August 28, 2024
Arpita Ghosh Dacy — tech leader, mentor, and Mrs. Universe America
By Wayne Gillam / UW ECE News UW ECE alumna Arpita Ghosh Dacy (BSEE ‘10) is a person who doesn’t limit herself. She is enthusiastic about trying new things and has learned first-hand the value of stepping outside her comfort zone. This was demonstrated early in her career, when she worked with cutting-edge technologies that…
August 8, 2024
UW ECE Certificate Program in GPU-Accelerated Computing & Visualization to be offered this fall
By Wayne Gillam / UW ECE News Starting autumn quarter 2024, UW ECE will again be providing the Certificate Program in GPU-Accelerated Computing & Visualization for working professionals and graduate students. This three-quarter, online program is affiliated with the Professional Master’s Program, and it takes students on a deep dive into the graphics processing unit,…
August 2, 2024
New textbook provides a fresh perspective on modern power systems
By Wayne Gillam / UW ECE News This fall, a new textbook providing students with an up-to-date overview of modern power systems will be introduced into the UW ECE power and energy systems undergraduate curriculum. “Power Systems: Fundamental Concepts and the Transition to Sustainability” helps students learn the ins and outs of how power systems…
July 11, 2024
June Lukuyu — pushing engineering boundaries to improve energy systems in underserved communities
By Wayne Gillam / UW ECE News UW ECE Assistant Professor June Lukuyu was born and raised in a small community outside of Nairobi, Kenya, where both of her parents worked as agricultural research scientists. In school, she excelled in math and physics, and she knew early on that she wanted to pursue a career…
June 27, 2024
Congratulations to the 2024 UW ECE Awards recipients!
Article by UW ECE staff, photos by Ryan Hoover Each year, UW ECE holds an awards ceremony that honors students, faculty, and staff for their exceptional achievements and outstanding contributions to the Department. This year, the annual event was held on Tuesday, May 14, during a luncheon in the ECE building. The luncheon and awards…
June 18, 2024
Amy Orsborn receives NSF CAREER award to study how the brain responds to using neural interfaces
Article by Wayne Gillam / UW ECE News Amy Orsborn, a Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor in Electrical & Computer Engineering and Bioengineering at the UW, was recently named a recipient of a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award, one of the most prestigious awards in the nation for early-career faculty. The award will support…
June 13, 2024
‘The best chance for the biggest impact’: Shwetak Patel inducted into SIGCHI Academy for advancing health, sustainability and interaction research
Adapted from an article by Kristin Osborne | Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering When it comes to the field of human-computer interaction, University of Washington professor Shwetak Patel aims, in his own words, “to think outside the box and challenge existing assumptions.” Patel, who holds the Washington Research Foundation Entrepreneurship Endowed…
June 6, 2024
Device restores hand function for some with spinal injury
Research described in this article builds on earlier work by Chet Moritz, who is a C.J. and Elizabeth Hwang Endowed Professor in Electrical & Computer Engineering with joint appointments in rehabilitation medicine, physiology, and biophysics, and Dr. Fatma Inanici, who is a medical doctor and research assistant professor in rehabilitation medicine at the UW. Inanici and Moritz worked…
May 8, 2024
Alvin Wang Graylin from HTC to speak at UW ECE Graduation
The University of Washington Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering is proud to welcome UW ECE alumnus Alvin Wang Graylin (BSEE ‘93) as honored guest speaker for our 2024 Graduation Ceremony. Graylin is the Global VP of Corporate Development for HTC, a world leader in the design and production of virtual reality and augmented reality…
May 2, 2024
Walking, running, and jumping — a new approach to these surprising challenges for robots
By Wayne Gillam / UW ECE News Over the last few years, millions of people have watched videos of robots walking, running, and jumping with breathtaking power, agility, and speed. However, what many people don’t realize is that these videos are carefully choreographed and take place in tightly controlled environments. In the real world, outside…
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