1. ENGINEERING AT A GLANCE
September 16, 2018

2. University of Washington
#2 in federal research funding
among public universities
Ranked #11
by U.S. News & World Report Global University rankings
Founded in 1861, UW confers more than 12,000 bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral and professional degrees annually

3. University of Washington
Fall 2016 Enrollment– Seattle campus
Undergrad
31,418
Grad/Prof
14,663
TOTAL
46,081
Degrees Awarded – Seattle campus
Bachelor’s
7,772
Master’s
3,598
Doctoral
778
Professional
518

4. University of Washington
Multi-campus university in Seattle, Tacoma and Bothell, and a world-class academic medical center
Ranked #15 in world by the Academic Ranking of World Universities
Named the fifth most innovative university in the world by Reuters
4,351 Faculty Members
7 Nobel
Laureates & 15 MacArthur Fellows
Our amazing students:
136 Fulbright Scholars
35 Rhodes Scholars
7 Marshall Scholars
22 National Academy of Engineering members
172 American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows
171 National Academy of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine

5. Engineering Third largest of UW’s 16 colleges 15% of UW students
Over 7,000 students
258 Faculty
10 departments in 22 buildings
Source of over ½ of UW startups
Engineering is one of the largest of UW’s 16 colleges

6. Engineering $151M in externally funded research $20.6M from Industry
9 New Faculty Hires for 2016
120 NSF Young Investigator/Early Career Awards since 1984
College ranked 24th US News & World Report
BioE 9th
CSE 6th
US News & World Report Graduate Rankings
*Changed top right box from $125M to $95.1M based on data gathered from UW’s FY13 Annual Report (

7. Academic Departments
William E. Boeing Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics
Bioengineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Human Centered Design & Engineering
Industrial & Systems Engineering
Materials Science & Engineering
Mechanical Engineering

8. Financing engineering
Sources of Funds
Uses of Funds

9. Undergraduate enrollment

10. Undergraduate Diversity
TOTAL average enrollment in 2013 was 51,319
Residents 36,099  (70%)
Non-residents 8692 (17%)
International 6529 (13%)

11. COE ADMISSIONS DATA

12. Undergraduate Degrees
Bachelor of Science Degrees Awarded

13. Student demographics
Source: UW Profiles

14. Diversity Programs Mathematics Academy STARs MSEP WiSE DO-IT ADVANCE
NSF-funded, supports women faculty and cultural change in academic science and engineering careers
DO-IT (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, Technology)
Provides outreach for students with disabilities, and resources for educators and employers
Mathematics Academy
A summer program for high school juniors from diverse backgrounds who wish to pursue the study of engineering
MSEP (Minority Scholars & Engineering Program)
Provides recruitment and retention programs for underrepresented minority students in engineering
WiSE (Women in Science & Engineering)
Provides recruitment and retention programs for women in science and engineering
STARS (Washington STate Academic RedShirt in Engineering Program)
Funded by NSF, brings low-income, highly motivated Washington state high school graduates to the UW and WSU to study engineering

15. Graduate Enrollment

16. Student Demographics
Source: Graduate Student Statistical Summary on Graduate School web site

17. Graduate Degrees
Degrees Granted

18. Interaction with industry
RESEARCH
ENGINEERS
EXPERTISE
Sponsored Research
Labs & facilities
Research Centers
Gift-based funding
Interns
Career hires
Affiliates programs
Career Center
Faculty consulting
Workforce Education
Licensing IP
Collaborative grants

19. Thriving Region

20. Interaction with industry
Hiring Students
Sponsored Research
Affiliate Programs
Gifts
Licensing
Faculty
Consulting
Workforce Education
Labs & Facilities

21. Engineering: engine of uw innovation
2012 – 2016
959 of UW innovations reported from CoE – 47% of total
10/20 top individual producers from CoE
6/10 top department producers from CoE
1481 patents filed from CoE – 46% of total
CoE produced 56% of UW start ups
CoE faculty comprise 6% of UW faculty
CoE comprised 38% of the UW’s commercialization activities with only 6% of the total UW faculty.
*8 start-ups in FY13, 9 in FY14

22. Research Expenditures
CoE comprised 38% of the UW’s commercialization activities with only 6% of the total UW faculty.

23. Engineering Innovation
Authentication and security for Java programming
(Ed Felten MS ’91, PhD ’93 – CSE)
CP/M operating system
(Gary Kildall MS ’68, PhD ’72 – CSE)
Disposable diapers
(Victor Mills BS ’26 – ChemE)
Original author of the MS-DOS operating system
(Tim Paterson ’78 – CSE)
Vinyl and synthetic rubber
(Waldo Semon BS ’20, PhD ’24 – ChemE)
Yellow highway paint
(W. Ronald Benson BS ’36 – ChemE)
DNA and protein analysis platform for the Human Genome Project
(David Basiji MS ’93, PhD ’97 – BioE)
Developed commercial aircraft for Boeing
(Joseph Sutter BS ’43 – AA)
Z-weed membranes for water treatment
(Andrew Benedek PhD ’70 – ChemE)
Fiberglass skis and founder of K2 (William Kirschner BS ’39 – MSE)
Cardiac treadmill and kidney dialysis machines
(Wayne Quinton BS ’58 – ME)
Diagnostic ultrasound
(Robert Rushmer, founder of UW Bioengineering)

24. UW Research
UW receives more federal research dollars than almost any other public university
In recent years, UW is ranked number three for all universities (public & private) in federal research funding
Sponsored research totals over $1.37 billion annually
Engineering research expenditures totaled $151M in FY2016
$590,000 per faculty member
*From the UW received more federal research funding than any other U.S. public university, and since 2009
has been in the top two. Source:

25. Research Centers Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering
Clean Energy Institute
eScience Institute
PacTrans
Washington Nanofabrication Facility
Molecular Engineering & Sciences Institute
Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering, CSNE, a NSF-funded Engineering Research Center, known for major advancements in brain to brain communication
Clean Energy Institute: Initially established by the state, now supplemented with WRF funding, the Clean Energy Institute is focused on next generation solar energy and electrical energy storage materials, devices and systems and their integration into the grid.
eScience Institute: Multi-disciplinary campus-wide effort focused on the broad topic of “big data,” advancing data science research and practice.
PacTrans: A coalition of transportation professionals and educators from 5 NW universities focused on safety and sustainability.
Washington Nanofabrication Facility: Located in Fluke Hall, the UW’s full service micro and nanotechnology user facility, the largest public access fabrication center in the NW with 15,000 square feet of labs, cleanrooms and user space.
Molecular Engineering & Sciences Institute: Brings together faculty teams from across the University of Washington campus in a state-of-the-art facility with instrumentation for molecular characterization and analysis to catalyze translational research in the Clean Tech and Biotech areas.

26. NANOENGINEERING & SCIENCES BUILDING

27. Faculty – Fall Quarter
Tenure track faculty

28. Engineering Faculty 23 National Academy of Engineering Members
3 National Academy of Sciences Members
12 Presidential Early Career Award Recipients
2 MacArthur Fellows
25 Sloan Research Fellows
120 NSF Early CAREER Award Recipients

29. 22.4% of UW CoE faculty are women vs.
Women in Engineering
Recruitment and support programs for women faculty
ADVANCE
NSF-funded, supports women faculty and cultural change in academic science and engineering careers
WiSE (Women in Science & Engineering)
Provides recruitment and retention programs for women in science and engineering
22.4% of UW CoE faculty are women vs.
15% national average

30. Women Engineering Faculty
National average: 15%

31. WOMEN ENGINEERING FACULTY
Fall 2013 data. Source: 2013 ASEE Engineering by the Numbers.
Women tenure track faculty