News
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Jul 15, 2026
Invited lecture at the European Acoustics Association Summer School at TU Graz
Lecture and discussion on the design and analysis of porous and resonant absorbers.
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May 6, 2026
Research presentation at Westside Acoustics Research Week
“Form Over Mass: Using Geometry to Control Low-Frequency Noise in Low-Carbon Floor Systems,” presented remotely to the Los Angeles acoustics research community.
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Apr 10, 2026
New paper out in Applied Sciences on LCA tools for carbon-storing construction materials
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Mar 12, 2026
Panel discussion at Confluence Seattle on AI and the built environment
“Beyond Generative Design: AI and the Next Phase of Intelligence in the Built Environment” — a panel on where computational intelligence is headed in architecture and construction.
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Feb 25, 2026
Organized the "Architecture in the Age of AI" panel at UW
Panel discussion at the UW Department of Architecture on AI and the built environment, organized and moderated by Prof. Méndez Echenagucia.
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Dec 5, 2025
Two papers presented at the joint ASA–ASJ meeting in Honolulu
New work on surrogate modeling of CLT floor slab vibro-acoustics and on data-driven prediction of metamaterial array performance.
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Oct 15, 2025
Invited talks at AIA Seattle and Fast + Epp's Concept Lab on digital fabrication for multi-objective building components
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May 28, 2025
Two papers presented at the ASA 2025 Annual Meeting joint with the 25th ICA in New Orleans
- May 20, 2025
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May 14, 2025
Algal biofoam research presented at the MRS Spring Meeting in Seattle
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Oct 15, 2024
NSF grant awarded for biomimetic acoustic absorption research
Prof. Méndez Echenagucia is Co-PI on a new NSF award, “Can Irregular Structural Patterns Beat Perfect Lattices? Biomimicry for Optimal Acoustic Absorption”, together with Prof. Ed Habtour (UW) and Prof. Mostafa Nouh (University at Buffalo).
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Sep 20, 2024
Prof. Méndez Echenagucia promoted to Associate Professor
- Jun 12, 2024
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May 15, 2024
New conference paper in the ASA 2024!
- May 12, 2024
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Feb 21, 2024
Talk at the UW eScience Institute on computational design for sustainable buildings
Invited lunch talk in the Computer Science for the Environment series at the University of Washington eScience Institute.
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Oct 25, 2023
Panel on decarbonizing design at the CTBUH Americas Conference in Seattle
Panel discussion on “Decarbonizing Design — Material and Technical Advancements” at the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Americas Conference.
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Oct 2, 2023
Named Co-Director of the UW Center for Digital Fabrication
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Sep 15, 2023
Appointed Director of the MS in Architecture — Design Technology program
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Jul 10, 2023
Two UW Population Health Initiative grants awarded
Together with Prof. Eleftheria Roumeli (UW Materials Science & Engineering) and Prof. Kate Simonen, Prof. Méndez Echenagucia received a Climate Change Pilot Grant on sustainable metamaterials for insulation applications and a planning grant on sustainable materials for structural applications.
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Jun 15, 2023
New conference paper accepted in Forum Acusticum 2023!
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May 12, 2023
New conference paper accepted for EURODYN 2023 at TU Delft!
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May 1, 2023
New conference paper accepted for ASCE 2023!
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Mar 15, 2023
Keynote at the Passive House Northwest conference in Portland
Keynote speech on “Computational geometry for sustainable construction.”
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Feb 8, 2023
Carbon Leadership Forum Portland talk on designing for the triple bottom line
“Designing for the triple bottom line: Experience, Energy and Embodied Carbon Emissions” — a remote presentation on the carbon research studio and our operational + embodied carbon research.
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Nov 7, 2022
AIA Seattle Award of Merit
Prof. Méndez Echenagucia, Vidhya Rajendran and NBBJ received an AIA Seattle Honors award of merit in the research category for their work on the design of resonant absorption panels.
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Nov 6, 2022
The HiLo unit receives the 2022 ARC award
The HiLo unit at the EMPA campus in Switzerland has received the ARC award in the category “Digitalization”.
- Nov 3, 2022
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Mar 31, 2022
UW team receives ARPA-E grant
A UW team made up of the Carbon Leadership Forum, the Integrated Design Lab, the Center for International Trade in Forest Products and Prof. Méndez Echenagucia has been awarded a $4 million grant for the development of a Dynamic LCA tool. The grant is in the context of the HESTIA project.
- Jan 26, 2022
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Dec 5, 2021
Nathan Brown and Vidhya Rajendran present our work at ASA 2021 Seattle
- Oct 8, 2021
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Oct 6, 2021
The HiLo Unit has been officially opened
The official opening of the HiLo unit took place in a hybrid ceremony at the EMPA campus outside of Zurich, Switzerland.
- Sep 19, 2021
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Mar 9, 2021
Former student Vidhya Rajendran receives 2020 ASA Meeting best student paper
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Jan 9, 2021
Prof. Méndez Echenagucia awarded a UW Royalty Research Fund grant
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Sep 20, 2019
Appointed Assistant Professor at the UW Department of Architecture