March 5, 2001
Microsoft selects EE as a test partner
EE and Microsoft are collaborating on an exciting activity that we hope will benefit many PC users in the future. The UW EE Department will serve as a testing ground, part of the Vertical Market Program (VMP), a testing program that removes Windows 2000 and Windows XP deployment blockers caused by application >incompatibilities. Microsoft chose…
March 3, 2001
EE has Four New CAREER Award Winners!
The quality of our faculty is outstanding. A large portion of the faculty have received recognition early in their careers: Early Career Awards All nine of the Assistant Professors hired from July 1998-June 2001 have received the NSF Early Career Development Award. A total of ten Electrical Engineering Faculty have received the NSF Early Career…
January 4, 2001
Career Day 2001
About Career Day The UW College of 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 like – including labs, classes, homework, and social activities. The College of Engineering hosts this group of students with the intent of recruiting…
January 3, 2001
Robotics Festival
What: Local teams show off their creativity and robot making skills before shipping the robots to the regional and national competitions. Come watch several large robots try to maneuver around obstacles, dunk balls into goals, balance on the Dangerous Bridge, and rescue each other. Many smaller robots from the UW and Seattle Robotics Society will…
January 2, 2001
John Schulz Retirement Party
John Schulz, a living legend in the EE department, is retiring after 40 years of dedicated service. There will be a party in his honor on Feb. 9, 3:00 p.m. in the Main Atrium of the EE/CSE building. John is known and respected for going the extra mile to help our students. Last year he…
January 1, 2001
Alumni Reception at ISSCC, February 6
This is the first of what we hope will be regular UW EE alumni receptions at large industry conferences. Please help us notify your former classmates. We are trying to reach as many alum as possible. Please forward this information to other UW EE alumni you are aware of. Thank you! What: UW EE is…
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…
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