April 4, 2022
Microgrids for Education and Energy Sovereignty
After founding Northwest Indian College’s first engineering program, Stephanie Bostwick aims to bring clean energy to her classroom — and to the Lummi Nation. Story by the Clean Energy Institute (CEI) Growing up in Spokane, WA with Blackfeet heritage, Stephanie Bostwick dreamed of becoming an astronaut. But after her first year of college, she realized…
March 22, 2022
Tiny battery-free devices float in the wind like dandelion seeds
Adapted from a story by Sarah McQuate, UW News Wireless sensors can monitor how temperature, humidity or other environmental conditions vary across large swaths of land, such as farms or forests. These tools could provide unique insights for a variety of applications, including digital agriculture and monitoring climate change. One problem, however, is that it…
March 15, 2022
Team Ultropia Wins the 2022 GIX Innovation Competition
adapted from article by GIX marketing staff Congratulations to teams Ultropia, FuchsiaBand, and Osto-Mate for taking the top prizes in the 2022 GIX Innovation Competition! Now in its fifth year, the competition aims to spur innovative and inclusive solutions to pressing global problems. For 2022, entrants were challenged to create a novel technological or robotic…
March 9, 2022
O-pH, a new UW dental tool prototype, can spot the acidic conditions that lead to cavities
Story by Jake Ellison | UW News You and your dentist have a lot of tools and techniques for stopping cavities, but detecting the specific chemical conditions that can lead to cavities and then preventing them from ever getting started is much harder. Now, in a new study, University of Washington researchers have shown that…
March 2, 2022
Addressing fundamental challenges in data science: Q&A with Professor Maryam Fazel
By Wayne Gillam | UW ECE News Most automated technologies that we use, enjoy and rely on today are built on applications driven by data science and machine learning. Internet search engines such as Google, movie and music recommendations systems embedded in popular entertainment applications such as Netflix and Spotify, and even traffic signals and…
February 17, 2022
Empathy helps Rico Malvar engineer a lifetime of success
By Wayne Gillam | UW ECE News There are not many people who have had career success comparable to what Henrique (Rico) Malvar has achieved. Malvar, a distinguished engineer at Microsoft, has worked for the company for almost 25 years and has held prominent roles throughout his tenure such as chief scientist for Microsoft Research…
February 9, 2022
Professor Joshua Smith to lead new UW + Amazon Science Hub
Adapted from a UW News press release The University of Washington and Amazon today announced the Science Hub, an effort that deepens the relationship between the two organizations and will advance innovation in core robotics, artificial intelligence technologies and their applications. The hub will be led by Joshua Smith, who is the Milton and Delia…
January 21, 2022
Harnessing noise in optical computing for AI
By Wayne Gillam | UW ECE News Artificial intelligence and machine learning are currently affecting our lives in a myriad of small but impactful ways. For example, AI and machine learning applications help to interpret voice commands given to our phones and electronic devices, such as Alexa, and recommend entertainment we might enjoy through services…
January 18, 2022
UW researchers developing miniaturized imaging device to treat heart attack, stroke
Article by Renske Dyedov | UW Institute for Nano-Engineered Systems (NanoES) Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death in the U.S. and around the world. According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 17.9 million people die from CVDs each year. The vast majority of these deaths are due to heart attacks and…
January 10, 2022
James Rosenthal receives Yang Research Award
By Wayne Gillam | UW ECE News UW ECE congratulates recent graduate James Rosenthal, who was named as the 2021 Yang Research Award recipient for his work developing neurotechnology. Rosenthal received his master’s and doctoral degrees from UW ECE in 2018 and 2021, respectively. He is currently a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow with the Laboratory…
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