June 6, 2017
Professor Patel featured in GeekWire’s Health Tech Podcast
Washington Research Foundation Entrepreneurship Endowed Professor in Computer Science Engineering & Electrical Engineering Shwetak Patel was spotlighted in the first episode of GeekWire’s Health Tech Podcast. Through his startup Senosis Health, Patel is transforming smartphones into medical devices. GeekWire’s podcast focuses on the stories of digital health innovation and the fantastic minds that make it happen. For Patel,…
June 1, 2017
New Nanofab Intensive Short Course
May 25, 2017
UW researchers build largest circuits to date in living eukaryotic cells
May 23, 2017
UW students take first at PRCCDC
By: Tommy Merth Team Hillarious, comprised entirely of UW Seattle students, took first place in the annual Pacific Rim Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (PRCCDC). This competition challenges the students’ ability to analyze security threats and devise defensive strategies in response. Out of the 14 teams competing, Team Hillarious was the only group to successfully protect…
May 16, 2017
Energizing EcoCAR
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May 12, 2017
Dr. Babak Parviz receives U-M Bicentennial Alumni Award
Affiliate Professor Babak Parviz received the prestigious Bicentennial Alumni Award from his alma mater The University of Michigan (U-M) for his “pioneering technological innovations that augment human potential and improve peoples’ lives.” To date, Parviz is one of 20 alumni to earn this exclusive award. Parviz has revolutionized communication technology through advances in optics, self-assembly and miniaturized…
May 10, 2017
Researchers deliver the future in optical display through freeform optics
A near-eye display is a device that brings a visual display as close to you as headphones bring sound. A well-known recent example is Google’s smart glasses, Google Glass. A small, lightweight near-eye display would be of great use for these mobile devices or in industries such as medicine and aerospace, where there exist stringent…
May 9, 2017
Researcher Claire Watts Receives JCATI Best Poster Award
By: Tommy Merth Postdoctoral researcher Claire Watts has earned the 2017 JCATI Best Poster Award. The Joint Center for Aerospace Technology Innovation (JCATI) grants this award annually to cutting-edge aerospace research efforts around Washington State. Watts is a postdoc in UW EE and Paul Allen School Associate Professor Matt Reynold’s lab. Her work, titled “Reconfigurable airborne radar imaging…
May 8, 2017
Stephanie Swanson named ‘Adviser of the Year’
UW Department of Electrical Engineering undergraduate advisor Stephanie Swanson received the Adviser of the Year award by the Association of Professional Advisers and Counselors (APAC). The award honors the top campus adviser for the entire academic year. For Swanson, who has been an academic counselor at the UW for more than five years, advising students is something…
May 4, 2017
Startup BluHaptics Receives NASA Funding to Venture into Space Robotics
BluHaptics, the software company pioneering new solutions for telerobotics, has secured new funding from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to apply its software to remote robotic operations in space. The funding was a part of NASA’s $49.9 million investment in the latest round of Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants and Small Business…
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