Seelig Receives DARPA Young Faculty Award

May 7, 2012

Seelig Receives DARPA Young Faculty Award

Georg Seelig, assistant professor of EE & CSE, has received the 2012 DARPA Young Faculty Award from the Department of Defense. The DARPA Young Faculty Award program identifies and engages rising research stars in junior faculty positions at U.S. academic institutions and exposes them to Department of Defense needs as well as DARPA’s program development…

May 6, 2012

Andrew T. Yang to Speak at UW EE’s Graduation Celebration

Dr. Andrew T. Yang is returning to the department as the 2012 graduation speaker. UW EE’s graduation ceremony will be held on Friday, June 8th, 7-9pm in Kane Hall 130. Yang’s distinguished career as a tenured faculty member was marked by his recognition as a National Science Foundation Young Investigator and a member of the…

May 5, 2012

Dementyev, Harris, Richmond win NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

Artem Dementyev, Nicholas Harris, and Dustin Richmond have been named winners of the 2012 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Award. These prestigious awards from the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) provide three years of support including an annual stipend, cost-of-education allowance, an international travel allowance, and TeraGrid supercomputer access. More details about the program…

May 4, 2012

Space weather forecast: Sunspotty, with an increasing chance of solar storms

May 3, 2012

Studarus and Greenhall win Hydro Research Foundation Fellowships

Graduate students Karen Studarus and Adam Greenhall have just won Hydro Research Foundation fellowships. Studarus will study short term optimal scheduling of the Bonneville Power Administration hydro system with real world constraints. Greenhall is developing an improved stochastic unit commitment algorithm for high-stochasticity generating resources, to permit coordinated scheduling of wind and hydro. Both students…

May 2, 2012