Arka Majumdar named 2024 Optica Fellow
UW ECE and Physics Associate Professor Arka Majumdar was recently named a 2024 Optica Fellow for his significant achievements in optics.
UW ECE welcomes two new faculty members
UW ECE is proud to welcome two new assistant professors, Jungwon Choi and Hossein Naghavi, who joined the Department this fall.
Orsborn lab awarded NIH grant to improve brain-computer interfaces for movement disorders
UW ECE and Bioengineering Assistant Professor Amy Orsborn was awarded a $3.5 million R01 grant to develop brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) that work more reliably for people with movement disorders.
UW ECE students in the Professional Master’s Program learn how to pack powerful technology into tiny electronic devices
Graduate students in UW ECE Professor Radha Poovendran’s TinyML course are learning how to squeeze cloud-based, machine learning networks into small, resource-constrained devices.
UW ECE hosts WomXn at the Forefront of ECE Research (WAFER), a day-long event
WAFER showcases research by women and nonbinary people in ECE and related fields. The event will be Tuesday, Nov. 7, from 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the ECE building on the UW campus.
Margot Adam — studying public policy to improve renewable energy production, distribution and access
Margot Adam (BSEE ‘23) graduated from UW ECE with a concentration in sustainable energy systems. Now, she is pursuing a doctoral degree at Princeton University, focusing on ways she can help inform public policy applicable to renewable energy.
UW ECE is hiring!
Join world-class faculty in the vibrant city of Seattle! Applicants from all ECE areas are encouraged to apply.
A new kind of chip for quantum technology
A UW research team led by UW ECE and Physics Associate Professor Arka Majumdar has moved quantum technology development a significant step ahead, demonstrating a new kind of silicon photonic chip that could work as a solid foundation for building a quantum simulator, one with useful applications in the real world.
Akshay Gadre — developing long-range wireless networks for earth, space and underwater
UW ECE Assistant Professor Akshay Gadre is an expert on wireless networks. He is exploring emerging application areas for this technology while helping his students bridge the gap between theory and practice.
UW ECE and the CHIPS and Science Act
The CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 is making historic investments in semiconductor research, workforce development and manufacturing. Learn how UW ECE is prepared and well-positioned to leverage these opportunities.
Sajjad Moazeni receives Google Research Scholar Program award to develop faster computer networks for AI and machine learning in the cloud
UW ECE Assistant Professor Sajjad Moazeni is developing a new type of computer chip for use in data centers. This “smart” chip will help make AI and machine learning applications faster, more powerful and energy efficient.
Reimagining optics for smartphone cameras and other devices
UW ECE and Physics Associate Professor Arka Majumdar and UW ECE postdoctoral scholar Johannes Fröch are part of an international research team that has developed an innovative miniature camera, which uses a hybrid optical system over 100 times smaller than its commercial counterpart.
Congratulations to 2023 UW ECE Awards recipients!
The annual UW ECE Awards ceremony recognizes exceptional teaching, research, and entrepreneurship efforts in the Department, as well as outstanding mentorship, student impact, and collaborative work.
New ‘eyes’ for self-driving cars
A UW ECE research team led by UW ECE and Physics Professor Mo Li has invented a new type of light detection and ranging, or LiDAR, technology that helps autonomous vehicles "see" distant objects. This on-chip device also has a wide range of other potential applications, including use in robotic systems found in agriculture, global supply chains, and medical imaging.
Payman Arabshahi named UW lead at new NSF Center for Soil Technologies
UW ECE Associate Professor Payman Arabshahi was recently named site director and principal investigator at the UW for this new, multi-institutional, NSF-funded Center.
