November 4, 2019
Assistant professor Amy Orsborn awarded 2019 L’Oreal USA “Changing the Face of STEM” mentoring grant
L’Oréal USA has recently announced 11 female scientists as the 2019 recipients of its annual “Changing the Face of STEM” (CTFS) mentoring grants, which are issued through the beauty leader’s For Women in Science program. The selected projects represent a broad range of activities focused on mentoring and engaging girls and women in the fields…
October 31, 2019
Four ECE students receive the Power & Energy Scholarship presented by IEEE
Congratulations to the following UW students who received the 2019-20 Power & Energy Scholarship (PES) presented by IEEE: Ishaan Bhimani – 2021 Neil Flodin – 2021 Michael Kenny – 2020 Nathan Shih – 2021 Recipients are high-achieving undergraduate students in electrical engineering programs who are committed to exploring the power and energy engineering field through…
October 23, 2019
Professor Howard Chizeck’s company Olis Robotics chosen to run software for lunar missions
Seattle-based Olis Robotics says it’s been selected by U.S tech firm Maxar Technologies to provide software that will prepare operators on Earth to control a robotic arm on the moon. The software will be used in connection with a robotic-arm experiment known as SAMPLR (Sample Acquisition, Morphology Filtering and Probing of Lunar Regolith). SAMPLR is one of…
October 8, 2019
Assistant professor Baosen Zhang serves as panelist at DOE Artificial Intelligence Summit
ECE assistant professor Baosen Zhang recently attended the 4th InnovationXLab Artificial Intelligence Summit at the Drake Hotel in Chicago, Illinois from Oct. 2-3. The event, hosted by U.S. Secretary of Energy and keynote speaker Rick Perry and the Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory, discussed the DOE’s latest AI research and the recent establishment of…
October 7, 2019
ECE professor Arka Majumdar’s lab creates new metasurface design that can control optical fields in three dimensions
(re-posted from UW News) A team led by scientists at the University of Washington has designed and tested a 3D-printed metamaterial that can manipulate light with nanoscale precision. As they report in a paper published Oct. 4 in the journal Science Advances, their designed optical element focuses light to discrete points in a 3D helical pattern. The…
September 30, 2019
Professor Howard Chizeck profiled by Robotics Business Review
ECE professor Howard Chizeck was interviewed recently by Robotics Business Review (RBR) about his telerobotic research involving haptic navigation and control for telerobotic devices, including robotic surgery and underwater systems. His neural engineering work involves the design and security of brain-machine interfaces, and the development of devices to control symptoms of essential tremor and Parkinson’s…
Professor Lih Lin named 2020 Optical Society Fellow
Professor Lih Lin, an ECE professor at UW since 2003, has been awarded an Optical Society (OSA) Fellowship for 2020 due to the significant technical achievements and contributions she has made in the field of photonics. Dr. Lin has demonstrated pioneering efforts in several new research frontiers, including the research and development of MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical…
September 27, 2019
ECE Professor Linda Bushnell elected International Federation of Automatic Control Fellow
Professor Linda Bushnell, a Research Professor in UW ECE since 2000, has been elected an International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) Fellow for “contributions to the analysis and design of networked control systems.” The IFAC Fellow Award is given to persons who have made outstanding and extraordinary contributions in the field of interest of IFAC,…
September 10, 2019
2017 Alumna Elaine Reeves receives Distinguished New Engineer Award
“The Society of Women Engineers (SWE), founded in 1950, is the world’s largest advocate and catalyst for change for women in engineering and technology. The not-for-profit educational and service organization is the driving force that establishes engineering as a highly desirable career aspiration for women. To ensure SWE members reach their full potential as engineers…
August 28, 2019
ENGINE Showcase winners highlighted by sponsor
“Competing against nearly 50 other professional/academic teams, UW ECE students Tianning Li, Hong Zhang and Shen Yuan Yao worked together under the guidance of Zetron’s, Senior Manager of Software Development, Len Cayetano and UW ECE professor, James Peckol to develop a hand-held device with LTE, satellite, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity capabilities. The device collects environmental…
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