March 20, 2020
Dr. Dakotah Lane, UW ECE alum turned medical professional, is leading his tribe’s battle against the coronavirus
The Lummi Nation doctor is currently under self-quarantine, but the tribe has been proactively preparing for a coronavirus outbreak for weeks. Adapted from a story by Lynda Mapes, The Seattle Times When Dakotah Lane decided to change careers and become a doctor, to come home and serve his people, he never thought he’d be in…
March 18, 2020
Awards support development of therapeutic neural interfaces
It’s said that there’s often more than one way to solve a problem, and Amy Orsborn, an assistant professor in the University of Washington (UW) Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE), likely knows this better than most. Orsborn’s ECE research focuses on building knowledge needed to engineer devices that can collaborate with dynamic, ever-changing…
March 11, 2020
ECE alum Junyi Zhu integrates electronics onto physical prototypes at MIT with “CurveBoards”
MIT researchers led by University of Washington (UW) Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) alum Junyi Zhu have invented a way to integrate “breadboards” — flat platforms widely used for electronics prototyping — directly onto physical products. The aim is to provide a faster, easier way to test circuit functions and user interactions with products such…
March 9, 2020
Mari Ostendorf named RSE Corresponding Fellow
The Royal Society of Edinburgh (The RSE), Scotland’s National Academy, has announced 64 newly elected 2020 Fellows. These new fellows comprise leading thinkers and experts from Scotland and around the world whose work has a significant impact on the nation of Scotland. ECE System Design Methodologies Professor Mari Ostendorf was named one of eight corresponding…
March 6, 2020
Eve Riskin leads workshop to aid female STEM faculty
On February 28, Murray State University hosted a workshop for female faculty “When to Say Yes and How to Say No” led by ECE Professor Eve Riskin. The workshop provided guidance for female professors on the appropriate responses when determining priorities between workplace responsibilities, tenure expectations, a myriad of service requests and personal home life….
March 5, 2020
Accelerating innovation
ECE students from the startup AeroSpec are learning the business side of innovation by participating in the Jones + Foster Accelerator Program, which provides support for students who are serious about growing their ideas into companies. By Chelsea Yates “Just three years ago we were students dreaming up an app and now we’re living that…
March 4, 2020
ECE professor Kai-Mei Fu and graduate student Srivatsa Chakravarthi featured in latest episode of Microsoft’s Quantum Impact series
According to LinkedIn, quantum-related job postings have increased 180% and major universities play a key role in developing the next generation of quantum programmers, scientists, engineers and researchers. The University of Washington is a great place to learn about how universities are advancing quantum knowledge. The UW is home to the QuantumX initiative, which partnered with…
February 25, 2020
GIX student team “SnapSort!” advances to finals of Microsoft Imagine Cup
For nearly two decades, students from around the world have competed in the Imagine Cup, Microsoft’s premier international technology competition for young developers, for the chance to win travel, mentoring, cash and prizes, not to mention the coveted trophy. The SnapSort! team is comprised of members Chun-An Ku, Yun Liu and Joey Wang, graduate students…
February 18, 2020
Built in Washington: Chase Deitner
For Chase Deitner, competing and engineering are all part of his daily routine. From racing for UW’s Mens Rowing team in “long pair races” in the morning, to taking electrical engineering exams during the day, and then running a stadium in the afternoon, Chase always finds himself striving to be the best. Living in Perth,…
February 12, 2020
Student-led team “SENSOL Systems” places 3rd in Science & Technology Showcase
It’s a dark and rainy night. You step into a crosswalk. A car comes screeching towards you, barely missing you. Luckily, you are not one of the 6,000+ pedestrians killed last year nationally in traffic collisions. SENSOL Systems believes these deaths are preventable! SENSOL is developing an ADA-compliant modular crosswalk addition that overlays onto the…
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