October 20, 2016
Faculty and Students Develop Portable, Affordable Air Quality Testing Device
Electrical Engineering Professor Alex Mamishev, doctoral student Sep Makhsous and the Mechanical Engineering Novosselov Research Group (NRG) have launched an Indiegogo campaign for their new product – the AeroSpec. The affordable device is a portable air quality tester. The first of its kind, AeroSpec helps to identify molds and other problem particles within a particular…
PhD Student Tong Zhang Receives Prestigious Pre-Doctoral Award
Congratulations to EE PhD student Tong Zhang, who has received the prestigious 2016 IEEE Solid-State Circuit Society Pre-Doctoral Award. The award recognizes excellence in the field for pre-doctoral candidates. There are less than 20 awards conferred worldwide.
Professor Roy Leads Spectrum Research
On top of Sieg Hall, Electrical Engineering Professor Sumit Roy and his students have placed a commodity RF sensor station, which is capable of passively monitoring spectrum usage of over 300 MHz-6 GHz band (ultra-high frequency) occurring in the local vicinity. The integrated web interface currently allows remote users to access the data gathered…
October 17, 2016
UW EE Faculty to Tackle Urban Mobility
For urban roadways, traffic-choked streets have become synonymous with the weekday commute. Over the decades, strategic conversations between city officials, engineers and policy makers have sought to lessen congestion and provide increased transportation options. However, as cities continue to develop and populations increase, the results of years of conversation cannot materialize fast enough. On the…
August 19, 2016
UW EE Alumni Event
UW EE Alumni Event: Bay Area Reception Thursday, Sept. 15, 6 – 8 p.m. Computer History Museum, 1401 N Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View, Calif. (see map below) Join us for the second annual Bay Area UW EE Alumni Reception! Explore the Computer History Museum‘s “Revolution” exhibit, network with other alums, and enjoy hors d’oeuvres and…
Smart Contacts and Credit Cards that ‘Talk’ Wi-Fi
Researchers and faculty in the Departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Engineering have introduced a new way of communicating that allows devices such as brain implants, contact lenses, credit cards and smaller wearable electronics to talk to everyday devices such as smartphones and watches. This new “Interscatter communication” works by converting Bluetooth signals…
August 9, 2016
$2m NSF EFRI Grant for Secure Communicatons Research
Electrical Engineering and Physics Assistant Professors Kai-Mei Fu and Arka Majumdar received a four-year, $2 million Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for their project entitled: “A semiconductor-diamond nanophotonic transmitter for long-distance quantum communication.” This highly-competitive grant was awarded to Fu and Majumdar to support their upcoming work…
Career Fair 2016
The annual UW EE Career Fair is an excellent opportunity for companies and potential employers to connect with students about job and internship opportunities. Held in the fall, the UW EE Career Fair attracts hundreds of electrical engineering students. Career Fair 2015 featured 23 employers and was visited by 377 students. View photos photos from…
Alum Mike Lei Leads Smartwatch Revolution with Company Mobvoi
As Chief Technology Officer of Mobvoi, UW Electrical Engineering (EE) alumnus, Mike Lei, leads a company focused on intuitive design, infallible functionality and brilliant human-machine interaction. The startup, which is shaking up the tech community, has already received multi-million dollar investments from search giant, Google. Within ten minutes of opening their Kickstarter campaign for their…
August 8, 2016
Graduate Students Develop Revolutionary Process for Secure Body Password Transmission
Sending a password or secret code over airborne radio waves like WiFi or Bluetooth means anyone can eavesdrop, making those transmissions vulnerable to hackers who can attempt to break the encrypted code. Now, University of Washington electrical engineering Ph.D. students, Mehrdad Hessar and Vikram Iyer, have devised a way to send secure passwords through the…
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