February 7, 2006
Anna Pyayt Wins 2006 SPIE Educational Scholarship
EE graduate student Anna Pyayt was selected as a 2006 SPIE scholarship winner. The Scholarship Committee, chaired by Sandra Biedron of Argonne National Laboratory, selected Anna for her potential long-range contributions to the fields of optics and photonics. SPIE awards scholarships and grants to outstanding individuals and educational institutions based on their potential for long-range…
February 5, 2006
Eve Riskin honored as ‘University Change Agent’
Professor Eve Riskin has been named the first 2006 recipient of the “University Change Agent Award” by WEPAN (Women in Engineering Programs & Advocates Network). From the WEPAN website: “The University Change Agent Award recognizes and honors an individual who has had a positive impact on their institution with regard to the climate for women…
February 1, 2006
Sudip Shekhar and Jean Wang win Intel Foundation Fellowships
Sudip Shekhar Jean Wang EE graduate students Jean Wang and Sudip Shekhar have been selected as 2006-07 Intel Foundation PhD Fellowship Award winners. These renewable fellowships cover a year’s tuition and fees, and provide $20,000 stipends for both Sudip and Jean. Additionally, they will receive new laptop computers featuring Intel’s Core Duo processor. Intel has…
January 7, 2006
Jue Wang wins Microsoft Research Fellowship
EE graduate student Jue Wang was selected as a Microsoft Research Fellow. Jue was one of just twenty two recipients of this two year award. The award covers tuition and fees, and provides living expenses for the school year. In addition, funds for conference travel is included. Jue also received a TabletPC preloaded with Microsoft…
January 4, 2006
Sinclair Yee wins UW Outstanding Service award
January 2, 2006
Two more faculty honored as IEEE Fellows
Two more of our EE faculty have been honored as IEEE Fellows for 2006. If you are interested in learning more about this distinguished program, read the IEEE Fellow Program History page at ieee.org. IEEE FELLOWS ELECTED AS OF JANUARY 2006 Seattle Section Prof. Blake Hannaford for contributions to haptic interfaces and telerobotic systems. Prof….
January 1, 2006
Deirdre Meldrum named Dean at ASU’s Fulton School of Engineering
EE Professor Deirdre Meldrum has been named Dean of Arizona State University’s Fulton School of Engineering, effective January 1 2007. The EE department’s faculty, staff, and students would like to extend their congratulations to Professor Meldrum regarding this well-deserved honor. For more information please read this news article on the ASU insight website.
November 30, 2005
Sieg Hall Grand Reopening
Acting Dean Mani Soma officially opens Sieg Hall with a honkin’ big pair of scissors. On Friday, October 21, after two years and half a million dollars worth of work – the newly renovated Sieg Hall was officially opened to the public in a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by members of the EE department and the…
August 30, 2005
UW Team Wins Honorable Mention in Hydrogen Power Contest
EE Students Liyang Chen, Justin Reed and faculty advisor Dr. Kai Strunz were invited to receive the honorable mention award in the 2005 Hydrogen Systems Design Contest sponsored by the National Hydrogen Association (NHA), ChevronTexaco, and the Department of Energy at the annual conference of the NHA in Washington DC. Additional members of the UW…
RRSL Milestone: First Light on EWU-MRO Link
In early July 2005, Melissa Meyer and Zac Berkowitz created the first working instance of a tristatic passive radar, establishing a coherent link between Eastern Washington University and the Manastash Ridge Observatory. The data above shows some of the very first cross-ambiguity data to emerge from the system. In particular it shows one strong prominent…
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