November 21, 2016
Alum Luca Cazzanti is GeekWire’s ‘Geek of the Week’
Electrical Engineering alumnus, Luca Cazzanti (Ph.D. ’07) was named GeekWire’s “Geek of the Week.” The honor goes to “characters of Pacific Northwest tech, science, games, innovation and more.” Being considered an “International Man of Science,” this tech Renaissance man is deserving of the title. Cazzanti has worked in many diverse areas of research, from maritime traffic…
November 17, 2016
Alum Ben Waters’ Startup WiBotic Is a GeekWire Top Ten
While at UW EE, alumnus Ben Waters co-founded WiBotic, a company that enables drones and robots to charge wirelessly. Although it is only a little over a year old, the company has already reached significant milestones. To date, it has raised well over a half million dollars from a collection of funds and foundations. In their…
Professor Jandhyala Explores Innovation, Entrepreneurship Growth in Seattle Times Article
Electrical Engineering Professor and Executive Director of CoMotion Vikram Jandhyala was featured in a recent Seattle Times article. The article reflects on Jandhyala’s success at the University of Washington (UW) and passion for innovation. For Jandhyala his commitment to innovation is demonstrated through the development of CoMotion, UW’s startup incubator, and the creation of Global…
November 15, 2016
Advisor, Dana Hansen, Receives Top Advising Award
The Department of Electrical Engineering’s advisor, Dana Hansen, received the 2016 NACADA (National Academic Advising Association) Outstanding New Advisor Certificate of Merit. This award is given in recognition of Hansen’s abilities as an advisor in an international competition. The selection committee conferred that Hansen demonstrates exceptional merit in her advising efforts. With over 10,000 members,…
November 14, 2016
Graduate Student, Katherine Pratt, Speaks with KUOW on Returning from Military Life
Electrical Engineering Ph.D. student, Katherine Pratt, sat down with KUOW to discuss the feelings veterans experience upon returning from service. For Pratt, coming home was disorienting. “It was so bizarre; it really was,” Pratt said. I was glad to be done, but at the same time there was almost an emptiness of I no longer…
UW plans for an inclusive innovation district
By: Praphanit Doowa The University District has a lot to offer the neighboring Seattle community, and new shops and businesses are constantly opening as a result. It can be difficult to find space in the U-District, but the UW has taken a recently opened space, 4545 Roosevelt Way NE, and has officially signed the lease. “The…
Professor Bilmes and Grad Student Wenruo Bai Receive Best Paper Award
Electrical Engineering Professor Jeffrey Bilmes and Ph.D. student, Wenruo Bai, receive the ACM-BCB 2016 Best Paper Award. The paper is titled “Bipartite matching generalizations for peptide identification in tandem mass spectrometry.” Bai is lead author on the paper. Genome Sciences Professor and Computer Science Professor William Noble is an additional author on the paper. The authors…
November 10, 2016
Alumni Launch the First All-in-One Connected Lock
UW EE alumni, Ehsan Saeedi (Ph.D. ’10) and Harvey Ho (M.S. ’07), released a revolutionary new smart lock. Within one week of pre-sales on Indiegogo, the largest global crowdfunding site, the product, Gate, exceeded its initial funding goal. Gate is the world’s first camera-equipped smart lock, featuring a motion activated camera, speaker, call button, and keypad….
November 3, 2016
New Faculty Hire Profile: Azadeh Yazdan-Shahmorad
Azadeh Yazdan-Shahmorad joins UW next fall as the Washington Research Foundation Innovation Assistant Professor of Neuroengineering in the departments of bioengineering and electrical engineering. Azadeh is the recipient of two postdoctoral fellowships from the American Heart Association, providing funding for her current research at the University of California, San Francisco. She has developed new tools and…
New Faculty Hire Profile: Amy Orsborn
Amy Orsborn will join UW in January 2018 as the Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering and in Bioengineering. Amy works at the interface of engineering and neuroscience to study motor learning and to improve brain-machine interfaces (BMI) to restore motor function to people with disabilities such as limb loss, stroke or spinal…
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