April 30, 2020
UW ECE students receive National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships and Honorable Mentions
Story by Wayne Gillam | UW ECE News This spring, three University of Washington Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (UW ECE) students and one incoming graduate student were invited to become participants in the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). In addition, two other UW ECE students received Honorable Mention…
April 27, 2020
‘Hands-on’ classes online?
Adapted from a story by Sarah McQuate | UW News When the University of Washington (UW) announced it was moving its spring quarter 2020 classes entirely online to combat the novel coronavirus, instructors across campus faced a new, uncharted challenge. Professors and lecturers across the university take pride in providing hands-on opportunities for their students,…
April 23, 2020
Bench Strength
Bench Strength Engineering schools borrow the college-athletics playbook to tackle admissions barriers and recruit more diverse talent By Mary Lord | ASEE PRISM As an engineering educator, Beth Myers knows the value of data in driving practice. She also has learned how numbers can unfairly determine who gets to become an engineer. Before earning a…
April 20, 2020
Tunoptix, startup led by two ECE faculty, wins federal grant to develop metalenses for imaging satellites
Story by Renske Dyedov | Institute for Nano-Engineered Systems Tunoptix, an optics startup co-founded by University of Washington (UW) Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) professors Karl Böhringer and Arka Majumdar, was awarded $223,000 in Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop metasurface lenses (or metalenses) for…
April 16, 2020
Wearable solar power could contribute to a brighter future
Story by Wayne Gillam | UW ECE News How do you feel when your cell phone battery dies, and there’s no wall outlet nearby or other convenient way to recharge? Irritated? Maybe even a bit panicked? Well, stay calm and carry on. A new book recently published by Denise Wilson, a professor in the University…
April 14, 2020
Two UW ECE faculty members receive highly regarded ONR YIP award
Story by Wayne Gillam | UW ECE News University of Washington Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (UW ECE) faculty members Arka Majumdar and Lillian Ratliff each recently received a prestigious award that will help further their research. Majumdar and Ratliff are two of only twenty-six award recipients nationwide to receive the 2020 Office of…
April 7, 2020
Encouraging equity and inclusion through interactive theater
Adapted from a story by Wayne Gillam, Center for Neurotechnology How can people address racism, sexism, xenophobia and other forms of oppression if they can’t identify when it happens? These and other forms of discrimination can be nuanced and aren’t always obvious to everyone. Sometimes, instances of oppression commonly experienced by underrepresented students can be…
April 3, 2020
UW ECE thanks Professor Bruce Darling for serving as Interim Chair
The University of Washington (UW) Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) would like to thank Professor Bruce Darling for serving as Interim Department Chair during Winter Quarter 2020. Darling was preceded by outgoing Chair Radha Poovendran at the end of 2019, and succeeded by incoming Chair Eric Klavins, who began his tenure April 1,…
March 25, 2020
Eric Klavins appointed as new UW ECE Department Chair
We are pleased to announce that Professor Eric Klavins has accepted the position of Department Chair of the University of Washington (UW) Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE), effective April 1, 2020 subject to approval of the Provost. Klavins has been with UW ECE since 2003 and holds adjunct appointments in the Paul G….
UW ECE faculty and alumni receive NSF CAREER awards
University of Washington (UW) Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) alumni Andrew Clark and Subhanshu Gupta, and UW ECE professor Baosen Zhang have each been honored with a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award, one of the nation’s most coveted honors for early-career faculty. The…
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