August 7, 2025

Jungwon Choi — engineering power conversion systems for emerging technologies

By Wayne Gillam / UW ECE News We live in a world powered by electricity. But few people stop to think about where that power comes from, let alone how it is transformed to run the devices they use every day. Electrical energy can be generated from fossil fuels or renewable sources, such as the…


July 31, 2025

Hossein Naghavi — developing high frequency electronics for imaging, sensing, and communication

Article by Wayne Gillam, photos by Ryan Hoover / UW ECE News Nestled between the microwave frequencies commonly used in cell phones and higher frequencies used in optical technologies is a new frontier — a range of electromagnetic waves known to scientists and engineers as the “terahertz band.” Wave frequencies in this band span 100…


July 24, 2025

Bingzhao Li receives Activate Fellowship to commercialize compact, affordable LiDAR technology

By Wayne Gillam / UW ECE News Light detection and ranging, or LiDAR, is a remote sensing technology used for creating high-resolution 3D maps and models of the environment. It has many uses and can provide valuable information beyond what can be seen with a conventional camera. For example, self-driving cars can use LiDAR to…


July 17, 2025

Professor Kai-Mei Fu elected to the Washington State Academy of Sciences


June 23, 2025

Engineering research matters


June 16, 2025

UW ECE graduate students receive Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship

Qualcomm, a multinational corporation that creates microchips, software, and solutions related to wireless technology, recently announced that two UW ECE doctoral students will receive a 2025 Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship. These students are among only 34 recipients of this prestigious award in North America. The Fellowship program is focused on recognizing, rewarding, and mentoring graduate students…


June 9, 2025

Congratulations, Class of 2025!


June 2, 2025

UW ECE Graduation will feature two student speakers

The University of Washington Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering is proud to announce that in addition to UW ECE alumna Thy Tran (BSEE ‘93), two outstanding students have been selected to speak at our 2025 Graduation Ceremony. Niveditha (Nivii) Kalavakonda (Ph.D. EE ‘25) will offer remarks on behalf of graduate students, and Devan Perkash…


May 27, 2025

Yiyue Luo — A I dressed for success

Article by Kathryn M. O’Neill / MIT Technology Review; Photos by Ryan Hoover / UW ECE News Physical tasks such as hitting a ball or drawing blood are difficult to learn simply by listening to instructions or reading descriptions. That’s one reason UW ECE assistant professor Yiyue Luo is developing clothing that can sense where…


May 19, 2025

Thy Tran from Micron Technology to speak at UW ECE Graduation

The University of Washington Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering is proud to welcome UW ECE alumna Thy Tran (BSEE ‘93) as honored guest speaker for our 2025 Graduation Ceremony. Tran is Vice President of Global Frontend Procurement at Micron Technology, a worldwide leader in the semiconductor industry that specializes in computer memory and storage…



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