December 22, 2022
The sound of touch: UW and Microsoft researchers earn ISS 10-year Impact Award for advancing innovative interaction technique via on-body sensing
Adapted from an article by Kristin Osborne, Allen School Nearly a decade ago, well before mixed reality and the metaverse went mainstream, a team of researchers from the University of Washington’s UbiComp Lab and Microsoft Research were making noise within the human-computer interaction community with a novel approach to on-body sensing. Their technique, which leveraged…
December 8, 2022
Professor Kai-Mei Fu named 2023 Optica Fellow
By Wayne Gillam | UW ECE News UW ECE Professor Kai-Mei Fu was recently named a 2023 Optica Fellow for outstanding contributions to optics and photonics — the study of the fundamental properties of light and harnessing this knowledge in practical application. Fu received the honor for leading advances in characterization, synthesis, control and device…
December 2, 2022
Kyle Johnson and Adhyyan Narang named UW + Amazon Science Hub inaugural fellows
Adapted from an article by UW + Amazon Science Hub UW ECE alum Kyle Johnson and UW ECE doctoral student Adhyyan Narang have been named inaugural Amazon Fellows by the UW + Amazon Science Hub. The Science Hub is directed by Joshua Smith, who is the Milton and Delia Zeutschel Professor in Entrepreneurial Excellence at UW…
November 21, 2022
Professor Kai-Mei Fu leads establishment of UW Graduate Certificate in Quantum Information Science and Engineering
By Wayne Gillam | UW ECE News This fall, a new graduate certificate program at the University of Washington began training students in an emerging, fast-growing field that blends information science based on principles of quantum mechanics with development of new technologies. The UW Graduate Certificate in Quantum Information Science and Engineering provides students with…
November 17, 2022
UW ECE is hiring two tenure-track Assistant Professors!
Want to teach at one of the top universities in the world? UW ECE is hiring two tenure-track assistant professors! The positions are full-time, multi-year appointments with 9-month service periods and with an anticipated start date of September 1, 2023. For full consideration, applicants must submit all materials no later than December 1. Apply here!…
November 2, 2022
Originating from UW research, Zap Energy is on its way to making sustainable energy from nuclear fusion a practical reality
By Wayne Gillam | UW ECE News When most people hear the words “nuclear power,” it is nuclear fission that first comes to mind — often represented in the news by pictures of massive, concrete power plants and cooling towers. This type of energy production is capable of producing enormous amounts of electricity from splitting…
October 26, 2022
IFDS workshop brings together data science experts to explore ways of making algorithms that learn from data more robust and resilient
Article by Wayne Gillam, Photos by Ryan Hoover | UW ECE News Artificial intelligence, machine learning and the mathematical algorithms that underpin these technologies affect our lives every day. For example, recommender systems within Netflix and Spotify learn our interests and serve up movies and music accordingly, natural language processing within assistants such as Siri…
October 11, 2022
Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering at UW ECE
Want to further your education, start a research career and invent the next life-changing technology? Earn a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Washington! Our Ph.D. program prepares students to impact the future and address challenges in IT, healthcare, energy, the environment, communication and more. Do incredible research with distinguished ECE…
October 4, 2022
UW ECE celebrates Moorthy Professorship Investiture
Article by Wayne Gillam | UW ECE News Photos by Matt Hagen, UW College of Engineering On Friday, September 16, 2022, UW ECE held a formal academic ceremony — an investiture — celebrating the inaugural awarding of the Moorthy Family Inspiration Career Development Professorship. The event recognized Ganesh and Hema Moorthy, who established the Professorship…
September 26, 2022
Retooling microbes to upcycle CO2
Adapted from an article by Lindsey Doermann, UW ChemE The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a 5-year, $15 million grant to an interdisciplinary, UW-led team of synthetic biologists to engineer microbial genomes that transform CO2 into high-value chemicals. The project, led by chemical engineering professor James Carothers, brings together expertise in CRISPR gene-expression programs,…
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