July 7, 2016
Adjunct Professor Ulrich Hetmaniuk Appointed NIAC Co-Director
Adjunct Professor Ulrich Hetmaniuk, who is an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics, has been appointed co-director of the Northwest Institute for Advanced Computing (NIAC). NIAC was established by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of Washington to advance the use of computing in engineering and scientific discovery. “NIAC serves as a…
Students Make Cloud Printing Available to Everyone, on Any Device
Electrical engineering students, Wenlu Chang, Jessica Perng and Wesley Tsai, developed a low-cost, user-friendly solution to cloud printing as a part of their undergraduate capstone project. Their product – the Plugable Cloud Print Device – allows any printer to become a cloud printer at an affordable price. Cloud printing is a relatively new convenience, allowing…
Student, Rahil Jain, Invents Device for Improved Infectious Disease Diagnosis
Electrical engineering PhD student, Rahil Jain, likes to develop instruments that can improve lives. His current project aims to improve the performance of existing rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs), like the flu. This proposal has progressed to the final round of the APF 2016 Student Technology Prize for Primary Healthcare. The grand prize for the competition…
Student, Yury Dvorkin, Awarded the 2016 CEI Scientific Achievement Award
Congratulations to electrical engineering PhD student, Yury Dvorkin, who received the 2016 Scientific Achievement Award from the University of Washington’s Clean Energy Institute (CEI). The award was presented to Dvorkin due to his exceptional contributions in the areas of scientific achievement. In addition to the award, Dvorkin was also a fellow of CEI. During his…
Prof. Hannaford Develops Device to Improve Surgeries, Save Lives
Electrical Engineering Professor Blake Hannaford, an IEEE fellow and founder of the University of Washington’s BioRobotics Laboratory, is working on a robot that will aid surgeons during delicate, critical procedures. The device has the potential to increase the success rates of surgeries. The device – called Raven – is a semi-autonomous surgical robot that provides…
EE Students and Faculty Receive 2016 CoMotion Innovation Fund
The Department of Electrical Engineering is honored to have two 2016 CoMotion Innovation Fund winners. Professor Karl Böhringer, along with PhD student, Di Sun, received an award for their project, entitled: “Self-cleaning Solar Panels with Anisotropic Micro-texture.” Laura Adam, a doctoral student in Professor Eric Klavins’ lab, received an award for her project, entitled: “ebioHUB.”…
Student Success: PhD Student, Katherine Pratt, Named Husky 100
For electrical engineering PhD student, Katherine Pratt, being named a Husky 100 creates opportunities. However, she is not just focused on her own career or future. Instead, she wants to leverage these opportunities to serve a broader community – veterans and women in STEM. “Being a Husky 100 offers me a platform to share my…
$1m for Rehabilitative Wireless Devices
A group of international researchers with the Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering (CSNE), including Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Engineering Joshua Smith, developed an implantable device that can aid those suffering from spinal cord injuries and incontinence. The researchers advanced to be one of three finalists, receiving $1 million through the…
UW EE Students Design Underwater Mapping Device
In collaboration with Booz Allen Hamilton, students with the Department of Electrical Engineering design and implement the hardware for an underwater mapping device. The product was developed as a part of the students’ Entrepreneurial Design Capstone project. The students – Philip David, Kevin Fukuhara, Kyle Lashbrook, Shruti Misra, and William Thing – sought to design…
UW EE Students’ Research Presented in The Economist
UW EE doctoral students, Po-shen Lee and Sean Yan, had their work highlighted in a June 18 edition of The Economist. The research elucidated a concept that has been presumed, but not fully tested – illustrations in academic papers affect the papers’ widespread impact. The research – termed Viziometrics – was conducted through a defined…
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