14th 2015. The lecture focuses on ideas and craft in creating contemporary landscapes particularly at a larger scale. A number of new or recent projects are discussed as case studies. It addresses issues of scale, infrastructure…
Design & Building | Infrastructure & Transportation