January 10, 2017
Undergraduate Student Evan Wang Receives UW High Scholarship
Electrical Engineering undergraduate senior, Evan Wang, received the 2015-2016 Junior Medal for High Scholarship. Each year, the University of Washington awards three High Scholarship medals to the highest-performing freshman, sophomore and junior at the UW. The award recognizes Wang’s outstanding academic achievements during his junior year. In March, a special reception was held to honor the…
December 30, 2016
Ph.D. Student Rahil Jain Receives Third at GIX Innovation Competition
Ph.D. student Rahil Jain and his team were awarded a Third Prize at the inaugural GIX Innovation Competition for their SmartDx project. GIX, the Global Innovation Exchange, is a partnership between Tsinghua University in Beijing and the University of Washington. The annual Innovation Competition for university students was created to spur solutions to global challenges….
December 19, 2016
Two Undergraduate Seniors Selected as IEEE Power & Energy Society Scholars
UW EE seniors Bryan Bednarski and Jaclyn Wilson have been chosen as 2016-2017 IEEE Power & Energy Society Scholars. This is the second consecutive year Bednarski and Wilson have been selected for this honor. This prestigious award is awarded to the highest-achieving electrical engineering students, with a focus in the power and energy sector, across…
December 8, 2016
Professor Shwetak Patel Named ACM Fellow
Washington Research Foundation Entrepreneurship Endowed Professor in Computer Science & Engineering and Electrical Engineering Shwetak Patel was named an Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Fellow. ACM is the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society. Out of 53 computer scientists from a dozen countries, Patel is one of those selected for recognition. The award was conferred based on…
December 6, 2016
Alum, Kasey Champion, Forges Her Own Career Path at Microsoft
UW Electrical Engineering alum, Kasey Champion (BSEE ’12), discovered her passion for computer science education early on. While at the UW, she worked as a teaching assistant for several classes, blending a fascination with technology with an urge to share it. After graduating, she began working at Microsoft. While there, she continuously volunteered on projects, which centered on computer…
December 5, 2016
EE-CSE Team Among Top for Amazon’s Alexa Prize
The University of Washington is one of 12 top teams from around the world to receive Amazon’s sponsorship in their inaugural Alexa Prize. The team, called Sounding Board, is led by EE student, Hao Fang, and includes EE student, Hao Cheng, and CSE students Maarten Sap, Elizabeth Clark and Ariel Holtzman. EE Professor Mari Ostendorf is the…
November 30, 2016
Professor Linda Bushnell is UW EE’s 26th IEEE Fellow
Research Associate Professor Linda Bushnell is the 26th UW EE faculty member to be elected an Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow. She is elevated to Fellow as of January 1, 2017. Bushnell is being recognized for her significant contributions to networked control systems. Professor Tamer Basar, who nominated Bushnell for the IEEE Fellow, is the Swanlund…
November 28, 2016
Professor Shlizerman’s Company Dreambit Acquired by Facebook
Facebook Research recently recognized the pioneering potential of Electrical Engineering and Applied Mathematics Assistant Professor Eli Shlizerman’s company, Dreambit. Facebook acquired the company to apply the advanced image software to 1.7 billion Facebook users. Shlizerman will split his time between the University of Washington Department of Electrical Engineering (UW EE) and Facebook Research. Shlizerman joins…
Join the Outstanding Faculty and Research at UW EE
The Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Washington Invites applications for multiple positions at the level of tenure-track assistant and associate professor in electrical and computer engineering. In particular, we are looking for outstanding candidates in the following areas: 1) Power systems, power electronics, cyber-physical systems, IoT, smart and connected communities. 2) Chip-scale…
November 22, 2016
Three Generations: A UW EE Legacy
Bruce Kieburtz was recently honored at the 50-year anniversary of his graduation. Kieburtz graduated from UW EE in 1966 with his Ph.D. At the 2016 graduation ceremony this past spring, Kieburtz stood with two other members of the 1966 graduating class. Since graduating in 1952, Kieburtz went on to work at the U.S. Air Force,…
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