UW Master of Science in Technology Innovation

Did you know that asthma is a global health concern and impacts 1 in 7 people? It can dramatically restrict activities of daily life, up to debilitation and death. Spyro.ai is a student-led launch project team of three students in the @uofwa #MSTI program. While doctors highly recommend self-management for asthma, there are few tools that allow patients to monitor and draw insights from their data. The team created system that uses user inputs, ML-powered cough detection, and more to create a dashboard that allows patients and doctors to create a better treatment plan. 

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Around 50 million people are affected by dementia worldwide, which is a general term meaning a loss of memory, language, or problem-solving skills that affects day-to-day life. People living with dementia can become less social and self-isolate as they recognize their memory loss, causing challenges for caregivers and family members. Working with Dr. Carolyn Parsey at UW medicine, three students in the @uofwa MSTI program created a platform to help people with dementia revisit their past by exploring sentimental content such as music, photos, and videos. This platform enables people with dementia and their caregivers in conducting customized reminiscence therapy.

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Launch Project! 🚀 Did you know that 80% of children will have had at least one episode of an ear infection by the age of 2? Working with Dr. Naveed Rabbani and Prof. Yuntao Wang, four students in the @uofwa #MSTI program developed a system to help detect fluid in the middle ear using active noice cancelling headphones that parents might already own. This early screening system can help guardians understand their child’s ailment before making an appointment with their doctor, saving time and money while also helping provide more accurate early testing. #HealthEar

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Launch Project! 🚀 Did you know that right now, airplanes around the world release enormous amounts of unnecessary emissions while idling on the ground? Working alongside experts from @microsoft AI for Good and the @portofseattle , five students in the @uofwa MSTI program created a monitoring system that uses hardware and machine learning to automatically monitor if an airplane has left its Auxiliary Power Unit on unnecessarily. This monitoring device can reduce excess pollution in our environment and prevent the waste of jet fuel for airlines, while also providing airports a singular monitoring system for APU usage at their gates. ✈

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The robots are go! 🤖 Recently, students in the #robotics track of @uofwa #MSTI program remotely commanded semi-autonomous robots to navigate around a built environment in the Steve Ballmer Building. Previously working in a simulated environment, the students controlled the robots over the network in real time and watched their progress via live overhead webcam feed!

“I think it was a great experience for the students,” said Dr. Maru Cabrera (pictured), who was overseeing the bots. “It was a real challenge to have the robots and the students be on the same network and have all of the components visible to each other. Hopefully, this will help the students solidify their understanding of the robotic concepts and adjust their expectations of robotic systems. 

“We witnessed the convergence of robotics-with-internet plus @zoom , which is rather novel I think,” said Dr. John Raiti. “It led to a thriving robotics ecosystem with greater levels of reproducibility, interoperability, and accessibility. By breaking down the geographic barriers, broader populations of students can use robots to address various needs across society. There was true collaborative learning; students saw all the robots in gallery view and helped each other when a robot was stuck or having difficulties. It was true teamwork spirit.” 

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Congratulations to all of the graduates of the @uofwa MS in Technology Innovation Class of 2020! We are all immensely proud of the outstanding work you have done in the face of unprecedented adversity. ⁣
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Saturday's virtual graduation included talks by keynote speaker Bridget Frey, CTO at @redfinrealestate, and Jerry Liang, selected by his peers to speak on behalf of the class. Jerry spoke about the value of leaning on your peers for support and how to stay confident that, even in uncertainty, everything will be okay. Bridget shared her incredible background and insights while imparting the value of identifying meaningful problems, celebrating the diversity of America and the world at large, and being inclusive of people of all backgrounds. ⁣
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Students and family also listened to talks by Shwetak Patel, interim executive director of GIX (UW), and Yunhao Liu, Dean of GIX at @tsinghua_uni . Dr. Patel spoke to the differentiators of GIX, including how students work so closely with industry partners on Launch Projects, as well as highlighting the many student successes over the past 15 months. "Some of you are about to step out of campus, and to swim into the ocean of innovation," said Dean Liu. "The world's most pressing problems demand innovation and they know no boundaries between disciplines and geography."⁣
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Watch our social media channels over the next few weeks to see more about the Launch Projects recently completed by graduating class, as well as the studio projects being done by cohort 4. ⁣
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Congratulations to all! ⁣Tag a friend and share your favorite memory in the comments. ⁣👇
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