December 7, 2015

Graduate Student Kevin Morrissey Receives DOE Fellowship

Graduate student Kevin Morrissey has received a fellowship from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), specifically with the Building-Grid Integration Research and Development Innovators Program, which supports research that aims to create more energy efficient buildings through the use of renewable energy. The fellowship will fund Morrissey’s collaborative work with two postdocs in theRenewable Energy…


December 6, 2015

Karl Bohringer Receives Global Innovation Fund Award

EE Professor Karl Bohringer, who directs the UW Washington Nanofabrication Facility, has received a Global Innovation Fund Award, which will support the formation of a new International Nanotechnology Exchange program. Administered by the UW Office of Global Affairs, the Global Innovation Fund Awards support the development of collaborative research and educational partnerships with institutions of…


December 5, 2015

Now Available: Fall 2015 Issue of The Integrator


December 4, 2015

Alum Louis Scharf Honored with 2016 IEEE Kilby Medal

UW EE alum Louis Scharf (Ph.D. ’69) has been honored with a 2016 IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal for his contributions to statistical signal processing. The Kilby Medal was established in 1995 in honor of Jack S. Kilby, who shared the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics for his invention of the integrated circuit…


December 3, 2015

Shyam Gollakota Honored with 2015 World Technology Award

EE Adjunct and CSE Professor Shyam Gollakota was honored with the 2015 World Technology Award in Communications Technology. Out of 39 nominees, six of which were finalists, Gollakota received the top honor. Gollakota accepted the award at the culmination of the World Technology Summit & Awards Gala on November 20 in New York City, attended…


December 2, 2015

Four Students Receive IEEE Power & Energy Scholarships

Four UW EE undergraduate students have received IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) Scholarships. Congratulations to Jaclyn Wilson, Bryan Bednarski, Joshua Monson and Brandon Thayer! The recipients were selected based on their GPAs, commitment to the power and energy field and extracurricular activities. A $2,000 award helps fund tuition and other school expenses. “I was…


December 1, 2015

Graduate Student Jingda Wu’s Paper Featured in Advanced Optical Materials

EE Ph.D. student Jingda Wu’s paper is featured as the inside front cover image and article in Advanced Optical Materials’ November 2015 edition. In his paper, Wu discusses using naturally grown reed membranes to fabricate Zinc Oxide (ZnO) nanocrystal flexible ultraviolet photodetectors. Nonuniform fabrication methods commonly used in flexible devices often result in electrical malfunctions….


November 10, 2015

Li Deng Receives 2015 IEEE SPS Technical Achievement Award

UW Electrical Engineering Affiliate Professor Li Deng has received the 2015 IEEE SPS Technical Achievement Award for Outstanding Contributions to Deep Learning and to Automatic Speech Recognition. The award honors people who have made significant technical contributions to areas within the IEEE realm, as evidenced by technical achievements with significant impact, patents and publications. Deng, a Partner Research Manager of the Deep Learning…


November 9, 2015

New EE Entrepreneurial Capstone Option Starts Winter Quarter

Building on UW EE’s strengths in system design and entrepreneurship, the department is excited to announce the launch of a new Senior Capstone Design option that will enable students to work in teams on industry sponsored projects during winter and spring quarters 2016. The first entrepreneurial system design courses of its kind in the department,…


November 8, 2015

Professor Scott Hauck is UW EE’s 25th IEEE Fellow

EE Professor Scott Hauck is the 25th UW EE faculty member to be elected an Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow. Hauck is honored for his contributions to Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) based systems. FPGAs are chips that can be programmed and reprogrammed to implement complex digital logic. “Scott is a dedicated member of our…



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