Department News
Assistant professor Brian Johnson leads newly awarded $4.9M DOE grant to improve solar technologies
Brian Johnson and his team will be using the grant to support their project "A Scalable Control Architecture for 100% PV Penetration with Grid Forming Inverters".
Assistant professor Amy Orsborn awarded 2019 L'Oreal USA "Changing the Face of STEM" mentoring grant
Amy Orsborn was one of 11 Female Scientists who were awarded one of the 2019 L'Oreal USA "Changing the Face of STEM" mentoring grant!
Four ECE students receive the Power & Energy Scholarship presented by IEEE
Recipients are high-achieving undergraduate students in electrical engineering programs who are committed to exploring the power and energy engineering field.
Professor Howard Chizeck's company Olis Robotics chosen to run software for lunar missions
U.S. technology company Maxar Technologies Inc announced it has selected software developed by startup Olis Robotics to run a robotic arm of a lunar lander under NASA’s broader goal of human moon missions by 2024.
Assistant professor Baosen Zhang serves as panelist at DOE Artificial Intelligence Summit
Zhang discussed Artificial Intelligence for Energy Grid Optimization at event hosted by Dept. of Energy Rick Perry.
ECE professor Arka Majumdar’s lab creates new metasurface design that can control optical fields in three dimensions
A team led by scientists at the University of Washington has designed and tested a 3D-printed metamaterial that can manipulate light with nanoscale precision.
Professor Howard Chizeck profiled by Robotics Business Review
Joanne Pransky, associate editor for Industrial Robot Journal, recently spoke with Chizeck about haptic feedback challenges and the lessons he’s learned through the founding of several robotics companies.
Professor Lih Lin named 2020 Optical Society Fellow
Dr. Lin has been awarded an Optical Society of America (OSA) Fellowship for the significant technical achievements and contributions she has made in the field of photonics.
ECE Professor Linda Bushnell elected International Federation of Automatic Control Fellow
Dr. Bushnell is the first UW recipient of the IFAC Fellow Award, for "contributions to the analysis and design of networked control systems.”
2017 Alumna Elaine Reeves receives Distinguished New Engineer Award
ECE's Professional Master’s Program's own, 2017 Alumna Elaine Reeves will be receiving the SWE Distinguished New Engineer Award.
ENGINE Showcase winners highlighted by sponsor
Zetron teams with engineering students to bring life saving first responder technology forward
Emeritus Irene Peden's travels to the Antarctic appear in the Smithsonian Magazine
Irene Peden conducted groundbreaking work in Antarctica to measure the propagation of radio waves through the ice sheets
Engineering improvements to deep brain stimulation
NSF highlights ECE faculty Howard Chizeck’s ongoing research in UW BioRobotics Lab
Four ECE women selected to present at computing conference
Partial support from the department will allow undergraduate and graduate students to attend the national Grace Hopper Conference
Blake Hannaford leads UW robotics team
Team hosted by UW ECE competes in 2019 RoboMaster competition
