The Collaboration Core is an administrative unit in the UW College of Engineering established to support interdisciplinary institutes, centers, and facilities. Our flexible structure enables us to respond to new opportunities and needs, while providing exceptional support to multiple research units.
The Collaboration Core supports the following units:
| Units |
Leadership |
| ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change |
Director: Joyce Yen |
| Advanced Composites Center |
Director: Marco Salviato, Aeronautics & Astronautics |
| AI Center for Dynamics and Control |
Director: Steve Brunton, Mechanical Engineering |
| Boeing Advanced Research Collaboration |
Director: Xu Chen, Mechanical Engineering |
| Clean Energy Institute |
Director: Daniel Schwartz, Chemical
Chief Scientist: David Ginger, Chemistry Engineering |
| Broadening the Representation of Academic Investigators in NeuroScience |
Director: Joyce Yen |
| The Center on Collaborative Systems for Safety, Security, and Resilience |
Director: Mark Haselkorn, Human Centered Design & Engineering |
| Cross-Pacific AI Initiative |
Director: Jenq-Neng Hwang, Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| FAA Center of Excellence – Advance Materials in Transport Aircraft Structures |
Director: Marco Salviato, Aeronautics & Astronautics |
| Institute for Nano-Engineered Systems |
Director: Karl Bohringer, Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| Molecular Analysis Facility |
Director: Lara Gamble, Bioengineering |
| Molecular Engineering & Sciences Institute |
Director: Suzie Pun, Bioengineering
Director of Education (MolES PhD Program): Cole DeForest, Chemical Engineering |
| UPWARDS for the Future |
PI: Mo Li, Electrical & Computer Engineering
Co-PI: David Bergsman, Chemical Engineering |
| Quantum Technologies Training and Testbed |
Director: Max Parsons, Electrical & Computer Engineering |
| QuantumX |
Director: Kai-Mei Fu, Physics |
| Research Training Testbeds |
Lab Manager: Michael De Siena |
| Safeguarding the Entire Community in the U.S. Research Ecosystem |
Director: Mark Haselkorn, Human Centered Design & Engineering
Co-Director: Lynette Arias |
| UW + Amazon Science Hub |
Director: Joshua Smith, Computer Science & Engineering |
| Washington Clean Energy Testbeds |
Technical Director: Devin MacKenzie, Materials Science & Engineering/Mechanical Engineering
Managing Director: Michael Pomfret |
| Washington Nanofabrication Facility |
Director: Maria Huffman |