November 16, 2018
Scientists engineer a functional optical lens out of 2D materials
In optics, the era of glass lenses may be waning. In recent years, physicists and engineers have been designing, constructing and testing different types of ultrathin materials that could replace the thick glass lenses used today in cameras and imaging systems. Critically, these engineered lenses — known as metalenses — are not made of glass….
November 15, 2018
Repairing damaged nerves
ECE professor Chet Moritz, whose research is in the Restorative Technology Laboratory, is improving brain and spinal cord injuries. Currently, his research, funded by the National Science Foundation has had several breakthroughs using electrical stimulation to damaged nerves. Learn more here.
November 14, 2018
ECE Professor Brian Johnson leads Department of Energy-funded research
UW researchers partner with University of Colorado Boulder, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and semiconductor manufacturer Wolfspeed to develop low-cost, high-efficiency inverters for solar photovoltaic power plants The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has pledged $2.84M to a research team led by University of Washington (UW) electrical & computer engineering (ECE) professor Brian B. Johnson to lower the cost of…
November 6, 2018
2018 Lytle Lecture featuring Claire Tomlin
Claire Tomlin, the Charles A. Desoer Chair in the College of Engineering, professor in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California Berkeley, spoke last night (Nov. 5) at the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering’s 11th annual Lytle Lecture. Tomlin works in the area of control theory and hybrid systems, with applications to air…
October 29, 2018
We are hiring multiple full-time, tenure-track positions
The Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) at the University of Washington, Seattle Invites applications for multiple full-time tenure-track positions with a nine-month service period annually, from exceptional candidates with strong record of collaboration and creativity. Hiring will be made primarily at the Tenure-Track Assistant and Associate Professor levels with an anticipated start date…
October 24, 2018
Remembering Professor Mohamed El-Sharkawi
The Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering sadly announces the recent passing of beloved emeritus professor Mohamed El-Sharkawi. El-Sharkawi was a Fellow of IEEE, a professor of Electrical Engineering, an associate chair and a professor in the Clean Energy Institute. His research focused on electric and renewable energy, electric safety, electric drives, power electronics, intelligent…
October 15, 2018
Long-range backscatter earns ACM IMWUT Distinguished Paper Award
By Kristin Osborne Researchers in the University of Washington Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and the Allen School were recognized this week with the IMWUT Vol 1. Distinguished Paper Award for their 2017 paper, “LoRa Backscatter: Enabling the Vision of Ubiquitous Connectivity.” The award, which was announced during the Ubicomp 2018 conference in Singapore,…
October 12, 2018
ECE graduate student wins awards for research
Niveditha Kalavakonda is a hard-working, innovative graduate student and the past month is evidence of this. The Electrical & Computer Engineering Ph.D. student won first place in the Grace Hopper Celebration in the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Student Research Competition two weeks ago and two first place awards in the overall graduate category at…
Researchers develop 3-D printed objects that can track and store how they are used
By Sarah McQuate Cheap and easily customizable, 3-D printed devices are perfect for assistive technology, like prosthetics or “smart” pill bottles that can help patients remember to take their daily medications. But these plastic parts don’t have electronics, which means they can’t monitor how patients are using them. Now engineers at the University of Washington…
October 3, 2018
ECE community grieves loss of friend, faculty and alum, John Ehrenberg
The Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering sadly announces the recent passing of a friend, faculty and alum John Ehrenberg on Sept. 27. Ehrenberg passed away in his home at the age of 74. As a graduate student, a research professor and then an affiliate faculty member in the Department, he spent 45 years at…
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