April 30, 2019
ECE doctoral student wins innovative internship at Samsung
Elyas Bayati, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, will spend his summer at the Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center (SSIC) working on new generation of augmented reality (AR) visors that are smaller, lighter to wear and more affordable. Bayati was awarded an internship by Samsung’s UVenture program. The company invited…
April 24, 2019
Two ECE students selected for the Husky 100
Farah Nadeem, an ECE Ph.D. student and Takunda Masike, an ECE undergraduate, were picked for the 2019 Husky 100. Students selected for this honor are chosen because they have shown that they are making a difference on campus, in their communities and for their future. Nadeem, who is from Lahore, Pakistan, is a student…
April 12, 2019
UW researchers create an interactive simulation of a nervous system
In 1986, the nervous system of Caenorhabditis elegans, a microscopic worm, was fully mapped. At the time, scientists and engineers thought this map would quickly reveal the definite functions of the nervous system. But it turned out that resolving the functions of a nervous system is very complex and even today, researchers still don’t fully…
April 3, 2019
Shwetak Patel receives ACM prize in computing
By Jackson Holt UW News University of Washington professor Shwetak Patel is the recipient of the 2018 ACM Prize in Computing for contributions to creative and practical sensing systems for sustainability and health, the Association for Computing Machinery or ACM announced today. Patel holds a joint appointment in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering…
March 29, 2019
UW, Microsoft, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory establish new Northwest Quantum Nexus for a quantum revolution in science, technology
By James Urton UW News The University of Washington, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Microsoft Quantum announced this week that they have joined forces in a new coalition to bring about a revolution in quantum research and technology. The Northwest Quantum Nexus was unveiled during a two-day summit at the UW, an event that included scientists…
March 18, 2019
ECE professor Denise Wilson’s article is second highest downloaded
“Designed as a unique and much-needed resource for educators, managers, and policymakers, the Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering publishes original, peer-reviewed papers that report innovative ideas and programs for classroom teachers, scientific studies, and formulation of concepts related to the education, recruitment, and retention of under-represented groups in science and engineering. Discipline-specific issues…
March 16, 2019
Mourning the loss of Vikram Jandhyala
Dear ECE Community, It is with deep sadness that I am sharing the news of the passing of our dear friend and colleague, Vikram Jandhyala. Vikram was an important member of our faculty for over 18 years, as well as an innovative pioneer within the university. We were fortunate to witness Vikram evolve and grow…
March 14, 2019
The programmability of biology
By Renske Dyedov Eric Klavins, professor of electrical and computer engineering and director of the UW Center for Synthetic Biology, is interested in the programmability of biology – his lab designs gene circuits and cell-cell communication systems that enable novel behaviors in living organisms. Last summer, the Klavins lab joined the Institute for Nano-Engineered Systems and…
February 25, 2019
ECE alumnus wins prestigious NSF CAREER award
Yurk Dvorkin, Ph.D. student of professor Daniel Kirschen and assistant professor at New York University, was awarded a National Science Foundation Award for his work in power systems. His award will “fundamentally re-think and re-engineer the current US power grid architecture to accommodate a massive penetration level of customer-end distributed energy resources (DERs), while improving the…
February 15, 2019
Fast Company magazine discusses ECE professor Mari Ostendorf’s expertise
From the article: “Further advancements in artificial intelligence, such as natural language processing, will improve the quality of such systems, says Mari Ostendorf, a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Washington and a leading scientist on speech and language technology. She notes that one of the reasons that home voice assistants are so…
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