June 6, 2011
High School Student Shines at CHI 2011
Akash Badshah, the first high school student to lead author, present, and win a best of CHI award in the nearly 30 year history of the CHI conference, presented his paper on a self-powered haptic feedback device in front of huge crowd. The room was standing room only and they even had to setup an…
June 4, 2011
Kim to Receive 2011 IEEE EMBS William J. Morlock Award
Congratulations to Professor Yongmin Kim for being selected for the 2011 IEEE Engineering in Biology and Medicine Society (EMBS ) William J. Morlock Award. This award is given semi-annually to an individual for his/her original contributions involving important applications of electronics techniques and concepts to the solution of biomedical problems. Kim will receive recognition for…
June 3, 2011
Allstot Receives 2011 Mac Van Valkenburg Award
The IEEE Circuits and Systems Society has announced that Professor David Allstot has received the 2011 Mac Van Valkenburg Award for his “for contributions to mixed-signal and RF integrated systems.” The Mac Van Valkenburg Award is the top Award of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society. It honors an individual for outstanding technical contributions and…
June 1, 2011
Alumna Kristen Naegle Accepts Faculty Position
EE Alumna Kristen Naegle has accepted a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. Naegle received her BSEE (Magna Cum Laude) and MSEE degrees from UW in 2001 and 2004, respectively. Professor David Allstot was her M.S. thesis advisor. Subsequently, Naegle received her S.M and PhD…
May 5, 2011
Three Paper Awards to UW EE Students at CHI 2011
UW EE students are the recipients of three paper awards at CHI 2011. Gabe Cohn was a co-author on two papers that received the best paper award and one honorable mention. Eric Larson was a co-author on a paper that received honorable mention. Cohn and Larson are advised by Assistant Professor Shwetak Patel. The ACM…
May 1, 2011
Todd Duncombe awarded NSF Fellowship
Todd Duncombe, who was an UWEE undergraduate and is now a graduate student at the University of California Berkeley, has been awarded an NSF Fellowship for 2011. As an undergrad, Duncombe worked in the MEMS Lab and was advised by Professor Karl Böhringer. His research during this time was also featured in EEK 2009 (see page…
April 8, 2011
Negash and McVicar Awarded NSF Fellowships
Congratulations to Ahlmahz Negash and Nathaniel McVicar who have received 2011 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship awards! These prestigious three-year NSF fellowship awards provide awardees with an annual stipend, cost of education allowance, an international travel allowance, and TeraGrid supercomputer access. Ahlmahz Negash and Nathaniel McVicar’s faculty advisors are Shwetak Patel and Scott Hauck, respectively. More…
April 7, 2011
Anna Dixon Awarded Intel/SRCEA Fellowship
Graduate student Anna Dixon has been awarded an Intel/SRCEA Fellowship in the SRC Education Alliance Graduate Fellowship Program. The Fellowship award provides tuition and fees, a stipend of $2,252/month, and an annual unrestricted gift of $2,000 to the department. The award is for up to five years of doctoral study at University of Washington and is…
April 6, 2011
Ramses Alcaide awarded NSF Fellowship
Ramses Alcaide, who was an UWEE undergraduate and is now a graduate student at the University of Michigan, has been awarded an NSF Fellowship. You might remember him as one of the students flying a blimp around the CSE atrium last June. GRFP awards provide three years of support including an annual stipend, cost-of-education allowance,…
April 4, 2011
2011 UW Environmental Innovation Challenge Winners
UWEE students and faculty were part of two winning teams taking part in this year’s Environmental Innovation Challenge. Undergraduate student Kerwin Loukusa was a member of the first-place winning team, while grad student Charlie Matlack and Professor Howard Chizeck were associated with the team taking second. A total of 17 teams from around the region…
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