October 30, 2000
First Lego Robotics competition
The Electrical Engineering department’s first Lego Robots competition, held on December 4, 2000, was a great success! Here are the winners, along with some photos from the event. The contestants were the 35 seniors enrolled in Affiliate Professor Linda Bushnell’s “Principles of Mobile Robotics” class. This class and competition was partially underwritten by a gift…
April 19, 2000
Professor Meldrum wins NIH awards
EE Professor Deirdre Meldrum is the Principal Investigator on two very large research grant awards from the National Institutes of Health. Advanced Develop/Test ACAPELLA Automated Sample Handler NIH National Human Genome Research Institute June 1, 2000 – September 30, 2003 Award amount: $8,196,216 Subcontracts: Orca Photonic Systems Inc., Redmond, Washington Washington University St. Louis Genome…
March 3, 2000
Annual Engineering Career Fair
The annual Engineering Career Fair will be held Wednesday, October 25 and Thursday, October 26 at the HUB. Approximately 150 employers will be on hand to discuss permanent career position possibilities as well as internship/co-op opportunities. If you’re planning to graduate in June, or if you’re looking for an internship/co-op for coming quarters, this is…
March 1, 2000
New curriculum targets shortage of hi-tech workers
A new project, co-directed by EE faculty members Mani Soma and Eve Riskin, will develop a two year curriculum for an Associate of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering. Because the current shortage of hi-tech workers is projected to only get worse, it is critical that educational opportunities in these fields be made…
February 3, 2000
New Introductory Course – Secret Life of the Electron
The Secret Life of the Electron EE299, 4 cr., SLN#9684 MWThF, 2:30-3:20pm In this exciting, new introductory course to Electrical Engineering you will unravel the mysteries of the microwave oven, build AM radios and batteries from potatoes, simulate and control dynamic systems on the computer, put together a motor, and build an infrared remote control….
February 2, 2000
Teen ‘Guest Hackers’ in Linux Lab
On Thursday, August 24th, two teenaged ‘guest hackers’ demonstrated digital intrusion techniques during a UW workshop on computer security held in the EE department’s new High Throughput Linux Laboratory. Computer professionals at the University of Washington got hands-on training in Internet security when a couple of teen-age cyber aficionados attempted to hack digital safeguards set…
February 1, 2000
Sze Lecture
Simon M. Sze, Ph.D. will present “Four Decades of Developments in Microelectronics: Achievements and Challenges” to students, faculty and members of the nanotech community on Monday, July 31 at 2:30 p.m. in the EE/CSE Building (EE1), Room 105. An attendance of 200 is expected. Dr. Sze is an internationally recognized expert in nanotechnology. After completing…
January 2, 2000
Career Day
Engineers from both industry and UWEE faculty and staff led a panel discussion of why they find engineering exciting, interesting, and fun. About Career Day The UW Department of Electrical Engineering’s Career Day is a once-a-year chance for talented high school students to get a feel for what a typical day in college life is…
January 1, 2000
Robots Shine in Orlando!
On April 5, the UW/Bellarmine FIRST team hopped on their second red-eye flight that week to compete in the National Robot Games sponsored by FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) and NASA. UW/Bellarmine Team Under the supervision of UW EE Assistant Professor Alex Mamishev, a team of UW EE and other engineering…
March 30, 1999
Spring Awards Day
19 entries in the Poster Contest, with divisions for Senior Design Projects, Masters Students and PhD Student level presentations First Place in the PhD Category: SPIHT for Generalized Multiple Description Coding – Agnieszka Miguel and Alex Mohr Prize: $1,000 Second Place in the PhD Category: Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensor for Biological Toxin Detection – Garet…
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