May 1, 2010

Pavel Nikitin awarded ‘Best Paper’

EE Affiliate Professor Pavel Nikitin’s paper “Phase Based Spatial Identification of UHF RFID Tags” was named ‘Best Paper’ at the recentIEEE RFID 2010 conference in Orlando, Florida. Pavel’s co-authors were Rene Martinez, Shashi Ramamurthy, Hunter Leland, Gary Spiess, and Kodukula Rao. There were 130 papers submitted to the conference, out of which 39 were accepted…


April 8, 2010

Leo Lam wins 2010 “Student Innovator: Teaching” award

Leo Lam has been named the winner of the College of Engineering’s 2010 “Student Innovator: Teaching” award. The award is chosen based on enthusiasm for the subject, the ability to engage students, an innovative approach in the classroom, and the ability to facilitate the participation of under-represented groups. A complete list of this year’s winners…


April 7, 2010

Remote Access Lab Proposal Funded

An EE proposal written to the UW Tech Fee Committee for an Electrical Engineering Remote Access Lab has been preliminarily funded for approximately $86,000. This proposal will help create a virtual lab space where students can remotely connect from home or anywhere in the world and complete their assignments remotely. The goal is to simulate…


April 6, 2010

Eric Arendt receives Dean’s Medal

For the third year in a row, an EE student has been selected as one of the Dean’s Medalists! Eric Arendt is a double degree student in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science & Engineering, maintaining a cumulative GPA of 3.86. He stands out not only as an exceptional student, but as a leader and mentor…


April 5, 2010

Gary Swofford to speak at EE commencement

Gary Swofford, a 1968 graduate of the BSEE program, has over 40 years of experience in the energy industry. He currently serves as General Manager of Swofford Energy Consulting, LLC. Previously he held positions as Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President, Vice President of Engineering & Operations, and Vice President of Rates & Customer Services…


April 4, 2010

Smart Tech Measures Personal Water Consumption


April 3, 2010

Karl Böhringer appointed Fluke Chair

Professor Karl Bohringer has been appointed as the John M. Fluke Chair of Engineering for a term of five years starting March 16, 2010. Karl is well known internationally for his work on micromanipulation and microassembly. He is the lead investigator at University of Washington of the DARPA Center for “Interfacial Engineering of Microelectromechanical Systems”….


April 2, 2010

Brian Otis – Tiny chips, big potential in the field


April 1, 2010

Georg Seelig – On the frontiers of synthetic biology


March 29, 2010

Frankye Jones named Graduate Program Assistant of the Year

The Graduate and Professional Student Senate and the UW Graduate School have honored Frankye Jones by naming her the Graduate Program Assistant of the Year. The award was presented at an annual breakfast the Graduate School sponsors for for campus Graduate Program Assistants. Congratulations Frankye!



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