December 20, 2021
The Integrator 2021 – Focus on Impact – now available!
Dear UW ECE Community, I am excited to introduce the 2021 issue of The Integrator — UW ECE’s flagship, annual magazine highlighting the Department’s extraordinary faculty research, student achievements, alumni stories, special events and more. Beginning this year, we have transitioned The Integrator into a fully-digital, environmentally sustainable online publication model, made available to…
December 9, 2021
Professor Joshua R. Smith elected Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors for his innovations in wireless power, communication, sensing and robotics
Adapted from article by Rebekka Coakley | Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering Professor Joshua R. Smith, the Milton and Delia Zeutschel Professor in Entrepreneurial Excellence, who holds a joint appointment in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (UW ECE) and the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering,…
November 30, 2021
Researchers shrink camera to the size of a salt grain
Researchers shrink camera to the size of a salt grain Researchers at Princeton University and the University of Washington have created micro-sized cameras that produce the highest-quality images and widest field of view for full-color metasurface cameras to date, with great potential to spot problems in the human body and provide sensing capabilities for super-small…
November 24, 2021
UW BIOFAB: A force for reproducible science
UW BIOFAB: A force for reproducible science The UW’s Biofabrication Center, founded by UW ECE Professor and Chair Eric Klavins, partners with Agilent Technologies in pursuit of automated, reproducible research. Article by Renske Dyedov, UW Institute for Nano-Engineered Systems (NanoES) Key to advancing any new scientific discovery is the ability for researchers to independently…
November 16, 2021
Professor Mo Li named 2021 Optica Fellow
By Wayne Gillam | UW ECE News On November 2, UW ECE Professor Mo Li received the honor of being named an Optica Fellow for his leading contributions to nanophotonics, optomechanics and integrated acousto-optics. Li’s pioneering research has been foundational to development of integrated nano-optomechanical systems, which enable novel ways of controlling light and interaction…
November 5, 2021
What causes a research paper to be highly cited?
By Wayne Gillam | UW ECE News It’s widely known that the University of Washington Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering is located in Seattle, a major technology hub and home to companies such as Amazon, Microsoft and Boeing. This proximity to leading technology companies makes the research and learning environment at UW ECE exceptionally…
October 18, 2021
Azadeh Yazdan receives $3.2M grant to investigate ways neurotechnology could induce targeted changes in the brain, leading to better treatments for stroke
By Wayne Gillam | UW ECE News Stroke is a killer, and for those who survive, it can have a devastating impact. According to the World Stroke Organization, the disease is a leading cause of death and disability globally, causing an estimated 5.5 million deaths and 116 million years of healthy life to be lost…
October 14, 2021
UW ECE spinout Tunoptix is revolutionizing optics
Adapted from a story by the Institute for Nano-Engineered Systems (NanoES) Tunoptix, a Seattle-based optics startup co-founded by Karl Böhringer and Arka Majumdar, professors in the University of Washington Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (UW ECE), was awarded a $1,500,000 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). This highly competitive…
October 4, 2021
Eve Riskin returns to UW ECE with plans to share the STARS program nationwide
by Wayne Gillam | UW ECE News After 15 years as an associate dean for the UW College of Engineering and one year on sabbatical, professor Eve Riskin has returned to the UW Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering this fall as the Department’s newly-appointed undergraduate program coordinator. In this role, Riskin will work closely…
October 1, 2021
UW ECE is hiring!
Tenure Track Assistant Professor and Teaching Professor positions in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Washington The University of Washington Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (UW ECE) in Seattle, WA is proud to announce we are inviting applications for three tenure track faculty positions. We are hiring in all…
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