October 24, 2018
Remembering Professor Mohamed El-Sharkawi
The Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering sadly announces the recent passing of beloved emeritus professor Mohamed El-Sharkawi. El-Sharkawi was a Fellow of IEEE, a professor of Electrical Engineering, an associate chair and a professor in the Clean Energy Institute. His research focused on electric and renewable energy, electric safety, electric drives, power electronics, intelligent…
October 15, 2018
Long-range backscatter earns ACM IMWUT Distinguished Paper Award
By Kristin Osborne Researchers in the University of Washington Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and the Allen School were recognized this week with the IMWUT Vol 1. Distinguished Paper Award for their 2017 paper, “LoRa Backscatter: Enabling the Vision of Ubiquitous Connectivity.” The award, which was announced during the Ubicomp 2018 conference in Singapore,…
October 12, 2018
ECE graduate student wins awards for research
Niveditha Kalavakonda is a hard-working, innovative graduate student and the past month is evidence of this. The Electrical & Computer Engineering Ph.D. student won first place in the Grace Hopper Celebration in the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Student Research Competition two weeks ago and two first place awards in the overall graduate category at…
Researchers develop 3-D printed objects that can track and store how they are used
By Sarah McQuate Cheap and easily customizable, 3-D printed devices are perfect for assistive technology, like prosthetics or “smart” pill bottles that can help patients remember to take their daily medications. But these plastic parts don’t have electronics, which means they can’t monitor how patients are using them. Now engineers at the University of Washington…
October 3, 2018
ECE community grieves loss of friend, faculty and alum, John Ehrenberg
The Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering sadly announces the recent passing of a friend, faculty and alum John Ehrenberg on Sept. 27. Ehrenberg passed away in his home at the age of 74. As a graduate student, a research professor and then an affiliate faculty member in the Department, he spent 45 years at…
September 19, 2018
ECE welcomes 2018 faculty members
Tenure Track Faculty Brian Johnson Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2013 M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2009 B.S. Physics, Texas State University, 2008 Brian Johnson will join the Electrical Engineering department in the spring as an assistant professor. For the past five years, he…
September 14, 2018
Electrical Engineering celebrates new name: Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
UW Electrical Engineering has changed its name to the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) to expand student opportunities and better reflect current teaching, research and service. By Chelsea Yates The department’s new name — which went into effect on September 16, 2018 — has been widely endorsed by university and college leadership, faculty, students, staff,…
August 1, 2018
Nanofabrication Intensive Short Course
July 24, 2018
Advancing the world of optics
When it comes to lenses, we expect a lot: perfect zooming capability on our camera phones, a flawless 3D visualization experience with augmented reality glasses, and compact and simplified variations of microscopes. Traditional glass lenses have limitations on how much they can do. Metasurface optics—which are ultra-thin, manufactured, man-made surfaces—are advancing the world of optics….
July 19, 2018
Electrical engineering professors receive NSF grant
“Semiconductor synthetic biology promises to exceed limits of current data storage and processing methods.” — National Science Foundation. Read more about their award.
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